Station
Rose
online-history.
Online since
10 years._______________________________1991-2001
Station Rose was founded by Gary Danner (sound,
concept) & Elisa Rose (visuals, concept) in Vienna in 1988. Before
obtaining their diplomas at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna
in 1987 (Meisterklasse Malerei und Grafik, Prof. Oberhuber), Danner
had studied Visuelle Gestaltung at the University of Arts in Linz, and
Rose had studied French language at the University of Vienna, as well
as fashion with Karl Lagerfeld at the University of Applied Arts in
Vienna.
1988:
Opening of Station Rose March 11th in Vienna, A-1040, Margaretenstrasse
24.
"Samples", symposium Nr.1, Vienna. 1st netaccess for
1 day.
With contributions by Fritz Ostermeier, Pita Rehberg, Thomas Mießgang,
Zelko Wiener, Constanze Ruhm, Mathias Fuchs, Phoenix Presseagentur (Oesterreichs
Presseagentur für Oekologisches und Alternativpolitisches), and
others.
1991:
Emigration from Vienna to Frankfurt & Cyberspace:
Going Online at the Well (june 10th): various conferences, real
time chat, ascii grafics, networking on a daily basis.
"Virtual Realities as a new Frontier", research for
the Austrian ministry for science and research; exchange of ideas over
The WELL.
"Gunafa 2000", solo-exhibition/installation/performance
at NGBK, Berlin. Multiples, light boxes, 2 live-performances. Internet
connection with Howard Rheingold/San Francisco. Print outs of ascii
grafics and conversations. 1st online-exhibition.
1992:
Series of Gunafa Clubbings, XS-club Frankfurt. Live Hypermedia
Performances (digital sounds and visuals) in a club context, including
Online connection with the Virtual Community at The WELL: real time
chat, ascii grafics. Hardware: Amiga, Atari.
4 projection screens.
Start: February 15th 1992.
1993:
"Ebene 7/Frankfurt", series of Live Hypermedia Performances
& Installations; with 5 projectors and 5 screens, Bodysonic Sound
System. Online connection with the Virtual Community at The WELL: real
time chat, ascii grafics.
Performance with Terence McKenna.
"Click
on It!", solo-exhibition at Troester & Schlueter Gallery,
Frankfurt; simultaneously with
"Ebene7" - live-online audio-visual performance.
"FAB
505 - Vernetzte Zelle", MAK/ Museum of Applied Art, Vienna.
Hypermedia Installation & audio-visual sequencing live, incl. online
connection with the
Virtual Community at The WELL. Hardware: Amiga, Atari, 6 projectors
and 6 screens.
Gunafa Clubbing,
XS Frankfurt, live hypermedia performances in a club context, incl.
online connection.
Reise
zu den Quellen, Tokio/Japan. First glimpse of the world wide
web at Joi Ito San´s office.
1994:
Preparation of the installation of a station rose website, at the WELL.
1995:
Installation of the STATION ROSE - Homepage
<www.well.com/www/gunafa/>, at The WELL, San Francisco. Supported
by Stella Rollig/Austrian ministry for science and art.
"Digital
Cocooning". Self-test over 1 year, with almost no connection
to the "outside analogue world". Networking, CuSeeMe.
Gunafa Clubbing
/ Internet Lounge, The BOX Frankfurt, incl. online connection and
CUSeeMe, San Francisco.
"World
Wide Jam". Virtual journalists: "The Gunafa Twins" (i.e.
E. Rose & G. Danner). European correspondents for Howard Rheingold´s
"Digital Zeitgeist".
prizes:
* Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, honorable mention for Station Rose
Homepage.
* "WELL chosen site No.1"
1996:
Monthly stationrose newsletter - issue# 01, written by avatar
fett tedget.
"Kursbuch
Internet", Bollmann Verlag, Germany. Textcontribution.
CuSeeMe
Videoconference with Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey and others.
Station Rose
appointed "Hosts of the Frankfurt Conference" & "World
Wide Jammers" at Howard Rheingold´s "ELECTRIC MINDS"
<www.minds.com>, a virtual community project.
Public CuSeeMe
conference at Helium/Frankfurt with San Francisco and Tokyo.
div. CuSeeMe conferences at our Frankfurt studio, @home.
End of "Digital
Cocooning"-self test.
1997:
Conference "ELECTRIC MINDS". STR Hosts of "Frankfurt
Conference". Virtual community project. (Report on the AEC/ars
electronica center, documentaX, among others.)
Ars Electronica,
Linz/Austria. Workshop and lecture on Virtual Communities, with John
"Tex" Coate/The Gate .
"Musik
im Internet", lecture, FH Frankfurt.
"TREE", vinyl-maxi single and Video, released by Sony
Music/Columbia. Ram file and screensaver on demand at Sony website.
1998:
www.stationrose.com.
"1st
decade": archive of <10 Years of Station Rose> .
1999:
"crossLinks", Marstall, Berlin: installation &
first Webcasting at <www.stationrose.com>; on a regular basis
since January 11th.
"Webcasts
live@home No.1 - 92" at <www.stationrose.com>.
"Next
5 Minutes 3", Festival, Amsterdam. Performance, realaudio stream.
"Galerienrundgang"/
Art Frankfurt, Rotari Club Frankfurt/Offenbach.
"Gunafa
Clubbing II", Space Place/Frankfurt. Performance & STReam.
"live
@home 1-2", vinyl releases on Gunafa-Label; Live-Webcast tracks
on vinyl.
Distributed by Neuton.
"net
condition", ZKM. STReam with <net.radio day99-00>.
2000:
Art Frankfurt 2000: new works (stills from STReams, Galerie Trabant/Vienna).
"STR in conversation with Bazon Brock" at <www.stationrose.com>,
Webcast 102.
"live
@home 3", vinylrelease, incl. remix by move d. Distributed
by Neuton.
"VIVA
2/2 Step". TV-Feature. Uncut broadcasting of a 1-hour webcast.
Webcasts
live@home No. 93 - 128 at <www.stationrose.com>.
"private://public":
a book on STR webcasts. Conversations with Geert Lovink, Bazon Brock,
Thomas Feuerstein, Stefan Weber, Josephine Bosma, Birgit Richard, Petra
Klaus and Hans Romanov. Edition selene, Vienna.
2001:
10 years online (since June 10th 1991) - special Webcast Session,
summer 2001.
"Inkwell.vue",
online live-interview & conference at WELLengaged, with David Hudson
& Jon Lebkowsky.
"Webcast
Lounge" at Art Frankfurt: installation, art products, performances,
lectures & webcasts at www.stationrose.com. STR curating div. netart
projects. STR in conversation with Daniel Birnbaum, 0100101110101101.org
and others (Webcasts 139-143). Art production "MIDI-Kissen
(MIDI pillows)": stills of MIDI-compositions printed on cloth,
limited edition.
EMAF Festival,
Osnabrueck: lecture STReamed to EMAF from the Webcast Lounge.
Panel and performance
at "V-Stream21", Linz/Austria, University of Art.
Bayrischer
Rundfunk- t.u.b.e- stationrose.com: Live-broadcasting of a STR-performance
by Bayrischer Rundfunk, simultaneous STReam at www.stationrose.com.
Cooperation between radio and webcasting.
Webcasts
live@home No. 129- : regular Webcasting at <www.stationrose.com>.
STR in conversation
with (selection): FORCE Inc/ Mille Plateaux/Achim Szepanski (Webcast
133).
Bauhaus Universitaet
Weimar, lecture/performance at festival <type=radio~border=0>.
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