Solar Vibration & Flicker based installations and research

andreasztojanovits [at] gmail [dot] com

BIO:

Andrea Sztojánovits (HU) was VJing at techno parties and has been working on real-time audiovisual installations since 2001, she got her Doctorate Degree in 2019 at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts with her dissertation ‘VJing as a method’. Besides her creative work she is a lecturer at the Intermedia department at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Her main educational and research fields are visual music and art inspired by neuroscience with the focus on meditation/chill spaces and closed eye visions.

CV:

 

EDUCATION

2011-2019 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts: DLA Department (DLA)

2001-2009 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts: Intermedia Department

2003-2009 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts: Teacher Department

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Solar Vibration sensipaint installation with Éva Köves painter and Gergely Álmos musician at Light Dome, Budapest, 2024

The Tools of Experience | RHYTHMS Visual score graphics with paint, 12 Hertz group exhibition, Lighthouse Kollab month, 2024

Flicker videoinstallation at 12 Hertz group exhibition, Lighthouse Kollab month, Budapest, 2024

Nest AR installation at Collegium Hungaricum Rome, Fotonica Festival, Rome, Italy, 2023

Naked Waves sound-light installation concert with Gergely Álmos musician, architecture at Nádor Galery, Zsolnay Light Festival, Pécs, 2023

Baalbek interactive installation, Digital Art Festival, Kairo, Egypt, 2023

Oasis light installation at Superluminal group exhibition, LAM Budapest, 2022-23

Solar Vibration sensipaint installation with Éva Köves painter and Gergely Álmos musician at Light Dome, Budapest, 2024

Monochrome Clack I installation with Éva Köves painter at Light Revolution group exhibition, LAM Budapest, 2022-23

Nest videoinstallation at Binálé, Budapest, 2022

Lightmusic, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Istambul, 2021

Csontváry light spaces, interactive av installations, Zsolnay Light Festival, Csontváry Museum, Pécs, 2021

Lighthouse 360 light/videoinstallation, TÁNC International Contemporary Festival, Hangvilla theater room, Veszprém, 2021

Klara and the Sun, Pegazus, Szentbékkálla, 2021

LIGHTHOUSE x Sztojánovits Andrea: NEST, Debrecen, 2021

Csontváry’s nature, interactive av installations, MODEM Debrecen, 2019

The Ohm installation, Római Magyar Akadémia, Rome, Italy, 2019

Relief mapping, sculpture: Marcell Németh, Spaces (ap)art, Kunsthalle, Budapest, 2019

Crystal, objekt mapping installation, Designresistency art camp, MODEM, Debrecen, 2018

The flow of colors, paint mapping installation, Zsolnay Light Festival, Pécs, 2018

Monochrome Clack I. paint mapping installation, Pécs, 2017

Tools of experience installation, Dunart international art camp, Somorja, Slovakia, 2017

Silvered Light installation, Qualysoft Sommerfest & Vernissage, Vienna, Austriva, 2017

Scatches installation, Zsolnay Light Festival, Pécs / Riders on the Mall, Budapest/ Live Performers Meeting, Amsterdam, 2016

Monochrome Clack I installation, Modernity X Hungary, a festival of Hungarian Modernism in NYC, Alma Gallery, New York, 2016

The state of things, group exhibition, Veszprém, 2014

Breath Orchestra installation, Krakow, Poland, 2014

Oscillations exhibition, A38 állóhajó, Budapest, 2014

Ludwig Next: Monochrome Clack, Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, 2013

Brain Crystal Mapping installation, A38, Researchers Night, 2013

Molecule variations – Behind the Vj Scenes – Vj Centrum, Átrium Cinema, 2012

Lenticular experiments, group showcase, DLA, MKE, Budapest, 2012

re:Lake 2. av installation, painting: Éva Köves, Kepes Központ, Eger, 2012

CrystalChoir av installation with Gábor Borosi, ‘Where are the deleted files hidden?’, Toldi Cinema, Budapest, 2012

Molecule variations II-III., Tat Gallery, Budapest, 2012

reOnion land-art installation, Burning Man Festival, Nevada, USA, 2011

Dodeca – with Éva Köves, Fészek Gallery, Budapest, 2011

Monochrome Clack and Re:Lake installation with Éva  Köves, Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany, 2010

BYMM – Beat Your Mouse Movement installation / KIBU, 01SJ Biennial, San José http://www.kitchenbudapest.hu/hu/bymm_hu, 2010

Monochrome Clack /Gödör exhibition: Átjárók, space-re-actions http://ariadnae.wordpress.com/ , Budapest, 2010

Landelion project – http://www.kitchenbudapest.hu/en/projects/landelion, Kinetika Art Fair, London, 2010

Upcoming II. Szemtől szembe group exhibition, Tran∑ activ online notes flash site Videospace, Budapest, 2009

Interfészek group exhibition, Fészek Gallery Budapest, 2009

Videó nem videó Intermédia retrospektív group exhibition, Millenáris, Pixel Gallery, Budapest, 2009

HackReality installation, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, degree work, 2009

YouLoop#1/Stark Fashion Week Berlin exhibition, Berlin, Germany, 2008

Vans shoes exhibition – Gödör club, 2007

Journey Round My Skull – interactiv dvd based on the writing of Hungarian author,

Frigyes Karinthy, co-director, visual remix, Millenáris Teátrum, Budapest, 2005

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTION

MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary

Light Art Museum Budapest, Hungary

 

SELECTED VISUALS

Kamerametric, mïus X Attaray, Mária Kult, Budapest, 2024

Naked Waves, mïus X Attaray, Daad Festival, Ozora, 2024, Trafó House, 2022

Saint Ephraim Male Choir 20 years jubilee concert, visual, visual director, Margaret Island Theater, 2022

mïus x Attaray Visual – „How To” concert, visual / light Art quarter, Budapest, 2022

Nomadic Spirits concert visual, House of Music Hungary, Budapest, 2022

Saint Ephraim Male Choir, concert visual, MOM cultural Center, Budapest, 2022

Études au Toldi, mïus AV show, live session vide, Toldi mozi, Budapest, 2021

Ludwig Live: MÏUS X ATTARAY VISUAL, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2020

mïus concert visual, Splice Fest, London, Rich Mix, London, Live Cinema Festival, Róma / Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2017-2019

Live act, III. Szlovákiai magyar képzőművészeti fórum, Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia, 2015

Bomb party varieté, Residency Program, La Fonderie, Genf, Switzerland, 2014

Crystalseals live act, Dunartcom Nemzetközi Művésztelep, Somorja, Slovakia, 2013

VJ szett / chill stage, Ozora Festival, 2013

Visual Performance, Music Contact, Sun Fesztivál, Csobánkapuszta, 2013

VJ set, Urban Art Forms festival, Graz, Austria, 2013

Brainwaves and MIDI, TRIP experimental concert, Metropol Studio Budapest, 2013

Kaptár Live – live act, Kepes Központ, Eger, 2013

LikeMeLikeMe dance performance visual Budapest/Kolozsvár, 2011

tatuIn av live act, Paksi Képtár, Paks, 2011

PR-Evolution Dance Company visual – Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2010

Negatíve Varieté kinetic visual, Budapest, Millenáris , 2010

Water Circus, 3d 360 degree Architectural Visual Mapping, Széchényi Bath, Budapest, 2010

TrekPort Architectural Visual Mapping, Eiffel Square, Budapest , 2010

LivePerformersMeeting visual set and presentation, Rome, Italy http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net/ , 2010

LaptopsRus A tournament live performance with woman live performers, Madrid, Spain http://www.laptopsrus.me/ , 2010

Switch and Glitch party visual, Biscuit Reality live act, Millenáris, Budapest, 2010

Cökxpon Ambient Fest visual, Budapest / Cinetrip Sparty Gellért Fürdő, visual, 2010
2ManyDjs / TeleVision party, Budapest, 2009

Hannafest – Slovakia / Experimental, minimal – visuals, 2009

Cinetrip Plein Air party, 2009

Mapping Fest visual set – Geneva, Switzerland, 2009 

Realistic crew concert visuals – Trafó House, Budapest, 2008

Al Di Meola -Horgas Eszter: Carmen visual/Syma arena, Budapest, 2008

Hanna Fest vizuál szett – Slovakia, 2008

LPM – Live Performers Meeting – Rome, Italy, 2008

Skylab visuals – Cinetrip Sparty series, 2008

Hairy records party visuals, 2008

LickTheClick party series visuals, Merlin Színház – Ame, Konrad Black, Modeselector, 2007

Illegálparty visual, Papírgyár303, Budafok, 2007

WAM-JAM Mozart Audiovisual Remix, Merlin theater, Budapest, 2006

SkinBag Performance – Labyrinth Art Fest, 2006

Budapest Wunderground – Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2006

Vj Race, Budapest / Visual Mass, Tűzraktér, Budapest / Vj Battle 1.0 – Meet the spider, Sonic klub, Budapest, 2006

Intersputnic Interplanetary Weekend, led installation and vjing in a lend art installation, 2006

Chi-recordings parties, visual, 2005

Neocortex Vj-demonstration – Felvonulási tér, visual and organizer, 2004

Vidámpark Art Fest visual, Pécs, 2004

Ablakadubra partik, visual, 2004

Dancing on the flying carpet – visuals for the contemporary orient dance theater, 2002

Export 1 – International vj conference and workshop – Hunnia Cinema, 2002

Cökxpon Ambient Fest vetítés – Gödör club / Tilos parties visual, Budapest, 2002

Frankhegy Electronic Art Fest visual, Budapest / Labyrinth Festival visual, Budapest, 2001

 

CONFERENCIES, LECTURES

Experiments in Art inspired by Neuoscience with a focus on recreation and chill spaces in artistic practice, Immersive Space | Immersive Mind Lam Masters conference, Capa center, Budapest, 2024

Audiovisual Performance Methods lecture at Acquario Romano, Fotonica Festival, 2023

Dreamachine and Light-based Perception Research in Education, 30th Anniversary International Light Art Symposium, organized by The International Kepes Society, MOME, Budapest, 2023

Light art and interaction, Moholy-Nagy University, MOME Budapest, 2021

EXPLORING THE MOMENT IN BINARY Art and technology through sounds and images, with Álmos Gergely, Római Magyar Akadémia, Róma, 2018

Sensitive paintings and neural networks, ICT Proposer’s Day, Vertigo art and tech konferencia, Hungexpo, Budapest, 2017

Vjing, as method street lecture, Playground Fesztivál, Bécs, 2017 / Splice Fesztivál, London, UK, 2017

Paint Mapping and interactive installation lecture, Csontváry’s nature MODEM, Debrecen, 2019 / Pécsi jubileumi konferencia, Zeneművészeti Intézet, Pécs 2016

The chameleon project, Pecha Kucha, Kitchen Budapest, Akvárium Budapest, 2017

Vjing, as Method ROM festival, MüSzi, Budapest 2016

Naked Objects – How to build simple audioreactive led dimmer with Arduino? /

Arduino and Vezér software with Tamás Nagy software developer, Prezi, Budapest, Arduino day 2015

Brainwaves and audiovisual art lecture, Researchers Night, A38, Budapest, 2013

Brain mapping, Expanded Vjism, LPM Budapest showcase, AV Open Studios, 2013 

AV Open Studios – Behind the Vj Scenes – Vj Centrum, Átrium Cinema, 2012

Laptoprus Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2010

Lightterapeutix, Mapping Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS

2022-2024 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department, senior lecturer, courses: Audiovisual interactive installation, visual music, light art

2017-2022 Budapest Metropolitan University, Media Design Department, college associate professor, courses: Media Design Studies 3, 4, 5, 6 (interactive audiovisual installation)

2016-2022 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department, lecturer, courses: Audiovisual interactive installation, visual music, light art

EEG and audiovisuality workshop, University of Pécs, 2019

Paint mapping workshop, MODEM, Debrecen, 2019

Interactive installation workshop, MODEM, Debrecen, 2019

W.O.M.B.A.T. workshop, with Ágoston Nagy and Lóránt Szécshényi-Nagy, C³ Center for Culture & Communication Foundation, Bálna Budapest, 2018 / Prezi, Leonardo 50., Budapest, 2018

BKF Szki – lecturer, 2014

Rombus Artcamp, Germany, 2014

Correspondences and Interventions workshop, Krakow, 2014

Paint mapping workshop with Éva Köves painter, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 2014

Athéné Szki, Hangmester szak, Audiovisual basics course (2014-15)

Audiovisual Open Studios workshops (2013-14)

Correspondences and Interventions workshop, Stuttgart, 2013

LED controlling workshop, with Tamás Nagy Vezér software developer, C³ Center for Culture & Communication Foundation, 2013

Dr. Ámbédkar Iskola Vj workshop, 2013

Professional practice at Hubay Jenő Elementary Art School and Pedagogical Library Department, 2009

City Art Vj workshop, with Mátyás Kálmán, Kék Pont (2009-10)

 

CREATIVE ORGANIZER AND COORDINATOR ACTIVITIES

12 HERTZ exhibition co-curating with Viola Lukács curator and Gábor Kitzinger artist, and Lighthouse 2024

Spectrum student group exhibition curator and mentor, Pécs, Zsolnay Light Festival, 2024

Immersive Space | Immersive Mind masterclass organizer, project leader, LAM Budapest, AQB

LUX_US student group exhibition curator and mentor, Intermedia Department, Pécs, Zsolnay Light Festival, 2023

The multidimensional mind, artist talk event co-organizer at Binálé, 2023

IM Spectrum workshops at Intermedia Department of Hungarian University of Fine Arts 2022-23

Zsolnay Light Festival co-curator, Pécs, 2017

ROM – Riders On the Mall audiovisual and VJ festival, co-curator with Endre Lehel Paksi, 2016

AV Open Studios  founder, lecturer, 2012-2014

Vj Torna International (Budapest/Hungary, Rome/Italy, Minsk/Belarus, Mexico City/Mexico, Cape Town/South Africa) creative organizer, 2004-14

Expanded Vjism Budapest Showcase co-organizer, AV Open Studios/Vj Torna/ LPM, 2013

Where are the deleted files hidden? co-organization, VJ Centrum Budapest, Toldi mozi, 2012

Nonamevj / Vj Centrum workshops, 2010-2013

AV Open Days organization, exhibition, 2012

Live Performers Meeting, creative coordinator, Rome, Italy / Minsk, Belarus, 2011

Neocortex Vj-demonstration co-organization – Felvonulási tér, Budapest, 2004

 

Publications (HU)

Absztrakt Kozmosz A VJ háttérországa, avagy az underground partikultúra és a vizualitás kapcsolata, Új Művészet, ZENE ÉS KÉPZŐMŰVÉSZET melléklet, 2020. június

“A hangulat mély, csendes üteme” / Csontváry természete riportok, 2019, MODEM

A vjing, mint módszer – DLA Disszertáció, MKE, DLA, 2017

TRAN∑: / Audiovizuális kísérletek – szakdolgozat, MKE, Intermédia szak, 2009

Improvizatív digitális mozgókép alkotás az oktatásban az audiovizualitás eszközeivel, MKE, Tanár szak, 2009

Beszélgetések partykról, audiovizualitásról, vjing-ről, interjúk, 2009

 

Bibliography (HU)

Bordács Andrea: Ada Lovelace követői. Nők és technológia, Új művészet, EZ NEM

KUNSZT ELMÉLETI MELLÉKLET – NEMEK ÉS IGENEK, 2021. december

Kovács Andrea: Fakultatív fénytanórák 3. rész Színváltozás, videóinterjú, 2021, Deák17 Galéria

Viski Noémi: Kilépés a kiállítások hagyományos keretéből – Interjú Lukács Viola kurátorral, hypeandhyper.com

Takács Dalma: „A teremtés első lépése a fény megalkotása” – interjú a debreceni Lighthouse művészeivel, 2021, kultura.hu

Szoboszlai Lilla: Belakott kirakatok Debrecenben, 2021, artmagazin.hu 

Balogh Dóra: Átélhető fény-terek, 2021, kulter.hu

Uszkay Tekla: Egy közösségteremtő művésztelep, 2020, Új Szó

Debreceni Nemzetközi Művésztelep, Designrezisztencia katalógus, szerk. Csontó Lajos, Horányi Attila, Süli-Zakar Szabolcs, 2018

Dizájnrezisztencia, 2018, artportal.hu

Márton Zsófia Eszter: Designrezisztencia – művésztelep Debrecenben, 2018, Műértő

Kosztolni Ildikó, Medgyesi Gabriella: Fényévek /ismeretterjesztő film, 2016

Paksi Endre Lehel: Több fény! fénykörnyezetek katalógus, 2015, Új Budapest Galéria

El-Hassan Róza: Andrea Sztojánovits – Monochrome Clack and our Architectural Spaces, Syrian voices mediation and art blog, 2015

Hajdú Gabriella: Atmoszférikus fényjátékok és hanginstallációra megelevenedő festmény a Ludwig Múzeumban, 2013, Fotoklikk

Ne feledd, mindenki vetít, 2016, Contextus

Hiba és társai. A Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem Doktori Iskolájának kiállítása, katalógus; szerk. Beke László, Mayer Éva; MKE DI, Bp., 2014

Donumenta 2010 Hungary katalógus, Regensburg, 2010

Muladi Brigitta: Interfészek, 2010, Új Művészet

Affinity – Art Camp and conference – Szentendre / VJ DJ – kerekasztal beszélgetés, 2009