Artist Information:
Graf - Zyx
Wien,
Austria
Member Since: Apr 2006
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Artist Statement:
GRAF+ZYX : MUSEUM OF PRIVATE
ARTS
Already in the late 1970s
GRAF+ZYX committed themselves
to the „aestheticisation of
everyday life“ in all fields
of a cross-culture. Their
works with video, computer,
laser, web design and
programming, photography,
graphic design, video
sculpture, and music are
visually influenced by Pop
Art, Constructivism, Futurism,
Dadaism and contemporary
design, and musically rooted
in Beat and Electronic Rock of
the 60s and 70s, Free Jazz and
classical modern music,
whereas the lyrics in English
– always composed and
interpreted by GRAF+ZYX
themselves – resemble obscure,
existentialist dialogues. When
required, voice modulation
transforms the lyrics into a
linguistically indefinable
echoism.
Their conceptual approach and
their theoretical texts on
their intermedia works can
also be understood from these
universal aspects. Beauty next
to ugliness and complex
sophisticated constructions
next to stereotypical
simplicity, in peaceful
co-existence. An
intellectually harsh phrase
next to an aesthetically
disorientating, exuberant
emotionality to the point of a
„comix“, which is directed at
unsettling the audience in
general. As soon as the viewer
believes in having fully
grasped the artistic intention
and relaxes in the certainty
of his observation, another
subliminally delivered cynical
phrasing is guaranteed to foil
this idyll.
GRAF+ZYX ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Einzelausstellungen
2006 Itwasn’tUs – dead links.
Computerzeichnung, Fotografie,
Musikvideo, Installation, Text
und Projektion auf das
»Kinetische Luftobjekt
unddiezeit V.1.0. 1 / 1 2 3 4
aus 1000 Variationen aus dem
Leben eines Lüfters.
Installation mit Video, Musik,
Bildern und »Kinetischem
Luftobjekt Wien
1991 Raumkonstruktion.
Musikgesteuertes Laserobjekt –
Kunst am...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
2007 Sebastian Fasthuber:
Trust no Woman plus. 31/07.
(Hg.) Falter-Verlag > Wien
2007 Gerhard Stöger: Mysterium
ZYX. Datum 9 / 2007, Print-
und Webversion > Wien
2007 Christa Benzer: Im blauen
Licht der Vor-Computerzeit:
Zum ersten Teil der
DVD-Kompilation "Nomaden der
Zeit" von transmitter-x.org.
Band XII, ...
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Collections:
Artothek - BMUKK - Wien, AT
(Videoobjects, Video)
Stadt Wien - Wien, AT
(Paintings)
Emco Maier GmbH, Hallein, AT
(Laser Object)
Tiroler Landesmuseum,
Innsbruck, AT (Videoobjects)
Secession, Wien, AT (Music,
Video, Photography)
Sammlung der Universität für
angewandte Kunst in Wien,
Wien, AT (Video, Drawing,
Music)
Kunstverein Zürich, (Video]
Zürich, ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Graf - Zyx's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Graf - Zyx's Portfolio.
GRAF+ZYX : MUSEUM OF PRIVATE ARTS
Already in the late 1970s GRAF+ZYX committed themselves to the „aestheticisation of everyday life“ in all fields of a cross-culture. Their works with video, computer, laser, web design and programming, photography, graphic design, video sculpture, and music are visually influenced by Pop Art, Constructivism, Futurism, Dadaism and contemporary design, and musically rooted in Beat and Electronic Rock of the 60s and 70s, Free Jazz and classical modern music, whereas the lyrics in English – always composed and interpreted by GRAF+ZYX themselves – resemble obscure, existentialist dialogues. When required, voice modulation transforms the lyrics into a linguistically indefinable echoism.
Their conceptual approach and their theoretical texts on their intermedia works can also be understood from these universal aspects. Beauty next to ugliness and complex sophisticated constructions next to stereotypical simplicity, in peaceful co-existence. An intellectually harsh phrase next to an aesthetically disorientating, exuberant emotionality to the point of a „comix“, which is directed at unsettling the audience in general. As soon as the viewer believes in having fully grasped the artistic intention and relaxes in the certainty of his observation, another subliminally delivered cynical phrasing is guaranteed to foil this idyll.
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