Litto / Daniela Weiss
(*1984)


Bio

Litto works on system-, net- and media art. Her artistic research focuses on the perception of self through and by others. Most of her work happens in public space, where she creates participative augmented reality installations and performances. Sometimes she builds her own immersive devices In 2020 she co-founded “SystemKollektiv”, an artist run ngo that created, develops and curates the “Artificial Museum”. Her background in business administration helped her turn what started as an artistic idea into a worldwide platform for digital augmented reality art in public space. She has, both as artist and curator, collaborated with museums, institutions, collectives and artists from all over the world.

Statement

My artistic research focuses on the perception of self through and by others. My mediums are the internet, augmented reality, and public spaces, which, through customized interfaces, transform and merge into places of encounter, fostering direct, informal, and often unexpected interactions between art and observer. I use the mirror as an interface, a device. It has a spirit and it interests me how mirrors change our perception of space. I use it to reflect on our networked culture and society. Behind the mirror, the performer enjoys a sphere of private space, a time where they are not an object, not an image.

Individual participation in Exhibitions/Festivals/Conferences (selected)
  • 2023 »Aaron Swartz« ARS Electronica 2023 In cooperation with Schuberttheater and Hidéo SNES, Linz, Austria
  • 2023 »Reterritorialized Spaces«, Parallel Vienna, ArteCont, Austria
  • 2023 »Reterritorialized Spaces« Wiener Lichtblicke, Justizpalast, Vienna, Austria
  • 2023 »Das Vorspiel« ARSE Electronica, Monochrom, Linz, Austria
  • 2023 »Reterritorialized Spaces« Vienna Digital Summer, ArteCont, Virtual Exhibition Vienna, Austria
  • 2023 »Reterritorialized Spaces« Symposion Lindabrunn, Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
  • 2023 »Inside Out« with Hidéo SNES Gallery Frewein-Kazakbaev, Vienna, Austria
  • 2023 »Game Over or Replay«, A MAZE Festival, Berlin, Germany

  • 2022 »Game Over or Replay«, Next Generation, Galarie Monfort, Portorož, Slovenia
  • 2022 »Real Mirror« Re.pairing Future, Digital Art Dep. CRIATECH Festival 2022, Aveiro, Portugal
  • 2022 »Reterritorialized Spaces« Demo Festival, Schlanders, South Tirol
  • 2022 »Reterritorialized Spaces«, Parallel Vienna, Semmelweisklinik, Vienna, Austria
  • 2022 »Game Over or Replay«, Angewandte Festival / University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  • 2022 »FaceMirror«, Hybrid Biennale, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
  • 2022 »Hr. Litto: speaking«, CIVA Festival, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria

  • 2021 »MirroredSpaces«, ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria
  • 2021 »RealMirror«, In the Kitchen, Medienwerkstatt, Vienna, Austria

  • 2020 »Das Vorspiel« Navigieren im Postdigitalen, Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Vienna, Austria

  • 2019 »Kostprobe?«, Roboexotica 2019, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019 »RealMirror«, Klangmanifeste, Echoräume, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019 »AR Paintings« HACKIDC Digital Art Exhibition 2019 IDC Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2019 »Translation of Complexity«, Solo Exhibition, Reindorfgassen Fest, Sound:frame, Improper Walls in collab with Artivive, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019 »Das Vorspiel« Performance, Schwelle 7, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019 »Real Mirror«, Glowing Globe, Gallery KORTIL, Rijeka, Croatia
  • 2019 »AR Paintings« Public Gallery SEE Djerba, Tunisia
  • 2019 »RealMirror 2.0«, Angewandte Festival / University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019 »RealMirror 2.0«, ANIMAFEST, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2019 International Student Film Festival, Beit Hashanti Gala Exhibition, Negev Desert, Israel

  • 2018 »RealMirror«, FuckReality, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Digital Art, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  • 2018 »AR Paintings« Vienna Design Week, in collab with Artivive, Burggasse 98, Vienna, Austria
  • 2018 »AR Paintings« Chengdu Creativity & Design Week in collab with Artivive, Chengdu, China
  • 2018 »AR Paintings« Bangkok Art And Culture Centre (Bacc) in collab with Artivive, Bangkok, Thailand
Co-Organized and Curated Exhibitions
  • 2023 »Reterritorialized Spaces«, Symposion Lindabrunn, Austria
  • 2023 »Artificial Museum« A MAZE Festival AR Exhibition on sight Experimental Game Cultures Margarete Jahrmann, Berlin, Germany
  • 2023 »Translunar Formations« , in collaboration with PIXFilm Gallery Toronto, Canada
  • 2022 »Electro-Esoteric Avatare Seance«, CIVA Festival, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria
  • 2021 »Movement«, ArtificialMuseum, PIXFilmGallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2021 »Opposition«, Medienwerkstatt, Vienna, Austria
  • 2020 »The System« Phase 1, Yppenplatz, Vienna, Austria (funded by KOER)
Scholarships
  • 2023 Symposion Lindabrunn, Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
  • 2022 Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
  • 2021 Dialogfelder Eins, Klub Solitär e.V., Chemnitz Germany
  • 2017 Austrian Days in Gdansk – Sopot – Gdynia, Gdansk Poland
Experience
  • 2017 - 2023 artistic practice in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, Javascript, Three.js, Blender 3D, Touch Designer, Unreal Engine
  • 2010 - 2017 User Experience and Web Design, Freelancing: Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna
  • clients: Do&Co, Wimmer Beton, NTRY Ticketing, Wien Extra, Carsten Gerhards, Fortunes, Usus KreativKollektiv, Edenspiekermann, Virtual Identity.
Education
  • 2020 – now Artificial Museum artistic direction artistic research and development
  • 2021 – now SystemKollektiv workshop, teaching, curation, organisation
  • 2021 – 2022 Experimental Game Cultures, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  • 2016 – 2022 Digital Art, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  • 2012 Graduation Communication Design, Die Graphische, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009 Graduation Business Administration at Business University (Mag), Vienna, Austria