Ruth Schnell – WORKBOOK

Mirrors of the Unseen

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab
Edited by Peter Weibel and Katharina Gsöllpointner

Ruth Schnell’s media art is characterized by its consistent engagement with concepts of reality that are called into question by means of apparative perception. Schnell’s works go beyond the moving image and include viewers participatively in immersive environments. Deeply inscribed into her artistic approach are references to sociopolitical issues, incorporating the latest technological developments.

This edited volume provides a documentary examination and contextualization of Schnell’s works since 1983, some of which have been linked to the artist’s video archive by way of QR codes. The work section is supplemented with chapters by Claudia Giannetti, Chris Salter, and Jill Scott; an interview between the artist and editor Katharina Gsöllpointner recapitulates her oeuvre from a media history perspective.

This English-language volume was published by De Gruyter in 2023 in the book series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Edition Angewandte, Edition Angewandte.

Accompanying the book launch, a site-specific version of the 2022 mixed-reality installation COMBATscience Augmented II will be presented in Vienna for the first time. Visitors will have an opportunity to experience the installation using a pair of HoloLens smart glasses.

Welcome: Gerald Bast, President (Rektor)
Talks: Katharina Gsöllpointner, Ruth Schnell

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