Bernhard Gál

Bernhard Gál (born 1971) is an Austrian composer and artist.

Biography

Bernhard Gál (a.k.a. Gal) creates music for instruments and electro-acoustic compositions, as well as art installations. Many of his intermedia art projects and sound installations present combinations of sound, light, objects, video projections and spatial concepts. He is director of the Austrian art organization "sp ce" and runs the record label Gromoga Records. Gals work has been presented in concerts, installations and exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia and The Americas. He has been invited to music and art festivals including Wien Modern Festival; Jeunesse Festival Vienna; Donaufestival Austria; ICMC Berlin; MaerzMusik Berlin; Inventionen Berlin; Sonambiente Berlin; Festival Stimme+, ZKM, Karlsruhe; MATA Festival New York; New Sound, New York-Festival, NYC; Soundfield Festival Chicago; Mutek Montreal; Musashino Public Art Festival Tokyo. He has collaborated with artists such as Yumi Kori, P. Michael Schultes, G.S. Sedlak, Akemi Takeya, and Emre Tuncer. For his work, Gal has received numerous awards, including the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin, a fellowship from the DAAD Artists in Berlin Programme, and the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition. His music has been made available by record labels such as Durian, Plate Lunch, Intransitive Records, Bremsstrahlung, Klanggalerie, Charhizma, and Gromoga. Currently Gál lives and works in Vienna and Berlin, Germany.

elected Works

* "solo", intermedia installation, 2007.
* "Infinitation (São Paulo)", audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, 2006.
* "Airport", site-specific sound installation for the Music Instruments Museum Berlin, 2006.
* "behape", composition for 2 clarinets and spund projection, 2006.
* "Night Pulses", sound installation based on light signals from the skyline of Manhattan, 2004.
* "belit", composition for chamber ensemble and light projection, 2004.
* "Klangbojen", sound installation consisting of floating sound and light objects on a lake, 2003.
* "Of Sound and Time", composition for traditional Chinese instruments and three listeners, 2000.
* "Defragmentation/red", audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, 2000.
* "bestimmung New York", 15 electroacoustic compositions based on 15 languages, 1998-99.

elected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions / Intermedia Art Projects

* Klangbojen, Festival Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany (upcoming), 2007
* Jukai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. The David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 2007
* solo. Musik aktuell 2007, Gutenbrunn, Austria, 2007
* solo. Musik aktuell 2007, Tulln, Austria, 2007
* shinkai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISE Foundation, New York City, 2006
* Reinstallation. Festival Electric Eclectics, Meaford (Canada), 2006
* Die Grüne Hölle. Festival Sonambiente, Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin, 2006
* Airport. Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin, 2006
* Infinitation (Seattle). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, 2005
* Hinaus:: In den, Wald. Diapason Gallery, New York, 2005
* Defragmentation (Krems). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Donaufestival, Krems, 2005
* Night Pulses. O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, 2004
* RGBuSW. singuhr - hoergalerie in parochial, Berlin, 2004
* Klangbojen. Musik aktuell 2003, Hanslteich, Gutenbrunn (Austria), 2003
* Klangbojen. Musik aktuell 2003, Donau-Altarm, Tulln (Austria), 2003
* Machina temporis. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Franziskaner-Klosterruine, Berlin, 2002
* RGB. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2001
* zhu shui. Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg, Austria, 2000
* Defragmentation/red. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kryptonale Festival, Berlin, 2000
* Dissociated Voices. Werkstadt Graz, Graz, 2000
* Defragmentation/blue. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Studio Five Beekman, New York, 1999

Group Exhibitions

* I am sHitting in a room. Festival Interface, Berlin, 2007
* Hinaus:: In den, Wald. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, 2007
* RADIO EARS (textur #2). Magyar Muehely Galéria, Budapest, 2007
* Infinitation (São Paulo). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, 2006
* RGB. Klangturm, St. Poelten, Austria, 2006
* Defragmentation (ISCP). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISCP, New York City, 2005
* soundbagism. Denver International Airport, USA, 2004
* Oelbilder. Festival Reservoir VIII. Grosser Wasserspeicher, Berlin, 2004
* Three Whites. Sound Art Exhibition ‘Rock’s Role‘, Art in General, New York, 2004
* zhu shui. MATA-Festival. Gallery ‘GAle GAtes et al.’ New York, 2003
* Green Voice / Green Box. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Musashino, Tokyo, 2002
* enelten. Sound Off Festival. Galéria Umenia, Nové Zámky, Slowakia, 2002
* I am sHitting in a room. Durian-Festival. Konzerthaus, Wien, 2002
* Hinaus:: In den, Wald. Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg (Austria), 2001
* bestimmung darmstadt. Museum Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 2000
* NYC Subway. Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York City, 1998

Discography

Main publications

*"Installations (DVD version)" (Gromoga, 2007)
*"Installations (CD version)" (Gromoga, 2005)
*"going round in serpentines" (with K. Fagaschinski, Charhizma, 2005)
*"Installations (catalogue book and Audio CD)" (Kehrer, 2005)
*"Hinaus:: In den, Wald." (Klanggalerie, 2004)
*"relisten" (Intransitive, 2001)
*"Defragmentation/blue" (Plate Lunch, 2000)
*"bestimmung New York" (Durian, 1999)

Selected Compilations and Catalogue CDs

*CD 'henri chopin remixed', Extraplatte, Austria 2006)
*CD 'triMIX', Innova Recordings, USA 2006)
*CD '90 Sekunden Wirklichkeit', DEGEM / Cybele, Germany 2005)
*Catalogue & CDR 'Night Pulses', O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Austria 2004)
*DVD 'Text & Language'. Aspect, Magazine of New Media Art, USA 2004)
*CD 'Rock’s Role (After Ryoanji)', Art in General, USA 2004)
*CD 'Intransitive Twenty-Three', Intransitive Recordings, USA 2004)
*CD 'Danza De La Muerte', Klanggalerie, Austria 2003)
*CD 'Typewriting Aloud. Typos Allowed', Slovakia 2002)
*CD 'lowercase sound 2002', Bremsstrahlung, USA 2002)
*CD 'because tomorrow comes #4', Germany 2001)
*CD 'klanggesetz', Initiative Minderheiten, Austria 2000)
*Catalogue & CDR 'Dissociated Voices', Werkstadt Graz, Austria 2000)
*CD 'Beams and Waves', Sound Off Festival, Slovakia 2000)

External links

* [http://www.bernhardgal.com www.bernhardgal.com] - Official website of Bernhard Gál. Calendar of events, biography, sound excerpts and relevant links:
** [http://www.bernhardgal.com/work.html Complete list of works]
** [http://www.bernhardgal.com/calendar.html Information on Gal's upcoming and past exhibitions]
** [http://www.bernhardgal.com/cds.html]
* [http://www.soundfield.org/SF04/BG_bio.html]
* [http://www.sonambiente.net/en/04_artists/4M2gal_werk.html] .
* [http://www.klanggalerie.com www.klanggalerie.com] - Klanggalerie
* [http://www.charhizma.com www.charhizma.com] - Charhizma
* [http://www.gromoga.com www.gromoga.com] - Gromoga
* [http://www.sp-ce.net www.sp-ce.net] - sp ce, Austrian art organisation