Curriculum Vitae
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Jaanis Garancs, born 3. aug. 1973, Latvia
Artist. Fields of work: interactive multimedia, Virtual Reality, installations, computer graphics & animation, video, sound, network programming.Education:
2000-2002: Academy of Media Arts (KHM), Cologne, Germany
1999-2000. Academy of Arts, Hamburg (HfbK), Germany.
1995-1999. The Royal College of Fine Art (KKH), Stockholm, Sweden.
1992-1995. Latvian Academy of Art, Riga.
Activities within studies (1995-1999):
Collaborative project between Ericsson MediaLab and KKH: experimental interface proposals/research for future 'Media-On-Demand' systems in hight bandwidth conditions. Participation in the Virtual Experimental Modern Museum project - VEMM (in progress) - collaboration with KKH, Moderna Museet, and The Royal Technical College (KTH)Activities beyond studies:
Co-founder(1996) and Board-Member of the Riga Electronic Media & Art Centre: Re-LAB <http://re-lab.net>
Co-founder (2000) of the Riga Centre for New Media Culture: RIXC <http://RIXC.LV>
Running of the X-I.NET - server cluster for various projects and mailingists.
Assistance for the name.space project (alternative Internet domain name system).
Baltic Interface Net (BIN) project.
Participations in art and media culture events (selected):
2003:
- Art+Communication 2003 - Riga, Latvia (may, 2003)
2002.
- Vison - Image and Perception, Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
- Ars Electronica Festival 2002: Unplugged / CAMPUS, KHM collection
- Altitude 2002, KHM yearly exhibition
- solo show E=+<X at the Galerie Projektraum, Cologne
- Browserday 6, De Balie, Amsterdam
- Infotopia, V2_Organisation, Rotterdam.
2001.
- The 5th International Browserday, Volksbuehne, Berlin.
- Interstanding 5, Tallinn (Estonia)
- Altitude 2001, the annual KHM student exhibition.
2000.
- Art+Communication III, Riga (August)
- inside-inside, multi-media performance, Ars Baltica, German Pavillion, EXPO 2000, Hannover
- ArtGenda, 2000, Helsinki
1999.
Contributions to conferences and art events as Re-LAB representative:
- Baltic Sea Media Space & Net.Radio / TEMP, Kiasma, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Helsinki
- Solo show - installation JG.KKH.SE:99 Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
1998.
- ArsElectronica 98 - (2nd prize in .net for the Xchange project for Re-Lab team)
- The 2nd All-Latvian Art Exhibition. The National Museum, Riga.
- ArtGenda 98 , installation [ ]=:+: , Stockholm98, Kulturhuset, Stockholm)
- Spring Exhibition of KKH '98, Konstakademin, Stockholm.
1997.
- Art+Communication II (Xchange), Riga. <http://xchange.re-lab.net/festival/>
- Ars Electronica Festival, openX event and the internet project "Remote C"
<http://remote.aec.at> commisioned by the AEC, Linz, Austria <http://www.aec.at>.- Ballet. Exhibition within the International Ballet Festival'97, Riga.
- Video97 - Northern European Video Art Show, Fylkingen, Stockholm.
- Spring Exhibition of KKH '97, Konstakademin, Stockholm.
1996.
- Stallbacken (Installation), Edsviks Slott, Sollentuna, Stockholm.
- Spring Exhibition of KKH '96, Konstakademin, Stockholm.
1995.
- Personal show - installation [JG/SE] at Slepenais Eksperiments, Riga.
- Autumn 95. Latvian Painting Exhibition, Latvija, Riga
1994.
- Video/TV event - Riga/A'dam
"P.A.R.K. 4DTV"(Amsterdam), RBS TV(Riga), Slepenais Eksperiments (Riga)- Personal show (with Mikus Cavarts) L. Berzina Muzejs, Jurmala.
Scholarships, Grants:
- Bodyless Art, Seminar at the Muthesius Academy, Kiel (january, 2001)
- Baltic Interface Net (BIN) 4 , Hamburg (october, 2000)
- Cultural Jamming - New Media Culture Festival/Seminar, Riga (august, 2000)
- Oslo Presence. Seminar and workshop at Atelier Nord, Oslo (march, 2000).
- Avoiding the system. Seminar at Konstfack, Stockholm (december, 1999).
- After the Wall - Partnership for Culture / Re-LAB at ArtNode, Stockholm (october, 1999)
- Digitale'99, Cologne (october, 1999)
- Baltic Interface Net (BIN) 3 Hamburg (may, 1999)
- Next Five Minutes 3
Amsterdam, Rotterdam (april, 1999)- European Integration by Culture Communication
Karlsruhe (april, 1999)- Baltic Interface Net (BIN) + Xchange Unlimited / Art+Communication'3
Riga, Latvia (november, 1998)- Design, Media, Culture Establishing Competitive Advantage in the Baltic Sea Region
Helsinki, Finland (november, 1998)- Contemporary Art in Public Space, SCCA-Riga, Ventspils, Latvia (september, 1998)
- Art Servers Unlimited ( ASU) , London (july, 1998)
- Baltic Interface Net (BIN) , Goethe Institute, Stockholm (june, 1998)
- Partnership for Culture: Joining hands/making conflicts, Stockholm (april, 1998).
- P2P Conference (From Practice to Policy - European Media Agenda, november, 1997, Amsterdam).
- Liverpool European Art Forum - conference / april, 1997
- DEAF/'V2_EAST Documentation Meeting' in Rotterdam. / september, 1996
- Nordic Insitute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA Artist-in-residence, SAT / Montreal, Canada 2003)
- Latvijas Kulturas Kapitala Fonds (Scholarships: 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003)
- Kulturbehörde, Hamburg (Artist-in-residence, Spritzenhaus, Hamburg 1999)
- C. Erik Levins Stiftelse (grant, 1999)
- APEXchanges (travel grant, 1999)
- Jauna Akademija (LV) (grant, 1998)
- Soros Contemporary Art Centre - Riga (travel grant, 1998)
- C. Erik Levins Stiftelse (grant, 1997)
- W. Smiths Foundation (grant, 1997)
- The Soros Foundation - Latvia (travel-grant, 1997)
- C. Erik Levins Stiftelse (grant, 1997)
- C. Erik Levins Stiftelse (grant, 1996)
- Stockholms Rotary Klubb (scholarship, 1995)
- Swedish Institute (grant, 1995)
- Valdmana Fonds (grant, 1995)
- Latvian Academic Organization in Sweden. (grant, 1995)
Technical skills:
Video editing: SoftImage|Eddie, effect* (&Flint), Adobe Premiere (and similar)
3D-Animation: Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator, SoftImage|3D, MAYA
Programming: VRML, Javascript, PERL, PHP, SQL, some Java and C/C++
OS familiarity: Irix, Linux, Windows, MacOS
Other: network & server configurations, taken courses on CAVE & ImmersaDesk systems