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joak (Joseph Knierzinger) is an artist working on various alogisms and algorithms.

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joak (Joseph Knierzinger) is an artist working with obsolete media/technologies/trash and anachronistic, fictitious timelines. Humor and irony are an important method in his undertakings. He is currently working on various alogisms and algorithms in Rotterdam.

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joak (Joseph Knierzinger) is an artist searching for obsolete devices and tools or forgotten books in the discarded substances. To take them apart and create anachronistic, fictitious timelines. Humor and irony is an important method in his undertakings. His compositions, devices, games, installations, interventions, instruments, lectures, performances, performance-lectures, scores and software have been shown in academies, artist-run spaces, community centers, festivals, galleries, hackerspaces, museums, radio station, streets, theaters and universities in Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Germany, Italy, Kugelmugel, Mongolia, Netherlands, Online, Russia and Slovenia. He currently is teaching prototyping in the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Experimental Publishing (xpub) at the Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam and works on different alogisms and algorithms in Rotterdam.

exhibitions

2021-08-13 - 2021-08-15 Konfrontationen 2021 Jazzgalerie, Nickelsdorf, Austria Groupexhibition
2021-06-12 - 2021-06-13 Solar Habitat Symposion Lindabrunn, Lindabrunn, Austria groupexhibition
2020-08-08 - 2020-10-11 Knowledge Fever Goethe Institute China, 798 Art District, Jiuxianqiao Road 2, Chaoyang District Beijing, China groupexhibition
2017-11-26 - 2017-11-23 roboexotica 2017 Reaktor, Vienna, Austria festival
2017-10-01 - 2017-09-27 pland 2017 Nikola Tesla Museum, Zagreb, Croatia festival
2017-09-07 - 2017-09-11 our first audible/profitable exhibition/economy # 3 Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria festival
2017-07-21 - 2017-07-23 our first audible/profitable exhibition/economy # 2 Kugelmugel, Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel groupexhibition
2017-04-28 - 2017-05-01 our first audible/profitable exhibition/economy # 1 Zentrale, Wien, Österreich groupexhibition
2016-06-06 - 2016-06-10 life crisis in mirage justice, Vienna, Austria groupexhibtion
2016-03-26 - 2016-03-26 Tortoure Galerie Hafner-16, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2016-03-25 - 2016-03-25 "Vorlauefiger Titel: Der Tod der Malerei jetzt wieder modern" Galerie Hafner-16, Vienna, Austria groupexhibtion
2015-10-09 - 2015-11-07 C'hu W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands groupexhibition
2015-07-03 - 2015-07-12 Tempted by Tomorrow Hofport, Rotterdam, Netherlands groupexhibition
2014-06-26 - 2014-07-12 the essence Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria groupexhibtion
2014-03-27 - 2014-05-17 Wir gehen mit dem Kopf Skulpturinstitut, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2013-12-18 - 2014-02-01 ELECTRIC PARADE Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach, Austria groupexhibition
2013-12-03 - 2013-12-14 digital frictions das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2013-11-09 - 2013-11-09 copy-paste die bäckerei, Innsbruck, Austria groupexhibition
2013-10-18 - 2013-10-18 Vertical Biennale Sessions, Venecia, Italy groupexhibition
2013-09-27 - 2013-09-29 радска култ Fabrica 126, Sofia, Bulgaria groupexhibition
2013-06-21 - 2013-06-22 stARTup Camp Worm, Rotterdam, Netherlands groupexhibition
2012-11-23 - 2012-11-23 byob kunstvlaai 2012 Sint Nicolass Lyceum, Amsterdam, Netherlands groupexhibtion
2012-06-26 - 2012-07-15 the essence 2012 Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2012-05-18 - 2012-06-17 redefine defaults Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria groupexhibition
2012-05-11 - 2012-05-19 der angebrochene abend project LOVE_, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2012-05-03 - 2012-05-05 Toolkit 2012 aplusa:, Venecia, Italy festival
2012-01-27 - 2012-01-29 cultural morphing moe:, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2011-12-01 - 2011-12-04 roboexotica 2011 Ragnarhof, Vienna, Austria festival
2011-06-29 - 2011-07-17 essence 2011 MAK, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2011-06-10 - 2011-06-11 kunstüberforschen Schikaneder, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2011-05-10 - 2011-05-22 y/our/space WienEins, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2011-01-28 - 2011-02-17 terminator 2 projekt LOVE_, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition
2010-05-04 - 2010-08-04 artium speculum 10 Delavski dom, Trbovlje, Slovenia festival
2009-06-24 - 2009-07-12 alias in wonderland Freiraum-MQ, Vienna, Austria groupexhibition

performances

2023-06-08 gpn21 ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany performance
2023-02-28 Paper A.S.M.R. Radio Worm, Rotterdam, The Netherlands radio art
2022-12-18 Schande #5 lifestyle magazine release Worm, Rotterdam, The Netherlands performance "the Gesturewriter"
2022-12-01 extratonal infrastructure #1 Varia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands performance as JoaK
2022-11-20 Pixel Festival XX Pixel, Bergen, Norway lecture performance "the Gesturewriter"
2022-10-01 Flipchart #4 iii, The Hague, The Netherlands lecture performance "The Gesturewriter"
2022-09-03 Metalab Straßenfest 2022 Metalab, Vienna, Austria lecture performance "the Gesturewriter"
2022-07-01 vorbrenner-2022 BRUX / Freies Theater, Innsbruck, Austria Performance as part of Zentrum für Wurfkeramik
2022-06-18 art meets radical openess 2022 Raumschiff, Linz, Austria Performance as joak
2021-05-26 Mailüfterl Rauschen echoraeume, Vienna, Austria performance
2020-09-18 äquidistanz 2020 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, performance
2019-09-18 äqudistanz 2019 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, performance
2018-04-14 triple circulation tour #2 Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen, China tour with Hui Ye and Paul Gründorfer
2018-04-13 triple circulation tour #1 Jing Art Space, Nanting Village, Guangzhou, China mini tour with Hui Ye und Paul Gründorfer
2018-02-16 Solutions and problems in Extratonality 4 Varia, Rotterdam, NL performance at the SAPIE4 conference
2018-02-06 Solutions and Problems in Extratonality 3 Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL performance at SAPIE3 conference
2017-09-30 nothing more works: solutions and problems in the field of extra ... pland, Zagreb, Croatia with Niek Hilkmann and Michael J. Muik
2017-07-20 advanced obstacles #2 Kugelmugel, Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel performed "composition #1 for well ...
2017-02-08 trauma wien fluc, Vienna, Austria concert as indicator2000 in the regular traum ...
2016-11-02 very very special venster99, Vienna, Austria concert as indicator2000
2016-10-15 15 Jahre Fockestrasse Fockestrasse, Leipzig, Germany concert as indicator2000
2016-08-30 relearn 2016 calafou, Barcelona, Catalonia concert as indicator2000
2016-05-28 art meets radical openess 2016 STWST, Linz, Austria concert as JoaK
2015-10-02 analog love PMK, Innsbruck, Austria concert as indicator2000 and recorder-28_78
2015-06-20 Off-Media Cabaret V2_, Rotterdam, Netherlands concert as indicator2000
2015-01-16 vrooom #22 't Klooster, Rotterdam, Netherlands concert as indicator2000
2014-11-21 Klangkunsttage 2014 wellwellwell, Vienna, Austria concert as indicator2000
2014-06-24 Skulpturabend Skulpturinstitut, Vienna, Austria performance with two theremans and e-transformer
2013-10-08 Who are you? Where do you come from? What do you want? Rummel Hummel, Vienna, Austria concert as member of zip.rar
2013-09-05 Klangkunsttage 2013 Schleifmühlgasse 12-14, Vienna, Austria concert as member of zip.rar
2013-06-21 PIET ZWART MEDIA CABARET Worm, Rotterdam, Netherlands concert as member of Tip Top Orchestra
2013-04-24 vrooom #3 Het Klooster, Rotterdam, Netherlands concert together with mmths
2013-04-13 The Tip Top Orchestra Plays Terry Riley's In C Het Klooster, Rotterdam, Netherlands concert as member of Tip Top Orchestra
2011-11-20 cultural morphing radio Kunstradio Ö1, Vienna, Austria radio art show
2011-09-11 soundscape performances 2kolegas, Beijing, China performance against a robotic hand in a rock ...
2010-03-24 IPcity University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria performative installation "ColorTable ...
2010-03-14 informelles radio Kunstradio Ö1, Vienna, Austria art radio show

lectures

2020-06-03 Can Data Clouds Rain? School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese ...
2018-02-16 just another introduction to extratonality Varia, Rotterdam, NL introduction to extratonality at the sapie4 ...
2017-10-19 solutions and problems in the field of extra tonal automatisation Univeristy of Applied Arts, Digital Art Department, ... with Michael J. Muik
2017-03-22 Contionous random noise and other sound sources! Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2014-12-04 anachronistic networks & unusual games Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts(GAFA), Guangzhou, China
2014-04-24 THEMA-AVOND: CASSETTECULTUUR Worm, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013-06-21 stARTup Camp Worm, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2011-09-14 cultural morphing Fine Art College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2011-09-06 cultural morphing National University of Mongolia, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
2011-09-02 cultural morphing Buryat State University, Ulan-Ude, Russia

curated events

2020-09-18 - 2020-09-19 äquidistanz 2020 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance festival / co-curator
2019-09-13 - 2019-09-14 Äquidistanz 2019 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance festival / co-curator
2019-05-04 - 2019-05-04 advanced obstacles #6 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
2018-09-21 - 2018-09-22 Äquidistanz 2018 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance festival / co-curator
2018-06-07 - 2018-06-07 advanced obstacles #5 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
2018-05-11 - 2018-05-11 advanced obstacles #4 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
2017-10-05 - 2017-10-05 advanced obstacles #3 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
2017-07-20 - 2017-07-20 advanced obstacles #2 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
2017-05-04 - 2017-05-04 advanced obstacles #1 Kugelmugel, Republic of Kugelmugel, Vienna sound art & performance event / curator
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