CURRICULUM VITAE
Stahl Stenslie
Born: 1965
Adress: Torggata 11, "Strøget", 0181 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 905 62 963
e-mail: stahl (at) stenslie.net
Web: http://www.stenslie.net/stahl
 
 
is working on the development of different interface technologies and tools for the digital culture within the fields of art, media and network-research. Lives and works as media artist, curator, scientist and media researcher in Oslo and Cologne. Specializes working on cognition and perception manipulative projects as well as conducting PhD studies in New Media. He became one of the Fathers of Cybersex after he built the worlds first full-body, tele-tactile communication system in 1993 (cyberSM).
 
He has been exhibiting and lecturing at major international events (ISEA, DEAF, Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH). He represented Norway at the 5th biennial in Istanbul, Turkey, the organizer of e~on and arcart 02, co-organized 6cyberconf (Oslo '97), won the Grand Prize of the Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs, and was a founding member of mem_brane -network research laboratory- in Mediapark, Cologne, Germany. He was moderating the Ars Electronica 2000 Symposium (Next Sex). 
 
EDUCATION - back to menu
1999 - Ph.D. Studies in new media at The Oslo School of Architecture
1992 - 1994 The Media Academy in Cologne, Germany, Masters in Audio-Visual Media
1991 - 1992 The Art Academy of Düsseldorf, Germany
1988 - 1992 The Norwegian Art Academy, Oslo, Norway, Diploma
1987 - 1988 The Norwegian Arts and Crafts school, Oslo, Norway
1986 - 1987 "Grunnfag" in Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
1985 - 1986 "Mellomfag" in Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway
1983 - 1985 Lester B. Pearson College, United World College, B.C., Canada, International Baccalaureate

WORK EXPERIENCE - back to menu
2007 - Professor Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2005 - 2007 Dean, Faculty of Visual Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2003 - 2005 Artistic director, Riksutstillinger (National Touring Exhibitions Norway), now part of Nasjonalmuseet
2001 - 2005 Professor at The Media Academy of Cologne, Germany
1997 - 2001 Scientific researcher at Norwegian Telecom (Telenor) Research Institute, Norway.  1998 - 99 project leader of the project "Content of the future Internet".
1995 - 97 Scientific researcher at Norwegian Telecom (Telenor) Research Institute at Kjeller, Norway.  Head of design at the TeleVR group.
1997 - 2001 Leading the experimental electronic art project group of "Norwegian Travelling Exhibitions". Curator of their grand national exhibition DETOX touring Norway and Iceland 1999 - 2001.
1998 Project member of the digital culture group planning the Norwegian Information Technology Centre at Fornebu, Norway.

CURATOR WORK - back to menu
ArcArt 02
DETOX
e~on at 6th Cyberconf
Stoneproof, Økomuseum Boarderland
NIC 2001
 
 
EXHIBITIONS - back to menu
2002 
2001
2000
1999
  • The Leap, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Norway
1997
1996
  • DEAF, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
  • Electra, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway
  • Fokus '96, St. Croix, Fredrikstad, Norway
1995
  • Blast III, New York & Kunstverein Köln, Germany
  • mem_brane for Art Cologne, Germany
  • Millenium, Kassel, Germany
1994
  • Du + You, Gallerie Schipper - Krome, Cologne, Germany
  • ISEA, invited artist, show at the Finnish Museum of Contemporary Arts and at the MUU gallery, Helsinki, Finland
  • Art Cologne, represented by Schipper - Krome Gallerie,Germany
1993
  • INBETWEEN, participation in the work at the Turkish pavilion, Venezia Biennial, Italiy
  • KHM at Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Voyages Virtuell, Paris, France
1992
  •  DuKunst, Iserlohn, Germany
  • The Exhibition, ACC Haus, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • The View of the Future, Graz, Austria
  • UKS, Oslo, Norway
  • Babel, International seminar and experimental artistic workshop on Arts and Media, organized by UNESCO
 
COMPUTER PROJECTS   - back to menu
2001
  • erotogod - a synaesthetic creational environment
1999
1998
  • "The Leap ", virtual environment of a faustian experience.  1st prize winner of the Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs electronic art award
1997
  • Solve et Coagula, artificially intelligent virtual reality environment existing as a "cyberorganism" on the Internet.
  • e~on, organizer of the first norwegian electronic art exhibition
1996
  • sense:less, multisensorial VR environment
  • Televisor/Pilot RTL, interactive program for RTL pilot
  • Nam Jun Paik: the CD-Rom, programming
1995
  • The bio_machine project: intelligent and responsive tactile-communication environment
  • Starting work on DOVRE at TeleVR, Telenor Research and Development, Kjeller, Norway
  • Jam Store, Tele-tactile communication program for the Techno audience...
  • CD-room, CD-Rom with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
  • The Gallery, CD-Rom for Schipper-Krome Gallery
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    1994
    1993
    • cyberSM, tele-tactile network projects
    • Production of several morphs and computer graphics sequences for the Illona Christen Show, RTL, Germany
    • Production of stereoscopic 3D computergraphic slides,KHM, Germany
    • Arche, Inventor based World Design of a constructivistic VR environment.
    1992
    • Production of computer generated hologram, KHM, Germany
    • Production of 60 seconds of HDTV computer animations for the Airport of Tokyo, Japan
    • The Virtual Playground, a VR project for BABEL UNESCO workshop
    • The Late Night Drive In Fetish Club, a VR fetish club for cyberspace
    • Design of Virtual Gloves for use in the VPL VR environment at GMD, Schloss Berlinghoven, Germany
    • ROOMn, Virtual Reality project at GMD, Schloss Berlinghoven, Germany
    1991 - 1993
    • The production of more than 100 minutes of various computer animation
     
    Teaching/Lecturing/Presentations - back to menu
    • SIGGRAPH '98, emerging technologies
    • V. Fluesser Tagung, Akademie z. 3. Jahrtausend, Muenchen
    • Leibesvisitationen, Nuernberg, Germany
    • Consciousness Reframed, Caiia, Wales
    • The Art Academy of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Digital Dive, DEAF '96, Rotterdam, Holland
    • Akademie Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany
    • Weimar, Hochschule für Gestaltung (Bauhaus)
    • Millenium, Kassel, Germany
    • Momentum, 1998, Moss, Norway
    • Norsk Form, 2000
    • Viper, 1999, Switzerland
  • Ars Electronica, Next Sex, 2000
  • Transmediale 2000, Berlin
  • UKS, Oslo, Norway (Young Artists Society)
  • Fachhochschule, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany
  • GEHE, KHM, Köln, Germany
  • The Man & Machine Symposium, Charleroi, Belgium
  • The IV International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), Helsinki, Finland
  • Posterpresentation at the University of Warwick, Warwick, England
  • Posterpresentation at VRO (Virtual Reality Oslo), Oslo, Norway
  • Ars Erotica, Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Mondo Virtuale, Roma, Italy
  • Fokus '96, St. Croix, Fredrikstad,Norway
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    PUBLICATIONS - back to menu
    • Next Sex, Ars Electronica 2000
    • LAB, KHM Jahrbuch für Kunst und Apparate, Walter König, 1999
    • The Virtual Dimension, edited by J. Beckmann, Princeton Architectural Press, 1998
    • Zukunft des Körpers I, Kunstforum International, 1995
    • Memesis, Ars Electronica '96
    • Bodysurf, Telepolis Online, München '96
    • Morgenbladet, Norway '98
    • Pedagogisk Profil, University of Oslo, Norway '98
     
    Professional Software experience: - back to menu
    • 3D: SoftImage, Eddie, T-Morph, Wavefront, Inventor, Swivel 3D, the VPL VR software, StrataVision, ...
    • 3D Scanning: CyberWare soft- & hardware
    • 2D: Photoshop, Morph™, Elastic Reality, PageMaker, Quark Express, Freehand, etc.
    • Interactive Applications: Hypercard, Macromedia Director
    • Programming: Hypertalk, Lingo, C, UNIX, Open GL
    • Network: HTTP and WWW page design, ISDN: network projects established between Cologne-Paris, Bonn-Cologne.
    • Photography: Professional B&W experience, Digital production and retouching, Underwater photography.
    • Video/Film: 16 mm, Betacam, DV and Hi8 production
    • Editing: Avid, Sony 900 and 9000 BVE, FAST videomachine, Adobe Premiere, After Effects.
     
    Video Screenings: - back to menu
    • Irrton Festival ´94, Berlin, Germany
    • MTV, News screenings
    • Coca, Seattle, USA
    • MIXBILD, Schipper - Krome Galley, Köln, Germany
    • The Norwegian Short Film Festival ´93, Grimstad, Norway
    • New Edge: The I-Ritual, Amsterdam, Holland
     
    Performances:   - back to menu
    • Millenium, Kassel, Germany
    • Inter_Skin, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
    • Jam Store, Köln, Germany
    • Voyages Virtuell, Paris, France
    • Mondo Virtuale, Roma, Italia
    • Tempel, München, Germany
    • ISEA, Helsinki, Finland
    • Alternative Reality, Oslo, Norway
    • CyberCity, Roma, Italia
     
    TV Shows / special Coverage : - back to menu
    • MTV, England
    • Spiegel TV, VOX
    • Arte
    • Liebe Sünde, VOX
    • Biolek, WDR
    • Aspekte, ZDF
    • Live aus Alabahma, Bayerische Rundfunk
    • Pro 7 (div. Sendungen)
    • Sat 1(div. Sendungen)
    • Arabella, german talkshow
    • Eurotrash, Channel Four, England
    • WiSo, ZDF + andere Sendungen
    • RTL
    • ORF
    • NRK I + NRK II, Norway. Feature "Visjoner og Ilusjoner", 2000
    • TV Slovenia
    • various shows in USA, Switzerland, Holland, France, Italy
     
    Press Coverage - Special reports : - back to menu
    • Intelligent Agent, issue 8 '96
    • Mute, issue 7, winter 97, England
    • Stern, Germany
    • Prinz, Germany
    • Spiegel Special, Germany
    • Focus, Germany
    • Kunstforum International
    • Pravda, Russland
    • Details, USA
    • Z, Sweden
    • Virtual, Italia
    • VSD, France
    • KING, Italy
    • Globe, France
    • BEAT, Norway
    • Actuél, France
    • Morgenbladet, Norway
    • Liberátion, France
    • 90 (Ninties), Sweden
    • Het Paarol, Netherlands
    • News, Austria +++
     
     
    Stahl Stenslie - e-mail: stahl@khm.de - phone: +47 905 62 963