Utopia – C / Utopija – C

Reinhold Bidner (gold extra)
2020, AUT, 7'38''

On March 4th 2020, I happened to find myself in my hometown in Salzburg/Austria. Then things became weird and "coronoid".

Četrtega marca 2020 sem se slučajno znašel v svojem rodnem Salzburgu v Avstriji. Potem so stvari postale čudne in »koronoidne«.

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Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Techniques: Loose materials animation, Object animation, Pixilation, Morphing / Drawing / -> Mixed Media
Language: English

Script, Music, Animation: Reinhold Bidner
Production and Distribution: gold extra
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Reinhold Bidner

Reinhold Bidner was born in Salzburg/Austria. He studied at University for applied sciences and technologies in Salzburg, at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Scotland, Dundee (Animation and Electronic Media) and he finished his studies in Berlin. Until 2006 he was key researcher at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz in the field of time based Media. Since 2007 he is a freelancer in animation, games and media art, either as an individual or as a member of the art collective gold extra. Currently Reinhold lives in Vienna and Salzburg and teaches at Art University Linz in the fields of animation, motion graphics and interactive video. He received various prices (for example: Federal Chancellery of Austria´s Outstanding Artist Award with gold extra / Media Art Award Salzburg with gold extra and 1n0ut), grants and residencies (for example: Cité internationale des arts Paris / Budapest Art Residency) for his artistic work, and exhibits nationally and internationally since 2001. Furthermore, since 2017 Reinhold is a member of Asifa Austria.
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