Martin Reinhart

Last updated

Martin Reinhart (born 27 November 1967 in Vienna) is an Austrian experimental filmmaker, media artist and academic. He is Senior Lecturer in the master's programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. [1]

Contents

Life and work

Reinhart first studied photography and media art and has worked since the 1990s as an experimental filmmaker and installation artist. His artistic practice deals with the materiality of film, with media technologies and with reversing cinematic perspectives of perception. [2]

He often works collaboratively, for example with Virgil Widrich, Manu Luksch and Thomas Tode. Reinhart gained international attention with the documentary Dreams Rewired (2015), which assembled historical film material to create a media history of the 20th century. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Together with Virgil Widrich he created the short films tx-transform (1998), tx-reverse (2019) and tx-reverse 360°, which were screened at international festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the interactive installation tx-mirror (2018). [9]

Filmography and works (selection)

Style and themes

Reinhart’s work is characterised by the combination of media archaeology, the history of technology and artistic research. He explores the interplay of time, space and perception in film and has developed new forms of representation, such as the "reversal" of cinematic image spaces in the tx projects.

Teaching

Since 2021, Reinhart has taught as a Senior Lecturer in the master's programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Martin Reinhart – Senior Lecturer, Art & Science". University of Applied Arts Vienna. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. "Martin Reinhart – Curriculum Vitae and works". reinhart.media. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  3. "Dreams Rewired". Docuseek. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  4. "Dreams Rewired review". The Guardian. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  5. "Dreams Rewired film review". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  6. "Mobilisierung der Träume (Dreams Rewired)". critic.de. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  7. "Dreams Rewired". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  8. "Austrian Film Commission Review 2015" (PDF). Austrian Film Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  9. "tx-mirror – Virgil Widrich & Martin Reinhart". ZKM Karlsruhe. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  10. "Constant Ride". Vienna Shorts Film Festival. Retrieved 5 October 2025.