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Fritz is born 1966 in Croatia and live and work in Amsterdam and Zagreb.
He is media artist, curator and graphic designer. Studied architecture
at University of Zagreb and art media at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
in Amsterdam. He work with reproductive medias and technology in artistic
and cultural context. Work with video since 1988 (as TV virus). First
computer- generated environment in 1988. Digital photography since 1990.
First attempt to webcast 1994. Founding member of artist groups Cathedral
(1988), The Imitation of Life Studio (1987 - 1990), Young Croatian Electronic
Films (1991) and The Future State of Balkania (1998). Involved in various
on&off-line networks (Syndicate, Spectre, Nettime, Culturenet.hr ...).
He curated exhibitions 'Culture of graphic design in the Netherlands'
(1999), 'I am Still Alive' (internet art and computer art fom sixties,
2000), CLUB.NL (art and art networks from the Netherlands, 2000), 'Lights
from Zagreb' (interactive light installations, 2001) and <dis.location>
(2003). He wrote a first overview of media art in Croatia (since 1960s)
as editor for culturenet.hr web portal (from 2001).
Seleced
projects and exhibitions . [s] = solo:
2003 . FAX.NL . series of fax actions within fine arts
network in the Netherlands
2002 - 2003 . Migrant
Navigator . on-line project . advertising billboard project . horticulture
installations . prints
2001
. 204_NO_CONTENT portfolio
of prints [collaborative project with net.wurker][mez][ ]
2000 - 2001. time=money=time= . tram action (WHW, Zagreb) . computer
animation (web) . portfolio of prints (published by Horetzky)
1997 - 2003 . XXX [body . technology . desire] . works on pornography
. 2D & moving images . sound . space . texts (ëInternet
Pornoí, Josip Racic gallery, Zagreb (CRO) [s], 'Foto', Arti et Amicitae,
Amsterdam (NL)) . video . sound installation (De Lodge, Haarlem (NL)
[s])
1995 - 2000 . End of the Message ... - eight phases project:
site specific installation in the museum (ëObsessions: from Wunderkammer
to Cyberspaceí, Foto Biennale Enschede (NL)) / video - TV programmes
/ photographs (ëRadical Imagesí - Neue Galerie, Graz (A); Szombathelyi
KéptárMuseum (H); ëEurope > humanismeí, Selestat (F))
/ multi-media performance (Planet Art, Hengelo (NL) [s]; Kapelica, Ljubljana
(SLO) [s]; ëWho by Fireí, Institut of Contemporary Art, Dunajvaros (H)),
Image festival, Argos project, Vevey (SWISS) / installation in public
space - the bank / ëEnd of the Message - total archivesí: (Berlage Institute,
Amsterdam (NL) [s] and Galerie Brotfabrik, Berlin (D) [s], video,
printed catalogue and internet document
1999 . space=space: Lí Esprit Nouveau (Le Courbisier); Baroque
(Santini)í - with A. Arapovic, site-specific video installations,
Bologna (I) [s], Limbo festival, Plasy monastery (CH)
1991 - 2003 . telefax works . Next 5 Minutes 5, Amsterdam;
Galerija Nova, Zagreb (CRO) [s]; ëTimingí, De Appel, Amsterdam (NL);
Planet Art, Hengelo (NL) [s] ...
1996 . -fusion con -fusion . with Martijn Sandberg, Kunstcentrum
Hengelo, Hengelo (NL) [s]
1994 - 1995 . Keep the Frequency Clear - fax-action / flower
installation / video link / printing blocks / objects / multiples /
portfolio of prints / first attempt to webcast, Triple X festival, Amsterdam
(NL) ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (CRO) [s]
1994 . Theatre Time . TV program / video screening / exhibiton
/ critique, OTV / KIC / KIC foto galerija, Zagreb (CRO) [s]
1994 . Measure for Measure . laser installation, ë3 x 4 x 2í,
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
1992 . 3 x Moscow Intershadow . apartment exhibition / gallery
event / installation, Apt Art project, Moscow (RU) [s]
1988 - 89 - 90 . The Imitation of Life Studio . with Zeljko Serdarevic,
annual program consisted of three art shows (mixed media, design, public
installation) and three stage performances, Zagreb (CRO) 18 x [s]
1988 . Katedrala . Cathedral . computer-generated environment
and performance, with B. Bakal, S. Juzbasic, I. Marusic Klif and G.
Premac, Galerija PM, Zagreb (CRO)
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