Ruediger John

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Ruediger John (* 1971 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist.

He creates situative, installative, interventionistic, research- and publication-oriented works and exhibitions; definitoric and practical works in Artistic Research, Systemic Art and Transfer Art; numerous invitations to events and exhibitions and participation on discourses on these topics; since 1997 he is working as an artist as Critical Aesthetic Consultant.

Since 2000 Ruediger John is teaching at different universities and academies; a.o. 2001-2003 als Artistic-Scientific Assistant, Assistant Professor for situative, installative working, Context, Cognition, Mixed-Media at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (State Academy of Fine Arts and Design Stuttgart) and in further guest lectures and as visiting professor. 2002-2003 Professor in substitution for Art/Art- and Design Sciences at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Design and Economy Pforzheim. 2004-2005 Visiting Professor for Kunst und Wirtschaft - Transferkunst, Systemische Kunst, künstlerische Forschung (Art and Economy - Transfer Art, Systemic Art, Artistic Research) at Universität der Künste Berlin (Institut for Art in Context, University of the Arts Berlin), as well as at the Center for Applied Cultural Sciences and Studium Generale at Universität Karlsruhe. He is founder of Gesellschaft für kritische Ästhetik (Society for Critical Aesthetics) (2003).

Ruediger John studied at State Academy of Fine Arts and Design Stuttgart (MFA) and invited to Columbia University and New York University, New York City (affiliate/guest).

[edit] Works and Projects (Selection)

freundlich behauptet - Gespräche über Kunst und Wirtschaft, Discourse Programme, 2004
MEHR WERT - Künstler, Unternehmer und Wissenschaftler im Dialog, Discourse Programme, 2004
kFP/02 künstlerisches Forschungsprojekt, 2002
Die Akademie ist keine Akademie, Discourse Programme, 1999
extreme all fantasies exploited, (Series), 1998
Speed bumps, (Series), 1997, 1998
assimilate, 1997
Series 1, Series 2, Series 3, (Series), since 1997
iconic sketches, (Series), 1996-1999
DATA*CODE*MUSIC, 1995
sequential iteration, (Series), 1992-1995
Kritisch-ästhetisches Coaching und Consulting, since 1997
object vs. objectives, mobile television intervention, hacking an IQ test, scenes behind the scenes, Klavier und Kaviar, 1994-1999

[edit] Bibliography (Selection)

Erweiterte Erkenntnisfähigkeit durch kulturelle Kontextualisierung in: Raffinierter Überleben, Strategien in Kunst und Wirtschaft, Kadmos Kulturverlag, 2005
Objekt Subjekt Prädikat in: Mapping Blind Spaces, Athena Verlag, 2005
TRANSFER: Kunst Wirtschaft Wissenschaft, [sic!] - Verlag für kritische Ästhetik, 2003
Bemerkung zu Berg/annotation on mountain in: Der Berg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2002
Die Akademie ist keine Akademie, [sic!] - Verlag für kritische Ästhetik, 1999
Scrapbook 1995-1998, limited edition, 1998
short essays and narrative fragments, limited edition, 1997
Central Park 1 AM, limited edition, 1994
book - an object oriented definition of an infrastructure, limited edition, 1991