IF 20|21

OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARD 2019 – INNOVATIVE FILM
Hannes Böck
Born 1974 in Vienna. 1994–1996 apprenticeship in photography, Vienna; 1997–
2003 studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, master class in Conceptual
Art under Renée Green; studies at Berlin University of the Arts, Heinz Emigholz
Experimental Filmmaking Class; 2005 graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in
Vienna, master class under Marina Grzinic; 2011–2014 senior artist at Academy of
Fine Arts in Vienna, in film and video.
Main fields of research include technologies of film and video production in art
and experimental film, historical visual languages in narrative and experimental
cinema, visual language in scientific image production. Discourses on film aesthetics,
visual studies and historical criticism provide central points of reference
in Böck’s films and photo series.
Films (Selection)
2019 Sammlung Bau- und Schmuckstein Altes Rom (16 mm, silent, 15 min)
2013 5 Skulpturen (16 mm, silent, 9 min)
2012 Las Encantadas (16 mm, 10 min)
2011 Niches Cut Into Bedrock (16 mm, 10 min)
2008 New Hefei (16 mm, 10 min)
Prizes and Scholarships (Selection)
2019 Outstanding Artist Award – Innovative Film, Federal Chancellery of Austria
2009 Studio Scholarship Mexico City
Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, Austria
2006 Studio Scholarship Nanjing, China
Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, Austria
2004 Work Scholarship, Federal Chancellery of Austria