varvara's "hyperreal" zone


 
Education
2006-2008 M.Sc in Digital Media, ISNM University of Lübeck
2007 Reportage Photography (VHS, Berlin)
2003-2006 Bachelor in IT Systems Administration, Estonian IT College
Grands/Awards/Residencies:
2010

Jury Prize for media art installation at 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter (20.30.01.2010, Germany)

2009 ASEA Foundation commission
2009 travel grand, City Council of Linz, Austria
2008 Art Camp, Ludic Games(ISEA, Singapore)
2008 special prize at Time Warp, International Music and Media Festival
2007-2008

DAAD Master program grand for 1 year

2006-2008 Bockholdt grand for studyfees at ISNM, University of Lübeck
Exhibitions/Performaces
2010 “Final Show of Labor for Electronic Music and New Media Linz”,  sound Art performance at STWST Media Linz (30.06.2010, Linz, Austria)
2010 “Love The Robot Show”, online performance, DOCK18, Zürich
2010 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter (20.-30.01.2010, Germany)
2009 “Royal Interface Cultures Masquerade Ball”, Ars Electronica09 Campus exhibition (03.-08.09.09, Linz, Austria)
2009 “Fantasmarama”, group exhibition (02.-07.09.09, Linz, Austria)
2009 International Media Art Festival Cellsbutton#3 (01.-08.08.09, Yogiyakarta, Indonesia)
2009 “Death Bricks”, solo exhibition in collaboration with Derivart, Rocaumbert art centre (Granolles, Spain, 14.05-26.06.09)
2009 “Sound Machine”, Time’s Up (Linz, Austria 30.04.09)
2008 “ANTIVIRUS” - solo exhibition/performance (Lübeck, Germany)
Screenings
2008 Wiz-Art, International Festival of Visual Art, Lviv, Ukrain
2008 Time Warp, International Music and Media Festival
Talks
2009 “Freedom of Media in West and East”, debate at InfoRadio, RBB, Berlin
2008

“Simulacrum” at 7.Stock (Dresden, Germany)

Publications
2008

“Echoes” - pervasive mobile game, published and presented in Mobile Gaming Workshop at Informatik2008, Munich, Germany

2008

“Men Club” - photo reportage, published in “book in 1 day” by Losje

Teaching
17.-20.05.10 “Meaning of Interaction in Media Art. Low-tech Interaction”, 4day-workshop at Estonian Art Academy
SummerSemester10 “Circuit hacking, purpose changing”, “Supervision of Creative Work” Interface Cultures, Art University of Linz
Winter Semester09 “Public Intervention with Technology” Interface Cultures, Art University of Linz
06.-09.11.2009 "Gamepad bending" workshop with youth at IDEE in the frames of Crossmediatour (Dresden, Germany)
12.09.2009 “Solarbots” workshop at MzTek (London, UK)
08–12.06.2009 “Interactive Dolls” workshop at Eclectc Tech Carneval (Umea, Sweden)
09.05.2009 "Robotek" workshop at Grosse Halle Bern, Switherland
Recent Employment
03.2009- Assistant of Professor at Interface Cultures, Art University of Linz, Austria
01-03.2009 Artist/researcher in residency, Patchingzone (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
08-10.2007 Production Assistan at the media festival Prix Europa 2007 (Berlin)
Artists COmmunities
2010 Labor for Electronic Music and New Media Linz
2010 OpenMaterials.org
Languages
  Estonian, Russian, English, German, beginner in Spanish