About me.
Nadja Reifer is a bio-artist with a background in communication research and design and currently works as a lecturer at the University of Art and Design Linz. Her projects are dedicated to exploring unconventional perspectives on nature, technology and the unconscious. Inspired by alchemy and science fiction, Nadja Reifer’s projects question anthropocentrism and open doors to alternative perspectives and new sensory experiences. Her Bioart PhD project „Interspecies Incubation“ aims to transform traditional human-centred incubation theories into collaborative interspecies assemblages with different actors. These actors include the multi-headed organism Physarum Polycephalum (slime mould) and machine-learning systems. Nadja Reifer’s artistic practice combines different media to create immersive installations and performances that incorporate organic matter, living organisms and algorithms. These elements not only serve as materials, but are important participants in the artwork. Through her PhD project she participated in various conferences, exhibitions and workshops, such as the conference RE: SOURCE Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology (2023) in Venice, the conference Methodological and Cognitive Aspects of Visual Arts (2023) in Wroclaw, the symposium Beyond Growth – Weaving the fabric of a new society (2023) in Dornbirn, the Ars Electronica Festival (2023) in Linz, the EMAF Festival (2023) in Osnabrück, the Paraintelligence workshop (2023) at the Design+Science School in Ljubljana, the School of Life workshop (2022) at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and the AI+ Artificial Intelligence and Art exhibition (2024) in Linz.
Nadja Reifer
Hormayrstraße 9, A-6020 Innsbruck
M. nadja.reifer@kunstuni-linz.at, T. +43 676 91 44 082
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Interests
Bioart
New Materialism
Design Fiction
Metastable Rhythms of the mind, the body and the world
Machine Learning Systems
Figure Skating
Education
since 2020
Artistic Research (PhD) University of Arts Linz / Austria
2017 – 2020
Intermedia (MA) FH Vorarlberg / Austria
2014 – 2017
Marketing & Communication Management (BA) FH Kufstein / Austria
2006 – 2008
College of Communication & Media Design Innsbruck / Austria
1997 – 2005
Reithmann-Gymnasium Innsbruck / Austria
Work Experience
since 2020
Artist for Interspecies Encounters
since Feb 2024
University of Arts Linz
Lecturer
Nov 2018 – Mar 2024
Nachhaltig Planen Architektur
Art Director
Aug 2022 – Jan 2023
Tyrolean Artists‘ Association
Student Assistant
Feb 2018 – Oct 2018
MissMargo Agency
Junior Art Director
Oct 2017 – Jan 2018
Ad.Affairs Agency – Munich
Junior Art Director
Jun 2015 – Jan 2017
Zimmerman Pupp Agency
Graphic Designer
Aug 2013 – Jun 2015
Sitour Marketing
Graphic Designer
Jul 2013
Life Radio Tirol
Marketing Assistant
Jun 2009 – Jun 2013
Regionalmedien Austria
Creative Assistant
Jun 2007 – Aug 2007
Handle Ceative Agency
Internship Graphic Designer
Exhibition / Symposium / Workshop / Lecture
October 2024
Alliances and Commonalities 2024
Speaker in Stockholm/ Sweden
July 2024
xCoAx 12th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
Speaker and Paper in Treviso/ Italy
January 2024
AI+ Artificial Intelligence and Art
Speaker and exhibition at splace Linz
October 2023
Beyond Growth – Weaving the fabric of a new society
Speaker at symposium/ FH Vorarlberg
October 2023
Algorithmic Poetry of Fictional Robotics
Attended Workshop/ School of Machines Berlin
September 2023
Many Headed (…)
Artist at Ars Electronica Festival Linz 2023 with Prof. Tina Frank (Exhibition)
September 2023
Interspecies Incubation
Speaker at the Conference on Methodological and Cognitive Aspects of Visual Arts Wroclaw
September 2023
Becoming Slime – mucilaginous apparatuses
Speaker at RE:SOURCE Venice 2023/ Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology
July 2023
Paraintelligence
Attended Workshop/ Design+Science Summer School Ljubljana
June 2023
Art Generation with AI
Attended Workshop/ University of Arts Linz
April 2023
Shaking the Anthropocene with Slimy Futures
External Lecturer (Workshop) at University Osnabrück 2023
April 2023
Interspecies Incubation
Artist and Speaker at EMAF Festival Osnabrück 2023 (Exhibition)
April 2023
Algorithmic Bodies
Attended Workshop/ School of Machines Berlin
March 2023
BioArt Workshop: Designing Growth with Slime Mold
Attended Workshop/ Genspace New York
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
Post-digital visualization strategies
Co-Teaching/ University of Arts Linz
October 2022
From quantum to qubits
Attended Workshop/ International Academy Traunkirchen and University of Applied Arts Vienna
October 2022
Slime Contamination
Exhibition/ Contemporary Venice 2022 (Exhibition)
September 2022
Interspecies Incubation
Artist and Speaker at Ars Electronica Festival Linz
September 2022
Der Pilz in Kunst, Wald und Labor
Attended Workshop/ Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
July 2022
Future of Life summer program
Attended Workshop/ Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
June/July 2022
Bioart Coven Workshop with WhiteFeather Hunter
Attended Workshop/ School of Machines Berlin
June 2022
Bioxeno Workshop with Gaia Leandra and Ce Quimera
Attended Workshop/ Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory Wien
August 2021
Future Mind Extension & Interspecies Incubation
Artist and Speaker at Poolbar Festival Feldkirch
September 2019
Future Mind Extension
Artist and Speaker at Ars Electronica Festival Linz (Exhibition)
September 2019
Design Fiction Workshop
Attended Workshop/ Ars Electronica Festival Linz
May 2019
Artificial Design Symposium
Speaker at Artificial Design Lauterach
May 2008
Project exhibition of Face to Face
Artist at Zeughaus Innsbruck (Exhibition)