Ruediger John

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).

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

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