video artist · installation artist · Ukraine, Germany, Austria
Peter Weibel
Austrian artist and theorist (1944–2023)
Peter Weibel is a video artist and installation artist from Ukraine. The atlas lists 3 works between 1988 and 2014, shown at Ars Electronica Festival. Honours include Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica 1988 for “Time as Code: Chronokratie”.
Biography
Peter Weibel, born 1945 in Odessa, ranks among the most important representatives of contemporary art in Austria. He was one of the first to get entangled with video art and consequently with computer art in this country.