Ivor Diosi
Ivor is an internationally recognized, award-winning technoshaman and cyberalchemist. His main obsessions are identity, the existence of space-time, of organic life and consciousness. Works in fields of neurocinema, mixed reality, game-art, bio-art, artificial life and virtual humans. Exhibiting internationally since 1999 at over a hundred new media art venues around the world. Received a number of prestigious awards and distinctions. He is the founder of _humane after people_ - an international art-science group addressing questions of the future of the human condition and aiming for a machine-unreadable humanity. Their projects strive to be detached from socially conditioned perception and our simian legacy as much as possible, and focus on what really matters: the human being as autonomous conscience in the unvoid. Ivor is from nowhere and lives on teh Internets.
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Awards
- 2014 CYNETART Media-Art Awards - CYNETART International Award 2014
- 2014 LUMEN Prize 2014 - World Tour Selection
- 2012 Japan Media Arts Festival 2012 - Jury Selection “Interactive Art”
- 2011 Fundación Telefónica VIDA 13.2 A-Life Art Competition - Artistic Incentives Selection
- 2006 VIPER 2006 Basel - Nomination VIPER Award “Interactive Art”
- 2005 CIANT Centre For Arts And Technologies, Prague - Artist In Residence 2005
- 2004 Transmediale 2004 Berlin - Honorary Mention
- 2003 Split Festival of New Film and Media - New Media Special Award
- 2003 ZKM International Media Art Award - Die Besten “Interactive Art”
- 2001 Fundación Telefónica VIDA 4.0 A-Life Art Competition - Honorary Mention
- 2001 ACA Media Arts Festival Japan - Jury Selection “Interactive Art”
- 1997 Honeywell Futurist ´97 - Winner Eastern Europe, European Finalist
Exhibitions
- 2015 Lumen World Tour Show, Crypt Gallery St Pancras Church, London
- 2015 Lumen World Tour Show, Gallery 5&33 Art’otel, Amsterdam, NL
- 2014 "on Andy Warhol 2015", Pop Art Center Foundation, Prague, CZ
- 2014 Lumen World Tour Show, New York Institute of Technology, NYC, USA
- 2014 CYNETART International Media-Art Festival 2014, Dresden, DE
- 2014 Gallery39 – permanent exhibition, Canary Wharf, London, UK
- 2014 "Lumen Highlights", FCA, Canary Wharf, London, UK
- 2014 Lumen World Tour Show, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, GR
- 2014 Lumen Prize 2014 Opening, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, UK
- 2014 “FabLab” DOX Centre for Contemporary Arts, Prague, CZ
- 2012 Japan Media Arts Festival 2012, Tokyo, J
- 2012 “Molding the Signifier”, Institute of Intermedia ČVUT, Prague, CZ
- 2011 “VIDA 13.2 Artificial Life Art” Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, E
- 2010 “end it now Prime Minister”, massive public participation event, Prague, CZ
- 2009 “Robots and Avatars” NESTA, with body>data>space, London, UK
- 2009 amber’09 festival, Istanbul, TR
- 2009 “Hallerstein” National Theatre Slovenia, performance with Kibla, Maribor, SLO
- 2009 Kinetica Art Fair 2009, performance with body>data>space, London, UK
- 2008 CYNETart_08, Trans-Media Academy Hellerau, Dresden, DE
- 2008 “Ludic Times” ISEA 2008 Art Camp, Singapore, SG
- 2008 “PostMe_NewID” ICA, with body>data>space, London, UK
- 2008 “Virtual Physical Bodies” Centre des Arts Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains, Paris, FR
- 2008 “Immediate”, performances with CIANT and Kibla, Kibla, Maribor, SLO
- 2007 eGolems Biennale, Ministry of Culture Argentina, with CIANT, Buenos Aires, AR
- 2007 “Lilith” Academy of Fine Arts Prague, with Pavel Smetana and CIANT, Prague, CZ
- 2007 CIANT Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2007 ArtExpress Lamparna, performance with CIANT, Labin, HR
- 2006 NIVAF Nagano International Video Art Festival 2006, Nagano, J
- 2006 “runaway” Gallery Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, SK
- 2006 Laboratory for Mixed Realities, performance with CIANT, Köln, DE
- 2006 “Syntapiens – Avatar – Umbot”, performance with Noordung, Ljubljana, SLO
- 2006 VIPER Festival, Basel, CH
- 2006 “Chlap, hrdina, duch, stroj” Medium Gallery, Bratislava, SK
- 2005 EnterMultimediale 2, Prague, CZ
- 2005 “Arc Nomade” Ecole Superieure D’Art, with CIANT, Aix-en-Provence, FR
- 2005 Multiplace IV Festival “bezOBRAZie”, Trnava, SK
- 2005 “Metro” Gallery Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, SK
- 2004 Transmediale 2004, Berlin, DE
- 2003 8th International Festival of New Film and Media, Split, HR
- 2003 Multiplace 2 Festival, Bratislava, SK
- 2003 “Constructed Life” ZKM International Media Art Festival, Karlsruhe, DE
- 2002 “Slovak Photography 1925–2000”, Prague Municipal Gallery, Prague, CZ
- 2002 Multiplace Festival, Bratislava, SK
- 2002 Gallery Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, SK
- 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, J
- 2001 SVA Visual Arts Museum “New York Digital Salon 2001”, New York, USA
- 2001 Fundación Telefónica “VIDA Life 4.0”, Madrid, E
- 2001 DMF Digital Media Festival 2001, Quezon City, PH
- 2001 Slovak National Gallery “Slovak Photography 1925–2000”, Bratislava, SK
- 2001 6th International Festival of New Film and Media, Split, HR
- 2001 Metropolitan Museum of Photography / ACA Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, J
- 1999 "Telecom’99" Palexpo, Geneva, CH
Literature
- Books
- Aurel Hrabušický, Václav Macek, Slovenská Fotografia 1925-2000: Moderna, Postmoderna, Postfotografia (Slovak Photography, 1925-2000: Modernism, Post-Modernism, Post-Photography), Slovenská Národná Galéria (Slovak National Gallery), January 2002, ISBN-13: 978-8080590581 (English, Slovensky (Slovak)) [Amazon] [artforum.sk]
- Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schöpf (Editors), Cyberarts 2000 (Prix Ars Electronica 2000 International Compendium), ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk, Springer, September 2000, ISBN-13: 978-3211834985 (English, Deutsch) [Amazon]
- Articles
- Deborah Hustić, Neja Tomšič, Alain Bieber, Andreas Ullrich (Jury), CYNETART International Media-Art Award 2014 - Jury Statement >(_humane after people_), CYNETART International Media-Art Festival Dresden, Website, November 2014 (English, Deutsch)
- Carla Rapoport (Curator), Clarrie Wallis, Douglas Dodds, Tessa Jackson, Bruce Wands, Michael Fukushima, Jeremy Gardiner (Jury), Lumen Prize 2014 Selection, Lumen Prize, Website, October 2014 (English)
- CIANT International Centre for Art and New Technologies Prague, "Serious Gaming - Seriously?", CIANT, Newsletter, October 2014 (English)
- Ondřej Cakl, "On Artificial Worlds and Image Manipulation with Pavel Smetana and Ivor Diosi", Fotograf Magazine #23 "artificial worlds", June 2014 (English) [iTunes]
- Kamiya Yukie, Hara Kenya, Miwa Masahiro (Jury), Japan Media Arts Awards 2012 - Jury Statement > (_humane after people_), Japan Media Arts Festival Tokyo, Website, October 2013 (English, 日本語)
- Jo-Anne Green, "Virtual / Physical Bodies (Corps Virtuels / Physiques)", turbulence.org, Newsletter, October 2008 (English)
- Jan Rylich, "Ivor Diosi", Flash Art CZ-SK No.9, July-October 2008 (Česky (Czech)) PDF Download
- Pavel Sedlák, "Nové umění z kráteru (New Art from the Crater)", Flash Art CZ-SK No.9, July-October 2008 (Česky (Czech)) [Article Mirror]
- Pavel Bourek, "ivor diosi - humane persistence : experimenty s dvěma realitami (experiments with two realities)", XMAG techno.pop Magazine #98, pp 29, October 2007 (Česky (Czech)) PDF Download
- CIANT International Centre for Art and New Technologies Prague, "Interview: Ivor Diosi", Prague TV, Website, September 2007 (English), "Interview: Ivor Diosi" (Translated Blog Repost) scena.cz, Website, September 2007 (Česky (Czech))
- Petr Tomaides, Denisa Kera, "Transgenesis – Umělci v laboratořích (Artists in Laboratories)", Czech TV Online, Website, October 2007 (Česky (Czech))
- ALTERNE, "LILITH (Project Description and Review)", ALTERNE Alternative Realities in Networked Environments Consortium, Website, May 2005 (English)
- Mesiac fotografie 2005, "Ivor Diosi - VERT.EGO", Stredoeurópsky dom fotografie (Central European House of Photography) Bratislava, Newsletter, September 2005 (English, Slovensky (Slovak))
- EnterMultimediale 2 Festival of Art and New Technologies Prague, "Ivor Diosi - vert.ego", EnterMultimediale 2, Website, May 2005 (English)
- Daniel Grúň, "What it Means to Travel by Metro in Bratislava (Metro : Exhibition, Gallery Priestor for Contemporary Arts)", Umělec Magazine / Divus, Website, February 2004, (English, Slovensky (Slovak))
- eldar, "Jitro kouzelníků - Kyberumění (The Dawn of Wizards - CyberArt)", Rádio Akropolis Prague, Newsletter, April 2004 (Česky (Czech))
- Peter Weibel, Barbara Könches (Curators), ZKM International Media Art Award 2003 - Jury Statement, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Website, November 2003 (Deutsch)
- Lizzy Le Quesne, "Slovak Photography Is Developing a Reputation - Review: Slovak Photography 1925-2000, Prague City Gallery, December 2002-April 2003", Transitions Magazine Online, Website, April 2003 (English)
- Jean Gagnon (Curator), The Langlois Foundation Collection - Anthologie 2003, Fondation Daniel Langlois Montreal, Website, 2003 (English, Française)
- Daniel Canogar, Machiko Kusahara, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Sally Jane Norman, Nell Tenhaaf (Jury), Vida 4.0 Artificial Life Art International Competition - Jury Statement, Fundación Telefónica Madrid, Website, November 2001 (English) [Archive Mirror]
- Leonardo Journal, Ninth New York Digital Salon - Exhibiting Artists and Juror's Statement, Leonardo Journal Vol.34 Issue 5, pp. 518-519, The MIT Press, October 2001 (English) [JSTOR PDF] [Project Muse PDF]