cuurriculum vitae
 

. full cv . pdf > here

. curator&researcher cv > here . [researcher cv 150 words > here]

 

10 - 10 - 1966 - born in Croatia
1988 - 1990 Architecture - University of Zagreb, Zagreb

1990 - 1992  Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten - Art Media dept., Amsterdam

Darko Fritz is media artist, curator and graphic designer. He is trying to fill the gap between two worlds: contemporary art practice and media art culture. 

His artworks make use of various materials and mediums: architectonic, organic [horticulture], public transport, electronic, traditional art mediums, communication [TV, radio, newspapers, internet, fax] ... In his artworks he often using electronic / communication / digital techniques:  photocopys and slide projections since 1984, film loops since 1987,  video since 1988 [as TV virus], digital photography since 1990;  fax since 1991, first attempt to webcast 1994 [Keep the frequency Clear at Triple X festival], internet since 1995 [End of the Mesasage - total archives]. In many projects or single works various mediums get mixed, as in Cathedral project - an interactive computer- generated environment from 1988. His work is often organized in complex long-term projects [each made of several parts or phases], but he produces single art objects. He published and edit several printed and electronic publications and portfolio of prints. He wrote a first overview of media art in Croatia (since 1960s) as editor for culturenet.hr web portal (from 2002).

Member of Arti et Amicitiae, HDLU, HZSU, ULUPUH, VvK [Voorzieningfonds voor Kunstenaars]. 

Live and work in Amsterdam and Zagreb. [contact]

 

. portrait [by ASCII Art Ensemble . 1999]

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