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Exhibition Project: “9 Installations” Alexandru Patatics’s retrospective installation art project /curated by Horea Avram, was selected to be produced for the National Museum of Contemporary Arts (MNAC) events, in 2020-2021

‘Step to... Word’ - Alexandru Patatics - Internet-media & video Installation - "ICC Biennale '97" Tokyo, - Intercommunication Center, Japan (1997)

“9 Installations” is a statement that proposes visionary projects that indicate not only the artist’s current artistic concerns but also possible directions of technological exploration and conceptual approach in the sphere of new media.”

HOREA AVRAM, Art Critic & CURATOR

‘Step to... Word’

Internet-media & video Installation (video captures)
COMMUNICATION / DISCOMMUNICATION
"ICC Biennale '97" Tokyo, - Intercommunication Center, Japan (1997)

Academics

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Member of International Association of Art Critics (Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, AICA)

Phd. Lecturer at photography and video art department of the National University of Arts (UNAB), Bucharest, Romania

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Alexandru Patatics - media & video artist, Founder of Format Foundation, lecturer at National University of Arts, Bucharest, Member of International Association of Art Critics

“His artistic production has been focused on the most innovative and dynamic area of artistic research, media art projects and installations, where he has a pioneering role that have marked the history of recent art in Romania and which represent essential landmarks on the international media art map. His works have been presented in the most prestigious institutions at: Venice and Sao Paulo Biennale, ICC Tokyo or ZKM Karlsruhe – Center for Art and Media Culture.”

— HOREA AVRAM, ART CURATOR

Main Art Events / Exhibitions —

"ICC Biennale '97" Tokyo

‘Step to.. Word’ - Internet-media & video installation - InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan (1997)

“Venice - 49 International Exhibition”

CONTEXT - initiator & curator of the Romanian Pavilion colaborative media-art project at Giardini della Biennale Venice - 49 International Exhibition, Italy (2001)

"Net_Condition"

‘Step to.. Word’ (new version) - Zentrum fur Medientechnologie ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany (1999)

“Ex Oriente Lux”

Titleless - video Installation, Dalles Halls, Bucharest, Romania (1993)

"Unter Anderen-Among Others"

‘Among Others’ - Interactive Sound Installation
Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund, Germany (1995)

“Black-Out”

“Black-Out” – strobe light Installation
‘punct’ gallery, Timisoara & “Galeria Noua”, Bucharest, Romania (2004)

"East Europe Zone"

‘Neon lights’ - Installation 1993 - Timisoara, Romania

"Minima Media Leipzig '94"

‘Work in Progress’ - sound, video & ambiental media Installation, Buntgarnwerke, Leipzig, Germany (1994)

"XXIII Sao Paulo Bienalle"

Sound & Digital Media Installation

"XXIII Sao Paulo Bienalle", Sao Paulo, Brazil (1996)

"Ad Hoc - Romanian art today"

'Insignifiant events' - video & photographic media Installation, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (1997)

"6 Interventions" - Creative Fusion Event

CLEVELANDERS - Photographic Media (Platinum Palladium) & Video Documentary Art Project
ArtCraft Building, Cleveland USA (2015)

"MEDZI" (between)

"Teaspoonful" - video Installation
Jesuit Church, Skalice, Slovakia (2000)

„Romania Week Beijing 2008”

POV (point of view), multi-channel HD video
“Bed” Beijing, China (2008)

1/2/3/4 (event) - video-installation & performance (2006) (Copy) — 1/2/3/4 (event) - video-installation & performance (2006)

V_Body_Generator, workshop & public event, Ronda Hall, National Centre for Dance - CNDB, Bucharest, Romania (2006)

Re:[Cave_Project]- sequences - HD video-installation (Copy) — Re:[Cave_Project]- sequences - HD video-installation

King’s College, London, United Kingdom (2011)

‘CUT-OUTS’ - digital video (Copy) — ‘CUT-OUTS’ - digital video

Victoria Art Center, Bucharest, Romania (2013)

‘Among Others’ - Interactive Sound Installation (Copy) — ‘Among Others’ - Interactive Sound Installation

"Unter Anderen-Among Others", Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund, Germany (1995)

“Black-Out” – strobe light Installation (Copy) — “Black-Out” – strobe light Installation

‘punct’ gallery, Timisoara, Romania (2004)

BYOB - multichannel DVD video-installation (Copy) — BYOB - multichannel DVD video-installation

MNAC–Anexa, Bucharest, Romania (2012)

“CONTEXT” - multimedia collaborative art program (Copy) — “CONTEXT” - multimedia collaborative art program

Romanian Pavillion at Venice - 49 International Exhibition, Italy (2001)

CLEVELANDERS / 6 Interventions - group exhibition (Copy) — CLEVELANDERS / 6 Interventions - group exhibition

Creative Fusion Event - ArtCraft Building, Cleveland USA (curator: Alexandru Patatics - 2015)

‘Among Others’ - Interactive Sound Installation (detail) (Copy) — ‘Among Others’ - Interactive Sound Installation (detail)

"Unter Anderen-Among Others", Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund, Germany (1995)

T_A_K_E_S – (performance) multi-channel wireless video project (Copy) — T_A_K_E_S – (performance) multi-channel wireless video project

“Test Point”, Bucharest, RO; “Millenaris Jovo haza” - Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary; Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany (2007)

Sound & Digital Media Installation (detail) (Copy) — Sound & Digital Media Installation (detail)

"XXIII Sao Paulo Bienalle", Sao Paulo, Brazil (1996)

"Teaspoonful" - video Installation (Copy) — "Teaspoonful" - video Installation

"MEDZI" (between), media Installation - Jesuit Church, Skalice, Slovakia (2000)

‘Step to... Word’ - Internet-media & video Installation (detail) (Copy) — ‘Step to... Word’ - Internet-media & video Installation (detail)

"ICC Biennale '97" Tokyo, - Intercommunication Center, Japan (1997)

Titleless - video Installation (detail) (Copy) — Titleless - video Installation (detail)

“Ex Oriente Lux”, Dalles Halls, Bucharest, (1993)

Titleless - video Installation (Copy) — Titleless - video Installation

“Ex Oriente Lux”, Dalles Halls, Bucharest, (1993)

“Work in progress” - Interactive video Installation (detail) (Copy) — “Work in progress” - Interactive video Installation (detail)

“MedienBiennale Leipzig '94” - Kunsthalle Buntgarnwerke – Leipzig, Germany (1994)

1/2/3/4 (event) - video-installation & performance (Copy) — 1/2/3/4 (event) - video-installation & performance

V_Body_Generator, workshop & public event, Ronda Hall, National Center of Dance - CNDB, Bucharest, Romania (2006)

'Insignifiant events' - video & photographic media Installation (Copy) — 'Insignifiant events' - video & photographic media Installation

"Ad Hoc - Romanian art today", Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (1997)

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