Tina Sauerländer

Curator Tina Sauerländer (peer to space) introduces virtual reality as an artistic medium. She talks about the history of VR, current developments, different technologies and their use in exhibitions. She will talk about her role as curator and mediator between the audience and artists' dealings with alternate reality media and share her experiences from organizing and curating exhibitions like "The Unframed World" (HeK, Basel), "Uncanny Conditions" (whiteBOX, Munich) and "RESET III and Virtual Reality" (PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, 2017).

Vom 1. bis 2. März 2018 fand am ZKM | Karlsruhe die Konferenz »smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture« im Rahmen des EU-Projektes »smARTplaces« statt.

Since the launch of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, Virtual Reality (VR) is widely used in artistic practice. Not only artists working with the digital deal with the new medium, also many artists from other fields e.g. performance of sculpting discover VR as a medium to extend and enhance their artistic ideas. The lecture will include current developments in artistic VR experiences and the history of VR art.

Wie stellt man Kunst im digitalen Zeitalter aus oder wie bekommt man Virtual Reality in den realen Ausstellungsraum?
Um diese und weitere spannende Fragen wird es in diesem Art&Tech Talk gehen.
Speakerin Tina Sauerländer ist Artistic Director des VR ART PRIZE by DKB in Kooperation mit der CAA Berlin, Director & Head Curator von peer to space und Co-Founder & Director von Radiance VR. Zudem hat sie das international agierende Frauen-Netzwerk SALOON gegründet, das den Austausch, gemeinsame Projekte, Ausstellungen und verschiedene Formen von Kooperation zwischen Frauen innerhalb der Branche fördert.

Speakerin Tina Sauerländer:
"Als Kuratorin verstehe ich meine Rolle als Vermittlerin zwischen künstlerischem Ausdruck und öffentlicher Wahrnehmung. Ich konzentriere mich auf Kunst, die sich damit beschäftigt, wie das Digitale und das Internet unsere gesellschaftlichen und persönlichen Bedingungen prägen und verändern. Künstlerinnen und Künstler setzen sich mit dem Zustand des Digitalen und des Internets in verschiedenen Medien auseinander oder behandeln die Interaktion zwischen realen und virtuellen Räumen mit digitalen Technologien wie Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality. Sie reflektieren die sozialen, politischen, kulturellen oder persönlichen Bedingungen oder die Wahrnehmung der globalen Geschichte durch digitale Medien. Ich stelle diese künstlerischen Ansätze einem breiten Publikum vor, um ein besseres Verständnis für die Welt, in der wir leben, zu schaffen - und damit einen Beitrag zu einer toleranteren, aufgeschlosseneren und empathischeren globalen Gesellschaft zu leisten."

Die Art & Tech Talks sind eine Vortragsreihe des Wavelabs. Das Wavelab ist das Innovations- und Gründungszentrum der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München für Experimente und Unternehmungen an der Schnittstelle von Music, Arts & Media mit neuen Technologien. In der Vortragsreihe sprechen innovative, disruptive und visionäre Gründer*innen, Künstler*innen, Kreative und Technologie-Experte*innen über die Zukunftsthemen in Music, Arts, Media & Tech und geben Einblicke in ihre Projekte und Erfahrungen.

Two years ago in autumn 2017, Philip Hausmeier and Tina Sauerländer founded the online database and research platform for Virtual Reality experiences in visual arts, Radiance VR (radiancevr.co). In her talk, Tina Sauerländer introduces the platform and speaks about the future plans as well as about the challenges of presenting and preserving VR art online. The talk took place on the occasion of the "Culture Back-Up" conference at HS Mainz, organized by Prof. Tilman Baumgärtel. Introduction to the talk in German, Talk in English.

Speech about women in art by SALOON founder Tina Sauerlaender on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of SALOON Berlin. June 26, 2019.
The SALOON is a network for women working in the art scenes of Berlin, Brussels, Dresden Hamburg, London, Paris Prague, Tel Aviv, and Vienna as curators, artists or journalists, as well as in galleries, museums or universities. The SALOON considers itself a non-profit-oriented network for women working in art. Its aim is to create more visibility for female protagonists in the art scene, create new projects, exhibitions or other forms of cooperation. Independent curator and writer Tina Sauerlaender (peer to space) founded the SALOON in summer 2012. She has been running the SALOON together with the artist Ornella Fieres (ornellafieres.com) and gallery manager Larissa Fischer (Kuckei + Kuckei).
>>> English subtitles available, please click CC at the right corner in the video frame.
(c) SALOON Berlin, 2019

VR Art : History & Today, The CX Class lecture series, Filmuniversität Babelsberg, November 7, 2023

VIRTUELLE WELTEN IN DER KUNST, Landeskunstgymnasium Rheinland-Pfalz, Alzey, November 2, 2023

Virtual Reality in Art & Art Schools, “Illusion of Form – On shaping the Art Schools” Conference, University of Arts in Poznan, 23.10.2023

World Building in Virtual Reality. Home of the Brain (1991/2) by Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauß and Aporia (2020/21) by Patricia Detmering in Dialogue, Jahrestagung “Virtual Worlds”, Universität Bochum, June 2023

Digital Art in Public Spaces. From Projection-Mapping to AR Apps, University of the Arts / Taideyliopist, Helsinki, Finland, April 2023

Virtual Worlds - Curating and Creating Digital Art. Harvard University, 29.3.2022

Digital Futures. European Cultural Centre, Venice, 7.7.2022

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow in the Metaverse. Digital Studies Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 17.2.2022
Virtual Worlds - The future of SocialVR and WebVR in art and society, 55 Min of Reinvention series by 1000Vordenker, June 16, 2021

Reflecting Life On The Internet. Webcam Artists 1997 - 2017, MDPI book launch of Self-Representation in an Expanded Field, May 14, 2021

Women in Tech & Culture, German Embassy Beijing, March 31, 2021

Artistic Self-Representation in Digital Art, Otlet Salon, Belgium, March 25, 2021

VR & Visual Arts, Linoleum Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, (online) September 3, 2020

Challenges of Presenting and Preserving VR Art Online (Talk in English, Intro in German), Kultur Back-Up Conference, HS, Mainz, Oct 30, 2019

VR in Visual Arts, Institut Intermedii, Technical University, organized by Na Shledanou Gallery, invited by Czech Center Berlin, Prague, Oct 3, 2019
VR and Art, Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich, March 7, 2019

VR and Art, NEW INC, New York, February 6, 2019

VR and Art, at Department for Art History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, January 22, 2019

Illusion, Immersion und Virtual Reality-Kunst, Kunsthalle, Munich, Germany, November 13, 2018

VR and Art, Open Source Festival Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, July 13, 2018

VR and Art, at I4c – The Magic in Virtual Reality, Conference for VR and AR, by Bavarian Film Centre, at Munich Residenz, June 28-29, 2018

Digital Exhibitions & Exhibiting the Digital, Klasse Digitale Grafik from the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, at K,. Berlin, June 19, 2018

Curating VR, Talk with Peggy Schoenegge, University of Technology, seminar of Dr. S. Stallschus, Berlin, June 12, 2018

Curating VR and Radiance, with Philip Hausmeier, interactive art class, BAU University, Berlin, May 15, 2018

History of VR Art & Curating VR, Department for Interface Cultures, University of Art and Design, Linz, May 2, 2018

History of VR Art & Curating VR, Department for Transmedia Art, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, May 2, 2018

Artistic Self-Staging in the Digital Age, Video-Talk Oberbank Forum / Interface Cultures, Kunstuni, Linz, Austria, April 24, 2018

Curating Virtual Reality in Physical Spaces, Digifest, Toronto, April 26-28, 2018

Curating Virtual Reality in Physical Spaces, smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture, Talk online (english), ZKM Karlsruhe, March 1/2, 2018

VR in Visual Arts, VR MeetUp, Berlin, February 21, 2018

About the SALOON Network, Pecha Kucha Art Night - Netzwerke / Networks, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, January 31, 2018

About RadianceVR, Oxcytocin - Startups Mate Art, New Space New Soma, Monumenten Str. 24 in 10965 Berlin, 7pm, Nov., 11, 2017

Digital Exhibitions & Exhibiting the Digital, PICTURE BERLIN at KuLe, Berlin, August 10, 2017

Feel Screenless: Why Artists Use Virtual Reality, re:publica, Berlin, May 9, 2017 (Talk online)

Kate Durbin - Hello Selfie! documentations, PICTURE BERLIN at Speisekino ZK/U, Berlin, August 12, 2016

VISUALIZING TIME. What art tells us about time and the change of its perception, London, EN, June 19, 2015

Exhibition rip, cut – grow, Introduction to the exhibition, L’oiseau présente, DE, Berlin, 9/2014

Geld–Wert–Kunst (money, value, art), conference Die Zukunft des Geldes (the future of money), DE, Zurich, 5/2014

A matter of opinion. Ways of expression in contemporary photography, McKinsey & Company, DE, Munich, 5/2008

Otto Steinert. Founder of Subjective Photography, McKinsey & Company, DE, Munich, 9/2007

Introducing the exhibition: Andreas Gursky, Sharjah Contemporary and Arab Art Museum, Sharjah (U.A.E.), EN, 11/2007

PANEL & SYMPOSIUMS
SELFIE CULTURE Symposium, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria, Nov 23, 2018

Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Panel Discussion, Goethe-Institut Warschau, October 12, 2018

VR and Art, Panel Discussion, 4c – The Magic in Virtual Reality Conference, by Bavarian Film Centre, at Munich Residenz, June 28-29, 2018

Digital Intimacy, Panel Discussion, with Anika Meier, dgtl fmnsm Festival, Dresden, March 16-18, 2018

Art & Tech - How digital technology is changing the art world, Panel Discussion, ArtTours, at SohoHouse, Berlin, January 30, 2018

Virtual Reality in Art, Panel Discussion with Anne Schwanz and Manuel Rossner, by ALC-Art Lovers Club, at Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, June 22, 2017

Critical Approaches to Virtual Reality, Panel Discussion, Millieux Institute, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, 5-7pm, May 24, 2017

Virtual Reality in Art, Panel Discussion, Eigen & Art Lab, Berlin, Images, April 12, 2017

Frauen in der Kunst, Talk with Anja Groeschel, Art Lovers Club, Hearthouse, Munich, March 22, 2017

Pleasure Principle, Panel Discussions about artist curators, Finnish Institute, Berlin, October 13, 2016

Netzwerke, Panel Discussion, Goldrausch, Kunstquartier Bethanien, DE, 22.10.2015

The Future Of Digital Art: Art Institutions Discuss the Influence of New Technologies, with Marlies Wirth (MAK Vienna), DIGITAL ART LAB, Haus am Lützowplatz, September 17, 2023

Partizipation im Metaverse, Begehungen e.V., Chemnitz, June 9, 2023

DIGITAL FUTURES, European Cultural Centre Italy, with Christiane Paul, Francesca Albrezzi, et al, organized by Rah Eleh, July 7, 2022, (Link)

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW IN THE METAVERSE, University of Michigan Digital Studies Institute, event by Marisa Olson, 02/17, 2022
Co-Creation with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Lab #2, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, June 15, 2021

Immersive Technologies and Interactive Arts, VRHAM! Festival Hamburg, June 11, 2021

Future Potential of Virtual Reality, Making Lemonade, Goethe Institut Korea, French Embassy, Art Center Nabi, (from min. 13:36), April 15, 2021

Reimagining art in Virtual Realms, AAMC Foundation Webinar, (online - watch video here), October 20, 2020

Art and Digital Transformation, organized by ZeeArts and Mauritius International Art Fair, EN, June 18, 2020

Digital and Virtual Art Exhibitions IRL and the Virtual World - Talks by Michael Connor (Artistic Director, rhizome.org), Christiane Paul (Adjunct Curator of Digital Art | Director/Chief Curator Whitney Museum | Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, The New School), Alfredo Salazar-Caro (Co-founder DiMoDA), Tina Sauerlaender (Co-founder peer to space and Radiance VR) - Panel Discussion moderated by
Julie Walsh (Founder Walsh Projects), Laval Virtual Conference, April 23, 2020

Digital Wine S1 E4 on VR Art, together with Ágnes-Karolina Bakk (VR Curator, Budapest, Hungary), Daryna Fes (VR Artist, Kyiv, Ukraine), moderated by Nikita Hudyakov (VR Cultural Manager, Kharkiv, Ukraine), online, April 17, 2020

SI Salon - Der lange Weg zur Chancengleichheit –Zur Situation von Künstlerinnen heute, Podiumsdiskussion mit Cornelia Renz, Sandra Becker und Tina Sauerlaender, Soroptimist International, Berlin, November 12, 2019

Post Digital Culture, Panel with Peer Langermann and Tina Sauerlaender, moderated by Franziska Storch, SALOON Hamburg, at the exhibition re-transfer, bmAtelier, Hamburg, October 24, 2019

Exhibiting VR, panel talk with Gabrielle Roque Ulrich Schrauth and Julie Walsh, moderated by Tina Sauerlaender, VRHAM, Hamburg, June 9, 2019

SELFIE CULTURE Symposium (organizer, speaker, panel moderator), Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria, Nov 23, 2018

Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Panel Discussion (participant), Goethe-Institut Warschau, October 12, 2018

VR and Art, Panel Discussion, 4c – The Magic in Virtual Reality Conference (participant), by Bavarian Film Centre, at Munich Residenz, June 28-29, 2018

Digital Intimacy, Panel Discussion, with Anika Meier (participant), dgtl fmnsm Festival, Dresden, March 16-18, 2018

Art & Tech - How digital technology is changing the art world, Panel Discussion (participant), ArtTours, at SohoHouse, Berlin, January 30, 2018

Virtual Reality in Art, Panel Discussion with Anne Schwanz and Manuel Rossner (participant), by ALC-Art Lovers Club, at Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, June 22, 2017

Critical Approaches to Virtual Reality, Panel Discussion (participant), Millieux Institute, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, 5-7pm, May 24, 2017

Virtual Reality in Art, Panel Discussion (participant), Eigen & Art Lab, Berlin, Images, April 12, 2017

Frauen in der Kunst, Talk with Anja Groesche (participant), Art Lovers Club, Hearthouse, Munich, March 22, 2017

Pleasure Principle, Panel Discussions about artist curators (participant), Finnish Institute, Berlin, October 13, 2016

Netzwerke, Panel Discussion (participant), Goldrausch, Kunstquartier Bethanien, DE, 22.10.2015