Kurt Hentschläger &
Ulf Langheinrich, 
from 1991-2004,
worked together as GRANULAR~SYNTHESIS.

All GS works - installations, performances and single screen videos - are available and continue to be exhibited.

Since 2004 both artists are working independently again. Please find their respective solo works at:

kurthentschlager.com
ulflangheinrich.com


GRANULAR SYNTHESIS
Kurt Hentschläger & Ulf Langheinrich                                     

Selected performances and exhibitions

Solo shows

2009
"GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS Retrospective", STRP & MU-Gallery, Eindhoven

2004
FORM & MODELL 5, ACMI (Australian Center for the Moving Image), Melbourne

2003
LUX, Lia Rumma Gallery, Milano

2000
FELD, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh

NOISEGATE, National Museum for Photo Film and TV, Bradford

NOISEGATE, Creative Time Inc / In the Anchorage, New York

1999
NOISEGATE, Kunstverein, Hannover

NOISEGATE, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal

1998
NOISEGATE, MAK, Wien

NOISEGATE, Marstall, Munich

NOISEGATE, Transpennine, Hull

NOISEGATE, Stedelijk Museum / De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam

1995
MODELL 5.2, MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna



Group shows

2018

<360> 3D version, “Dimensions”, VIA Festival, Manège Maubeuge - Scène Nationale

2017
<360> The Art of Immersion, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany (as Granular Synthesis)

<360> Digitalife 8, Roma Europa Festival, Rome, Italy

2010
MODELL 5, "Madde-Işik", Borusan Music House, Istanbul

POL, Mapping Festival, Genève

2009
LUX, "Videorama, Artclips from Austria", Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern

LUX, "Videorama, Artclips from Austria" Kunsthalle, Vienna

SINKEN & FORM, “See this Sound”, Lentos Museum Linz

POL, "Un volcan numérique", Le Volcan, Le Havre

FELD, “Sounds and Visions”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

2008
POL, "eLandscapes", eArts Festival / Zendai MoMA, Shanghai

MODELL 5, "Les Voix Magnétiques", Le Tri Postal, Lille

MODELL 5, V2_ / Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam

2007
MODELL 5, "Body Media", O Art Center / Sculpture Art Space, Shanghai

LUX, “What color does a sound make?”, Honolulu

2006
FELD, "Code Blue", Millenium Museum, Beijing

MODELL 5, "Slow Tech", Museum for Contemporary Arts, Taipei

SWEET HEART, "40 Jahre Videokunst Deutschland / ZKM - Kunsthalle, Bremen

LUX, “What color does a sound make?”, The Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore

2005
LUX, “What color does a sound make?” Eyebeam, New York

FELD, Gabinete Literario, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

FELD, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

2004
IMMERSIVE WORKS, "Cinémas du Futur", Lille 2004 Cultural Capital of Europe, Lille

LUX, Arborescence Festival, Aix-en-Provence

LUX, Z33, Hasselt

2003
SINKEN, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York

LUX, Centro Nacional de las Artes / Centro Multimedia, Laboratorio Alameda, Mexico City

LUX, IEAR Presents! / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy

IMMERSIVE WORKS, "Cinémas du Futur", Lille 2004 Cultural Capital of Europe, Lille

2002
FELD, Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon

FELD, Musica per gli Occhi, Bolzano

WIDE, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York

2001
RESET, Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennial, Venezia

2000
FELD, OK-Center, Linz

FORM, PS1-clocktower, New York

1999
MODELL 5, "Face to Face", Beyeler Foundation, Basel

1998
NOISEGATE, Exit Festival, Créteil

NOISEGATE, Via Festival, Maubeuge

MODELL 5, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

1997

SWEET HEART, Kunststücke ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria

1993
MODELL 4.2, Diagonale, Salzburg MODELL 4.1, WRO 93, Wroclaw

1992
MODELL 4.0, Medienbiennale, Leipzig

Performances

2019
MODELL 5, Tanzwochen Vienna, Austria

2016
MODELL 5, Recombinant Festival, Gray Area, San Francisco, USA

2013
MODELL 5, Mlatforma Media Performance Festival, Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

2010
AREAL, Fabbrica Europa 2010 - XVII edition, Firenze

2008
POL, Romaeuropa Festival / Officine Marconi, Rome

2007
AREAL, Le Parvis, Ibos-Tarbes

2006
MODELL 5, VEO - Valencia Escena Oberta Festival / Greenspace, Valencia

AREAL, Sonic Acts / Paradiso, Amsterdam

2005
AREAL, Dissonance Festival, Roma

AREAL, Montclair State University / The Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair

2004
AreaLight, Exit Festival / Maison des Arts, Créteil, Paris

2003
AREAL 3.0, d-motion, Festival für Interaktive Medien / Volkspark, Halle

<360.2>, SAT Montreal, Elektra Festival / USINE C, Montreal

2002
AREAL, CYNETart02_realtime / Festspielhaus, Dresden

MINUS, Wien Modern / Konzerthaus, Wien

AREAL, "Format 2002", Brugge 2002 Cultural Capital of Europe, Brugge <360>, "Villette numérique", La Villette, Paris

MODELL 5.7, Transart, Borgo Valsugana

MODELL 5.7, Schirn Kunst Halle, Frankfurt am Main

FORMEN, Montreal

2001
MODELL 5.7, Göteborg Art Sounds, Göteborg

MODELL 5.7, Arena - Dresdner Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Musik, Dresden

2000
AREAL, Elektra Festival, Montreal

MODELL 5, Elektra Festival, Montréal

POL, Netmage Festival, Bologna

POL, Wien Modern Festival, Vienna

POL, Muffathalle, Munich

POL, Via Festival, Mauberge

AREAL, Musiques en Scène / Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon

POL, Exit Festival, Créteil

NOISEGATE, Musiques en Scène / Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon FORMEN, Québec

1999
SINKEN, La Luna / Via Festival, Mauberge (with Art Zoyd and Lille National Orchestra)

SINKEN, Le Nouveau Siècle, Lille (with Art Zoyd and Lille National Orchestra)

FORMEN, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich

FORMEN, Festival d'Automne à Paris / Maison des Arts, Créteil

FORM, Recombinant / Ars Electronica Festival, Linz

MODELL 5.7, Atonal Festival, Berlin

POL 2.0, Zeitfluss / Salzburg Festival, Salzburg

POL 2.0, Taktlos Festival, Bern

POL 2.0, Elektra Festival / ACREQ, Montreal

SINKEN, Palacio de Bella Artes, Mexico City (with Art Zoyd and Mexico National Orchestra)

SINKEN, Donau Festival, Skt Pölten (with Art Zoyd and Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester)

1998
MODELL 5.7, Recombinant, Miami

AREAL V, Vergessen, Skt. Veit

MODELL 5.7, Dive into the Future – LISBOA’98, Lisboa POL, Isea 98, Liverpool

POL, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz

POL, Root 98, Hull

POL, ZKM, Karlsruhe

1997
MODELL 5.7, De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam

MODELL 5.7, ACREQ, Montreal

X-TENDED THRILL, ICC, Tokyo (with Sensorband) AREAL A, Steirischer Herbst, Graz

1996
MODELL 5.6, the Butterfly Effect, Budapest

MODELL 5.6, Visas Festival, Mauberge

MODELL 5.6, Exit Festival, Créteil

MODELL 5.6, Elektra, Oslo

MODELL 5.6, Marstall, Munich

MODELL 5.7, 38èmes Rugissants, Grenoble

MODELL 5.7, Recombinant, Los Angeles, San Francisco

1995
MODELL 5.1, Skuc, Ljubljana

MODELL 5.3, Spring Project, Vienna

MODELL 5.4, Artec 95 - City Museum,
Nagoya

MODELL 5.3, Klangart, Osnabrück

MODELL 5.5, Ars Electronica, Linz

MODELL 5.5, Kunstverein, Hanover

MODELL 5.5, ISEA 95, Montreal

MODELL 5.5, Manca Festival, Nice

MODELL 5.5 DEAF 95, Rotterdam

1994
MODELL 3.2, Futur Antérieur, Nancy

MODELL 5, ICA, London

MODELL 5, Root 95, Hull

1993
MODELL 3.2, AVE Festival, Arnheim

MODELL 3.1, Austrian Avant Garde, Antwerp

MODELL 3.1, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels

1992
MODELL 3.1, Zeitschnitt, Vienna

MODELL 3.1, Transit / ORF, Innsbruck

MODELL 3.0, Tanzsprache, Vienna



Grants & Prices

1999
PS1 Residency New York City
Austrian Federal State Grant for Fine Art

1995
GRAND PRIX Open Competition ARTEC 1995

1993
Austrian Furtherance Prize for new media art



Bibliography

Book Publication

2010

Reas, Casey. Form+code in design, art, and architecture.
New York: Princeton Architectural Press (49-50) ISBN 978-1-56898-937-2

Salter, Chris. Entangled : Technology and the transformation of performance. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (165-166, 174-175) ISBN 978-0-262-19588-1

Spielmann, Yvonne. Hybridkultur.
Berlin: Suhrkamp (154-158, 162, 168, 187) ISBN 978-3-518-29572-4

2009

Rainer, Cosima, Stella Rollig, Dieter Daniels, Manuela Ammer.

See this sound : Versprechungen von Bild und Ton = Promises in sound and vision.

Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz. Köln: König (164) ISBN 978-3-86560-683-9

Shanken, Edward A. Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon (281) ISBN 978-0-7148-4782-5

Elavia, Firoza, ed. Cinematic Folds: the furling and unfurling of images. Toronto: Pleasure Dome (121-123, 133-137) ISBN 978-0-9682115-4-0

1998
Stubbs, Mike. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS,

in Stocker, Gerfried und Christine Schöpf (Hg), INFOWAR, Vienna (252-257) 1996

Richard, Birgit. Motion Control - Ein elektronischer Bildersturm? in Bolz, Norbert (Hg), Riskante Bilder, Munich (117-128)

1993
Hentschläger Ursula. Interview with Hentschläger/Langheinrich.

in Medien. Kunst. Passagen, Vienna (51-54) 1990

Schöllhammer, Georg. The Diana "Lichtwerk." Redesign Diana, Vienna (24-27)



Exhibition Catalogues

2010
Curated by Castelli, Richard (Epidemic). Madde-Işık (Matter-Light), Istanbul (14-25)

2009
Curated by Gioè, Angelo, and Maria Rosa Sossai.
Sounds & visions : Artists' films and videos from Europe : the last decade. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana Editoriale (94-99, 189)

2008
Curated by Castelli, Richard (Epidemic). eARTS / eLANDSCAPES, Shanghai (92-93, 256-257)

2007
Curated by Castelli, Richard (Epidemic) & Gong Yan (O Art Centre). Sculpture Art Space. Body Media-International Interactive Art Exhibition, Shanghai (147-159)

2006
Text by Frieling, Rudolf. 1997 SWEET HEART, Granular-Synthesis.
40yearsvideoart.de---Part 1, Digital Heritage: Video Art in Germany from 1963 until the Present. March 25 - May 21 Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern. (274-277)
ISBN-10: 3-7757-1718-8 ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-1718-2

2004
Curated by Castelli, Richard. Cinémas du Futur. Lille2004 Capitale Européenne de la Culture, Lille (48-49, 95) ISBN 9-07670-461-9

2002
Curated by Rinder, Lawrence and Bahk Jungoo. FELD, Granular-Synthesis. 2002 Media Art: Special Effects. Lee Joongki, Park ILHo, Daejeon.

2001
Curated by Schweeger, Elisabeth. GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS - Austrian Pavilion, The Venice Biennal, Vienna ISBN 3-7757-9094-2

2000

Curated by Schweeger, Elisabeth. "...der körpererfüllte Raum fort und fort" December. OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz (18-23) ISBN 3-85307-028-0

Musiques en Scène, l'exposition, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (16-23)

1999
Curated by Markus Brüderlin. Face to face to cyberspace. Fondation Beyeler, Basel. Beyeler, Ernst (Hg.). Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978-3-90563-206-3 / 3-90563-206-4

1998
Peter Noever, GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS. NOISEGATE M6, MAK, Vienna

Essay by Sherman, Tom. Granular Synthesis. ISBN 3-89322-417-3

1997
Sweet Heart. Media Art Biennale WRO97, Wroclaw (62)

1996
Granular-Synthesis, mädchen.apparate.kunst.
medien, apparate, kunst  Projektionsräume. Beispiele apparativer Kunst in Österreich, MAK, Vienna

Electra 96.electra manual. Montreal (101)

1995
DEAF ́95, Exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam (36)

Spiegl, Andreas. Frankensteintechnodrug. Gerbel, Karl und Weibel, Peter (Hg), « Mythos Information. Welcome To The Wired World » Ars electronica catalogue, Vienna-New York (380)

The 4th International Biennale in Nagoya - ARTEC ́95, Nagoya (72-86)

1992
Differenzen, Affinitäten und Brüche. Zeitschnitte. Aktuelle Kunst aus Österreich, Vienna (120-124)



Art Journal

2004
Wesemann, Arnd. Kill Bill Vol.3, ballettanz July, Berlin: Friedrich Berlin Verlag (60-63)

2001
Buchhart, Dieter. “Ihr macht sehr elitäre Kunst” Documentation of the Venice Biennial, Kunstforum Vol. 156, August - October (330-339)

2000
Richard, Birgit. Flash-Portions. Kunstforum Vol. 151, July - September (190-195)

1999
Phillips, Christopher. Machine Dreams. Art in America. November (110-113)

1998
Hart, Claudia. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS, Interview with Kurt Hentschläger ARTBYTE Vol. 1, no. 5 (Dec. 1998-Jan. 1999) (32-37)

1997
Wesemann, Arnd. Binäre Tänze. Ballett international. tanz aktuell, May. Seelze (38) Schachinger, Christian. Pixel gegen Bio-Einheiten. Der Standard, October 25, Vienna

Wolkinger, Thomas. Ganzkörpermassage. Die Presse, October 25, Vienna

Davis, Erik. global ear. Wire, January, San Francisco (155)

1996
Cecchetto, Paolo. Granular Synthesis. Juliet Art Magazine, #76, Triest (49)

1995
Flos, Birgit. Welcome to MediaMOO**** Type. DU, 1, Januar, Zürich (30-34)



Reviews and essays 2010

Verstraete, Pieter. Long Hard Looks / Het verlangen van het luisteren. NY web. March 19. Over de esthetiek van verstoring in de installatiekunst van Granular Synthesis. http://www.ny-web.be/long-hard-looks/het-verlangen-van-het-luisteren.html

2003
Toussignant, François. Fasten Your Seatbelts / Attachez vos tuques !!! Le Devoir, Montréal

2000
Clark, Robert. Noisegate National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford.

Shearing, Graham. FIELD OF BEAMS: GRANULAR SYNTHESIS explores the landscape of digital culture. Pittsburg Tribune Review. November, 3.

Dyer, Rob. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS - "NOISEGATE" National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford. http://www.dso.co.uk/gig39.htm

Bracewell, Michael. Sensory assault on audience in Bradford. The Independent, August 6, London 1999

Leoudak, Zoe. Hearing the Noise: Revolution. International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA98). Sculpture Magazine, May Vol.18 No. 4, Liverpool

Lamarche, Bernard. Between Spell and Irritation: NOISEGATE, GRANULAR SYNTHESIS. Le Devoir, April 17, Montreal

Hofleitner, Johanna. Höllentore und maximales Lärmen. Die Presse, January 20, Vienna

Buchwald, Sabine. Ausbruch statt Input. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, February 19, Munich

Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte. Maschinenmenschen im dunklen Raum, Wiener Zeitung, January 28, Vienna

1998
Rivoire Annick. POL, fascisme musical ou génie précurseur? Liberation, September 18, Paris

Rimbaud, Robin. Robin Rimbaud crosses the NoiseGate with Granular Synthesis. The Wire #174, August, London (76)

1997
Körper-Experimente im psychotischen Triebwerk : Granular=Synthesis im Steirischen Herbst.

Salzburger Nachrichten. October 27.

1995
Essay by Flos, Birgit. Motion Control - Shared Pain: Man and Machine.
MOTION CONTROL. MODELL 5 by GRANULAR SYNTHESIS at the Kunstverein, Hannover.

Fortier, Denis. Festival Manca. Le Monde, December. Paris.

1994
Edge, Nina. Eikon # 10-11. 1993

Feuerstein, Thomas. Pyramedia / Granular-Synthesis Modell 3.02. Grundmann, Heidi (Hg), Transit #1, Innsbruck (84-87)

1992
Feuerstein, Thomas. Modell 3.1: A multi-media live environment by Kurt Hentschläger and Ulf Langheinrich. Catalogue text for TRANSIT 92



DVD-ROM

2009
KUNSTHALLE wien et al. Videorama: Artclips from Austria.
ISBN 978-3-7165-1614-0 (ger.) ISBN 978-3-7165-1616-4 (eng.)

2006
Frieling, Rudolf. 1997 Sweet Heart GRANULAR SYNTHESIS.
DVD-ROM in conjunction with the exhibition 40yearsvideoart.de
- Part 1, Digital Heritage: Video Art in Germany from 1963 until the Present. March 25 - May 21 (274-277)

2005
INDEX.DVD - Granular-Synthesis
Remixes for Single Screen "Reset", 2001, 25 min, and "Model 5", 1994, 30 min, published and distributed by ARGE INDEX (Medienwerkstatt Wien & sixpackfilm) http://index-dvd.at/en/program/003/index.html

2004
GRANULAR SYNTHESIS - IMMERSIVE WORKS.
A DVD compilation with extracts and documentation of Granular~Synthesis' work over ten years. Publication: ZKM Karlsruhe / Distribution: Cantz ISBN 978-3-7757-1351-1
http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.php?cmd=schnellsuche&s=immersive+works