Born in Graz / Austria, 1954.

Lived in Austria (Graz, Vienna, Salzburg), until 1978.

From 1978-1984 in both, Europe and the USA.

Since 1984 permanent resident (Greencard) of the United States.

Member IATSE (Local 566 Mc Keesport, PA), since 1987.

A-Lister IATSE (Local 720 Las Vegas, NV), since 1990.

Member FORUM STADTPARK-Graz, since 1973.

Member "Lord Jim Loge", since 1985.

Member "Loge de Gitanes Nouveaux", since1988.

CATHOLIC PUBLIC-SCHOOL (Diözesan Übungsschule, Judenplatz), Vienna, 1960-1964.

WERKSCHULHEIM FELBERTAL (Crafts-College), Majoring in Musical Instrument -Design, Electronics) Ebenau, Salzburg.

OEVERSEE GYMNASIUM, (5-10^th grade). Majoring in Humanistics (Latin).

MUSIC-PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGE. Majoring in Music and Classical Guitar.

MATURA/ABITUR-DEGREE, Graz, 1970-1974.

PEDAGOGIC ACADEMY. Majoring in 5-8^th Grade Teaching) Graz, 1974-75.

UNIVERSITY-GRAZ/Karl Franzens Universität.Majoring in Musicology, Ethnology. Graz, 1975-78.

1974-1975

Production Associate of "FIRST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-FORUM"; Breitenbrunn / Austria.

1974-1978

Curator for Music and Interdisciplinary Art, FORUM STADT­PARK; Graz, Austria.

1975-1977

Promotor of the "MUSICCLUB", FORUM STADTPARK; Graz /Austria.

1975-1984

Technical Director and Guest Curator of the annual avant­garde art-festival "STYRIAN AUTUMN";

Graz, Austria.

Technical Director and Guest-Curator of the "OPEN HOUSE-SERIES", a multi-stage, multi-media performance-spectacle at the ORPHEUM - Theater; Graz/Austria.

1976-1977

Promotion and A&R Manager for AMADEO-RECORDS Inc.; Vienna /Austria.

1977-1978

Advertising Assistant, in charge of special projects, with Europe's largest shoe-manufacturer, "HUMANIC"; Graz /Austria.

Galerie Assistant at "GALERIE H", (Horst G. Haberl, Head-Curator) in charge of performance-art series and special exhibitions; Graz / Austria.

1978

Producer of the "FIRST INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE-ART FESTIVAL"; Vienna+Graz, Austria.

Technical Director of the annual contemporary-music festival "MUSIKPROTOKOLL", Graz /Austria.

Lecturer at the "KÄRNTNER MEISTERKURSE" (`Carinthian Master Classes') about `Musical Perception and Habits of Hearing'; St.Irgendwo / Austria.

1979

Technical Director and Co-Producer of a city-wide exhibition: "KUNST IM SCHAUFENSTER"

(w/ Peter Pakesch, Peter Weibel), STYRIAN AUTUMN; Graz / Austria.

1979-1985

Audio Engineer and Associate of WEISBERG SOUND Inc.; New York City.

1979-1986

Crew Chief and Head Audio-Engineer at`THE KITCHEN CENTER for VIDEO,MUSIC, DANCE and FILM'; New York City.

1980-1981

Audio Engineer at Jim Fouratt's and Rudolf's original "DANCETERIA", 37th street; New York City.

Sound Recordist of "NIGHT CLUBBING", a Manhattan Cable TV show, produced by Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong, providing live sound¬tracks for well over 100 video clips, Danceteria; New York City.

1980-1986

Freelance Audio Engineer and Systems Engineer for New York's Nightclubs:

(e.g. DANCETERIA, PEPPERMINT LOUNGE, INTERFERON, HARRAHS, LATE MAX'S KANSAS CITY, MUDD CLUB, CBGB'S, THE BOTTOM LINE, 8BC, 4D, THE CAT CLUB, etc.)

*** [see attached listing of clients/acts].

1980

Technical Director of "WORLD MUSIC DAYS" of the International Society For Contemporary Music (ISCM); Graz/Austria.

1980-

Audio Designer and Touring Engineer for European and US-tours, including among others:

LAURIE ANDERSON, CARLA BLEY ORCHESTRA, CHARLIE HADEN'S LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA, MICHAEL MANTLER ORCHESTRA, OLIVER LAKE's JUMP UP, RHYS CHATHAM's DIN, JULIA HEYWARD AND T-VENUS, SCOTT JOHNSON ENSEMBLE, THE ORDINAIRES, ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, LEE RITENOUR, BOBBY VINTON, MUSICAL `NUNSENSE`, ANNE MARGRET, SHIRLEY MACLAINE, MELISSA MANCHESTER.

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ARTIST ACTIVITIES

SHOWS/PERFORMANCES/INSTALLATIONS

1969

"THE MOZARTS", band-project. (electric bass); Graz / Austria.

1970-1972

Various POETRY READINGS at art-clubs and other social venues (e.g. TVN-Graz, CA6).

Formed the "GRUPPE ‘70" (`GROUP’70), a literary club with Reinhard Weixler and Alfred Ranner;

Graz /Austria.

1972-1975

FOLK-MUSICIAN (guitar, bass, tin-whistle, blues-harp and percussion)

with Ernst Pozar, Jimmy Cogan, Peter Ratzenbeck, Schiffkovits, and others.

Repeat performances at Club-Atlantis (Vienna), Forum Stadtpark (Graz) and various other locations.

1977

"KOPFMUSIK-MUSIKKOPF" (`HEAD MUSIC-MUSIC HEAD'), Installation /Conceptual Music.

Finanzministerium / Forum Stadtpark `KONFRONTATIONEN ‘77; Vienna / Austria

1978

"THE IMAGE IS IN YOUR HEAD, NOT IN YOUR CAMERA", Photoperformance.

FORUM STADTPARK; Graz / Austria.

1979

"FEEDBACK-CONCERT #1 / AN ACOUSTIC SPACE MEASUREMENT"

(Homage a R.Kriesche); concert/installation at

THE KITCHEN CENTER FOR VIDEO, MUSIC, DANCE AND FILM; New York City.

(Review, New York Times)

1980

"COLD WAR / ZEITGEIST": "THE STARK&SCHWACHGESELLSCHAFT",

intercontinental telephone performance with Peter Pakesch, MUDDªCLUB; New York City.

"LOW FREQUENCY CONCERT" and "EUROPE/USA - 50Hz/60Hz".

Music-performance with A.Scheierl at Phil Niblock's EXPERIMENTAL INTERMEDIA FOUNDATION. New York City.

"FEEDBACK-CONCERT #2", a music-architectural performance

with Richard Landry (saxophone) at the MUDD-CLUB; New York City.

1981

"ACOUSTIC SPACE MEASUREMENT, 2O7 SECOND AVENUE", at the

KUENSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN; West- Berlin / Germany.

AMBIENCE TAPES for MARTIN ROSZ' installation: "WALL-PAPER HANGER"

"RADIO AMERIKA (BEFESTIGUNGSKUNST)", installation / performance.

With Charly Greisiger, Heinz Schubert, Eberhard Schrempf, Gerald Weixler at the SKA CLUB; Graz/Austria.

"LANDSCHAFTSREFLEXION,* ABER NIE!", installation/performance

With "THE NEIGHBORS" at WERKSTATT BREITENBRUNN, Breitenbrunn / Austria.

1982

"TV-HOST for the `TAYLOR MEAD SHOW'" taped live at the AustrianRadio and Television Studio Steiermark (ORF) for Manhattan Cable TV. Television; Graz / Austria.

"PHANTASIE FUER GERTI", a sixty second audio segment for audio-art series "MINIATURES".

Wolfgang Kos curated, produced by the ORF.

(Has been censored at first, but was aired after protest; 3/82); Vienna/ Austria.

1983

"FLEX-CONCERT / `EINSCHNEIDEN HEISST ORDNEN`", installation/performance

(with music by Glenn Branca). With Franz Stauchner, Eberhard Schrempf, Heinz Schubert, Ivo Rynda and

Stefan Dimitrov at "SKA-CLUB",(7/27). Graz / Austria.

SUPPORTING ACTOR (portraying a Hippie from San Francisco) in TV-Movie: "IN ZEITEN WIE DIESEN" (`IN TIMES LIKE THESE'), by Wolfgang Bauer. Graz / Austria.

"FEEDBACK CONCERT #3, AN ACOUSTIC SPACE MEASUREMENT", installation/performance

at the KUENSTLERHAUS, Stuttgart/ West Germany.

REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS

1977

FORUM STADTPARK/CATALOGUE "KONFRONTATIONEN `77".

33rpm single of conceptual music, produced at the "MUSICCLUB".

1979

EAR-MAGAZINE, NEW YORK CITY. Two musical concepts published.

NEW YORK TIMES, Review on "FEEDBACK-CONCERT#1

at THE KITCHEN, by Ken Emerson. June 17^th/1997.

ZWEITSCHRIFT #6, HANNOVER / West Germany.

Documentation of "FEEDBACK-CONCERT #1 / THE KITCHEN". 5/79.

EAR MAGAZINE, Review on "FEEDBACK CONCERT#1 at THE KITCHEN"

by Roger Riggins; (Nov/Dec issue).

1980

"NOTENHEFT" (`MUSIC SCORE BOOK`) - 52 NOTEBOOKS IN 52 WEEKS",

published by ZWEITSCHRIFT VERLAG for BUCHMESSE, Hannover, West Germany.

1981

OKAY-MAGAZINE, GRAZ/AUSTRIA. Interview by Ernst Wimmer; (Feb/March issue).

ZWEITSCHRIFT #6, HANNOVER / West Germany.

Two musical concepts:

"EQ-sheet of the CONTORTIONS at DANCETERIA" and

"ICH MOECHTE GERNE SO DENKEN KOENNEN, WIE ICH KLAVIER SPIELE" (`I WOULD LIKE

TO BE ABLE TO THINK, THE WAY I PLAY PIANO'),

Score for four-handed piano by "THE STARK&SCHWACHGESELLSCHAFT" (w/ Peter Pakesch).

Also an article on "LOUD MUSIC".

1982

WERKSTATT BREITENBRUNN CATALOGUE "LANDSCHAFTS REFLEXIONEN",

Breitenbrunn/ Austria. Catalogue-text on "STEINBRUCH-KONZERT,...ABER NIE!"

COLLECTIONS SCULPTURES/PAINTINGS/INSTALLATIONS ETC.

ca. 1979

"ONE STAND LAMP", originally commissioned by THE MUDD-Galerie /Steve Mass.

Permanently displayed by Barbara Stelzer collection, New York City.

ca. 1980

"TOTAL DISORIENTATION / A CONCEPT EXERCISED",

Painting entitled: "ALL SYSTEMS SHUT OFF - TO BE DISPLAYED IN DIM MOON­LIGHT". watercolors, pencil; (ca. 100x80cm). Collection Barbara Braathen; New York City.

"SOUNDCAN", multiple, Collection Mary MacArthur; New York City.

"REELSHAPES", multiple. Collection Hildegard Lutze; New York City.

1980-present

"CABLEWALLS", multiple / installations in various location in Graz, Vienna and New York City.

A work in progress.

"VARIOUS INSTALLATIONS AND PROJECTS IN PROGRESS",

displayed at 4381 E. Skyview Dr.; Las Vegas, NV; 89104.

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Selected Exhibitions / Works:

2000: RE-PLAY - Anfänge der internationalen Medienkunst in Österreich: Audio/Radio