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Born 1962 in [[Graz]]. [[London]] based writer, artist and curator. Associate senior lecturer at [[MA Ravensbourne|Ravensbourne College's postgraduate MA course on Interactive Digital Media]].  
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'''Armin Medosch''' (1962, Graz - 2016, Vienna) was a writer, artist and curator.  
  
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1980-84 germanistik and philosophy at Graz University. 1982-85 theatre direction at Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst. In 1985 moved to [[Vienna]]. 1986 founded Subcom art group and 1989-92 participated at art festivals (Ars Electronica), warehouse-parties, VJing. Was a journalist for ORF, Radio Ö1.
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1980-84 studied germanistik and philosophy at Graz University. 1982-85 theatre direction at Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst. In 1985 moved to [[Vienna]]. 1986 founded Subcom art group and 1989-92 participated at art festivals ([[Ars Electronica]]), warehouse-parties, VJing. Worked as a journalist for ORF, Radio Ö1.
  
 
1992-94 co-founded STUBNITZ Kunst-Raum-Schiff, Rostock. Curated and organised exhibitions and symposia in Rostock, Hamburg, Malmö and St.Petersburg. 1995 with Stefan Iglhaut and Florian Rotzer co-curated Telepolis, exhibiton and symposium about interactive city.
 
1992-94 co-founded STUBNITZ Kunst-Raum-Schiff, Rostock. Curated and organised exhibitions and symposia in Rostock, Hamburg, Malmö and St.Petersburg. 1995 with Stefan Iglhaut and Florian Rotzer co-curated Telepolis, exhibiton and symposium about interactive city.
  
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From 1996 to 2002 he was co-editor of [[Telepolis]] 'magazine of net-culture'. With Telepolis he won the European Online Journalism Award 2000 for investigative reporting and the Grimme Online Award 2002 for media journalism. Since 1997 based in London. Co-initiated the monthly [[Cybersalon]] events. With [[Manu Luksch]] organised [[Art Servers Unlimited]] conference (London, 1998). Member of [[University of Openess]], a self-learning institution. In 2002 he co-organised "BerLon" - Berlin/London wireless community networking workshop in [[bootlab]] Berlin (Oct 02). In 2004 held a NinePin research residency by Scan Network in the South West of England, investigating real and virtual ports and their role as cultural socio-economic hubs of transmission, gatekeeping and control with the [http://scansite.org/ports Ports] project. In 2006 curated [[Art and Communication|Waves]] exhibition (Riga).
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From 1996 to 2002 he was co-editor of the net-culture magazine ''[[Telepolis]]''. With ''Telepolis'' he won the European Online Journalism Award 2000 for investigative reporting and the Grimme Online Award 2002 for media journalism.  
  
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In 2003 he edited "DIVE - collaborative tools for online communities" a printed catalogue and cd rom with texts, art projects and software. DIVE is a project by [http://kop.kein.org/ Kingdom of Piracy] <KOP> which he co-initiated in 2001. DIVE was co-produced by [[FACT]], Liverpool, commissioned by Virtual Media Center and launched at [[Ars Electronica]] 2003. <KOP> is jointly curated by Armin Medosch, [[Yukiko Shikata]] and [[Shu Lea Cheang]]. In 2006 with Kingdom of Piracy and [[xxxxx]] he organised [http://kop.kein.org/plenum/ Plenum] as a novel event format.
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From 1997 he was based in London. Co-initiated the monthly [[Cybersalon]] events. With [[Manu Luksch]] he organised [[Art Servers Unlimited]] conference (London, 1998). Member of the University of Openess, a self-learning institution. In 2002 he co-organised "BerLon" - Berlin/London wireless community networking workshop in [[bootlab]] Berlin (Oct 02). In 2004 he held a NinePin research residency by Scan Network in the South West of England, investigating real and virtual ports and their role as cultural socio-economic hubs of transmission, gatekeeping and control with the [http://scansite.org/ports Ports] project. He was associate senior lecturer at [[MA Ravensbourne|Ravensbourne College's postgraduate MA course on Interactive Digital Media]].  
  
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He is a regular speaker at international conferences on digital culture and frequently involved in organising and curating conferences. He presented a paper at the conference Open Cultures (Vienna, 2003), at Transmediale 04 (Berlin), at 'Crosstalks' (Brussels), among many other places. He has contributed articles and essays to many books, catalogues, magazines and newspapers.
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In 2003 he edited ''DIVE - collaborative tools for online communities'', a printed catalogue and CD with texts, art projects and software. DIVE is a project by [http://kop.kein.org/ Kingdom of Piracy] <KOP> which he co-initiated in 2001. DIVE was co-produced by [[FACT]], Liverpool, commissioned by Virtual Media Center and launched at [[Ars Electronica]] 2003. <KOP> is jointly curated by Armin Medosch, [[Yukiko Shikata]] and [[Shu Lea Cheang]]. In 2006, with Kingdom of Piracy and [[xxxxx]] he organised [http://kop.kein.org/plenum/ Plenum] as a novel event format.
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In 2006 he curated the ''[[Art and Communication|Waves]]'' exhibition in Riga.
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He was a regular speaker at international conferences on digital culture and frequently involved in organising and curating conferences. He contributed articles and essays to many books, catalogues, magazines and newspapers.
  
 
==Publications==
 
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* editor, with Janko Röttgers, ''[[Media:Medosch_Roettgers_eds_Netzpiraten_Die_Kultur_des_elektronischen_Verbrechens.pdf|Netzpiraten. Die Kultur des elektronischen Verbrechens]]'', Hannover: Heinz Heise, 2001, 192 pp. [http://www.heise.de/tp/buch/buch_3.html] {{de}}
 
* editor, with Janko Röttgers, ''[[Media:Medosch_Roettgers_eds_Netzpiraten_Die_Kultur_des_elektronischen_Verbrechens.pdf|Netzpiraten. Die Kultur des elektronischen Verbrechens]]'', Hannover: Heinz Heise, 2001, 192 pp. [http://www.heise.de/tp/buch/buch_3.html] {{de}}
 
* editor, ''DMZ Media Arts Festival'', London, 2003. Catalogue.
 
* editor, ''DMZ Media Arts Festival'', London, 2003. Catalogue.
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* editor, ''DIVE - collaborative tools for online communities'', 2003.
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* editor, ''DIVE - collaborative tools for online communities'', 2003. With CD.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=98 Freie Netze. Geschichte, Politik und Kultur offener WLAN-Netze]'', Hannover: Heinz Heise, 2004. On the politics, history and culture of (wireless) community networks.  {{de}}
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=98 Freie Netze. Geschichte, Politik und Kultur offener WLAN-Netze]'', Hannover: Heinz Heise, 2004. On the politics, history and culture of (wireless) community networks.  {{de}}
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17781 New Tendencies: Art at the Threshold of the Information Revolution (1961-1978)]'', MIT Press, 2016, x+395 pp.  
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17781 New Tendencies: Art at the Threshold of the Information Revolution (1961-1978)]'', MIT Press, 2016, x+395 pp.  

Revision as of 09:29, 24 February 2017

Born September 16, 1962(1962-09-16)
Graz, Austria
Died February 23, 2017(2017-02-23) (aged 54)
Vienna, Austria
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Armin Medosch (1962, Graz - 2016, Vienna) was a writer, artist and curator.

1980-84 studied germanistik and philosophy at Graz University. 1982-85 theatre direction at Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst. In 1985 moved to Vienna. 1986 founded Subcom art group and 1989-92 participated at art festivals (Ars Electronica), warehouse-parties, VJing. Worked as a journalist for ORF, Radio Ö1.

1992-94 co-founded STUBNITZ Kunst-Raum-Schiff, Rostock. Curated and organised exhibitions and symposia in Rostock, Hamburg, Malmö and St.Petersburg. 1995 with Stefan Iglhaut and Florian Rotzer co-curated Telepolis, exhibiton and symposium about interactive city.

From 1996 to 2002 he was co-editor of the net-culture magazine Telepolis. With Telepolis he won the European Online Journalism Award 2000 for investigative reporting and the Grimme Online Award 2002 for media journalism.

From 1997 he was based in London. Co-initiated the monthly Cybersalon events. With Manu Luksch he organised Art Servers Unlimited conference (London, 1998). Member of the University of Openess, a self-learning institution. In 2002 he co-organised "BerLon" - Berlin/London wireless community networking workshop in bootlab Berlin (Oct 02). In 2004 he held a NinePin research residency by Scan Network in the South West of England, investigating real and virtual ports and their role as cultural socio-economic hubs of transmission, gatekeeping and control with the Ports project. He was associate senior lecturer at Ravensbourne College's postgraduate MA course on Interactive Digital Media.

In 2003 he edited DIVE - collaborative tools for online communities, a printed catalogue and CD with texts, art projects and software. DIVE is a project by Kingdom of Piracy <KOP> which he co-initiated in 2001. DIVE was co-produced by FACT, Liverpool, commissioned by Virtual Media Center and launched at Ars Electronica 2003. <KOP> is jointly curated by Armin Medosch, Yukiko Shikata and Shu Lea Cheang. In 2006, with Kingdom of Piracy and xxxxx he organised Plenum as a novel event format.

In 2006 he curated the Waves exhibition in Riga.

He was a regular speaker at international conferences on digital culture and frequently involved in organising and curating conferences. He contributed articles and essays to many books, catalogues, magazines and newspapers.

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