The installation tx-mirror was created for the exhibition “Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media” at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. It is a further development of the film technology “tx-transform” invented by Martin Reinhart in 1992. As in earlier works by the artist duo Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich, familiar perception is questioned and expanded through intuitive interaction. Visitors can look at themselves in a magical mirror and explore the laws of a universe where time and space have been reversed. The installation also pays homage to the Polish video artist Zbigniew Rybczynski, whose film “The Fourth Dimension” has inspired an entire generation of artists.
Project Credits:
- Concept: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich
- Programming: Matthias Strohmaier
- Sound design of the film documentation: Siegfried Friedrich
- Thanks to Peter Weibel and Leo Coster
- Produced on behalf of ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Biographies:
Martin Reinhart, film historian, filmmaker and film technician, born 1967 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna. He studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Co-founder of the company Indiecam, which was a pioneer of digital film and developed the CinemaDNG standard together with Adobe. His innovative works and films have been presented at numerous international exhibitions and festivals, including the “tx-transform” film technique developed by him.
Virgil Widrich, screenwriter, film director, multimedia artist and professor for “Art & Science” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. His works have been awarded with more than 130 international prizes so far. His most recent feature film is Night of a 1000 Hours (2016). His first music video Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel was released in 2018.
http://www.widrichfilm.com
