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Christian Kosmas Mayer

Christian Kosmas Mayer is an artist whose work produces and preserves a constellation of narratives about historical remains and representations that are often on the verge of disappearing, or have already been rendered imperceptible. His projects, which are the outcome of extensive artistic research and close collaborations with specialists across various disciplines, transform the minor, forgotten, and obsolescent into material artifacts, discursive objects, multi-media installations, and performances. He has had solo exhibitions in prestigious institutions like mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria; Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria; Austrian Cultural Forum New York, USA; MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA; and many more. Mayer also performs and releases music in various constellations.

 

Works related to the Planetary 

Books

  • Mayer, C. K.: Voice Without Breath. Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2024.
  • Mayer, C. K.: First Monograph. Berlin: DISTANZ, 2023.
  • Mayer, C. K.: The Book of Record of the Palm Capsule. Mark Pezinger Books, 2020.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Aeviternity. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2019.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Threshold and Inertia. Poznan: Centrum Kultury Zamek, 2015.
  • Mayer, C. K.: elseworlds. Niederösterreich: Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, 2014.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Christian, Blackpages (#51), 2014.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Quest for Fire: Language. Vancouver: Publication Studio, 2013.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Musis et Mulis (brochure). Vienna: Belvedere, 2013.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Gizmo. Vienna: Passagen Verlag, 2012.
  • Mayer, C. K.: Ted, Scriptings #19. Berlin, 2012.
  • Mayer, C. K.: flotsam and jetsam. Vienna: Schlebrügge.Editor, 2008.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

  • and yet you grow. MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA, 2023.
  • The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival. Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA, 2022.
  • En deux mille cent quatre-vingt-un, le monde entier verra sa fin. Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva, Switzerland, 2022.
  • A&I [with Anton Ginzburg]. Altana Galerie, Dresden, Germany, 2021.
  • MI [with Andreas Fogarasi]. Vintage Galéria, Budapest, Hungary, 2020.
  • Aeviternity. mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, 2019.
  • Unverhofftes Wiedersehen. Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany, 2019.
  • The Life Story of Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak and Other Matters of Survival. Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznan, Poland, 2017.
  • Musis et Mulis. Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, 2013.
  • laengwedzh. Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012.

Group exhibitions (selection):

  • Die beste aller Welten!?. Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria, 2024.
  • Schaufler Lab@Schauwerk. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany, 2024.
  • Heaven can wait. Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts, Innsbruck, Austria, 2024.
  • SHIFT - AI and a future community. Marta Herford, Herford, Germany, 2023.
  • SHIFT - AI and a future community. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 2023.
  • On Genes and Human Beings. German Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, 2023.
  • On the road again. Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2023.
  • Vom Stilleben zum Foodporn. Museum Brot und Kunst, Ulm, Germany, 2022.
  • small medium large. EVN Sammlung, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria, 2022.
  • Welcome to Planet B. Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2022.
  • 25 Jahre Kunstforum Montafon. Kunstforum Montafon, Montafon, Austria, 2021.
  • Natur Retour. Theater an der Ruhr, Mühlheim/Ruhr, Germany, 2021.
  • Grandfather’s Axe. Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland, 2020.
  • Angriff der Gegenwart. Universitätsgalerie im Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna, Austria, 2020.
  • Neptune. Zahorian & Van Espen, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2019.
  • Palmen und Stauden im Palmenhaus. Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria, 2019.
  • Doppelleben. mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, 2018.
  • Dreamin’ Wild. ALASKA Projects, Sydney, Australia, 2018.
  • The Way Things Run; Part 2: Cargo. PS 120, Berlin, Germany, 2018.
  • Naturgeschichten–Spuren des Politischen. mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, 2017.
  • Resonanzen. ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017.
  • Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989–2017. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2017.
  • Das LAMOA präsentiert: Mülheim/Ruhr und die 1970er-Jahre. Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, 2017.
  • Poetiken des Materials. Leopoldmuseum, Vienna, Austria, 2016.
  • Mit anderen Augen - Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie. Kunsthalle Nürnberg and Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, 2016.
  • Works and Lives in. Szona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland, 2016.
  • from here to eternity. V. Biennale Gherdëina, Italy, 2016.
  • The Peacock. Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, 2016.
  • Now, At The Latest. Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria, 2015.
  • Flirting with Strangers. 21er Haus, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, 2015.
  • 24/7: the human condition. MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, 2015.
  • wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles. Künstlerhaus KM - Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria, 2015.
  • Forgetting the Future – Entropy in the Reflective Age. Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
  • Mainzer Ansichten. Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 2015.
  • Disputed Landscape. Camera Austria, Graz, Austria, 2015.

Editorial:

Curatorial practice:

  • Daguerre’s Soup. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2019.
  • Palm Capsule. MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
  • One Shots and Imagines. Downtown Photoroom, Los Angeles, USA, 2014.
  • Conlang. mumok kino, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 2013.
  • Société des nations, factice et scindée en elle-même (in collaboration with Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Yves Mettler, Magda Tothova, Ruth Weismann, Alexander Wolff). Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.
  • PERFORMANCE (in collaboration with Alice Chauchat, Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Yves Mettler, Magda Tothova, Ruth Weismann, Alexander Wolff). Flaca Gallery, London, UK, 2005.
  • Living room (with Yves Mettler). Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, 2004.

Musical releases on vinyl:

  • Danke/Bitte. Verlag Koenig Books, Cologne, 2018.
  • Substance of We Feeling. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Vienna, 2016.

Symposium (selection):

  • Frozen in Time [co-organiser]. Panel on Planetary Thinking, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, 2024.
  • Materiality(ies): Production - Reception - Transformation - Manifestation. University of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany, 2024.
  • AI as Factor and Consequence of Societal and Cultural Change. Technical University, Dresden, Germany, 2023.
  • Making Souls – Making Bodies: Amerindian Cosmologies, AI, and the Microbiome. University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, 2023.
  • Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen. Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, 2021.
  • Erste Sekunde Ewigkeit [co-organiser]. Technical University, Dresden, Germany, 2021.