Description: Represents quantities and performs calculations.
Key Feature: Universal usage across cultures.
Example: Hindu-Arabic numerals (0-9).
Purpose: To represent numerical values and perform mathematical calculations.
Usage: Universally used in various fields like mathematics, science, and commerce.
Historical Context: The Hindu-Arabic numeral system, developed in India around the 6th century AD, is the most commonly used system today.
Description: A set of letters used for many modern languages.
Key Feature: Comprises 26 letters in its modern form.
Example: English, Spanish, French.
Purpose: To write many modern languages.
Usage: Widely used across the world in languages such as English, Spanish, French, and German.
Historical Context: Originated in Italy around the 7th century BC, evolved from earlier Greek and Etruscan scripts.
Description: An influential writing system that contributed to the development of other alphabets.
Key Feature: Comprises 24 letters.
Example: Greek.
Purpose: To write the Greek language.
Usage: Used for Greek and has influenced many other writing systems.
Historical Context: Originated in Greece around the 8th century BC, adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
Description: Used for various languages with multiple variations.
Key Feature: The Russian version has 33 letters.
Example: Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian.
Purpose: To write Slavic and other languages.
Usage: Used in Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and other countries.
Historical Context: Developed in Bulgaria around the 10th century AD, influenced by the Greek alphabet.
Description: A writing system with consonants; vowels are indicated by diacritical marks or inferred.
Key Feature: Consists of 22 consonants.
Example: Hebrew.
Purpose: To write Hebrew and other Jewish languages.
Usage: Primarily used for religious texts and modern Hebrew.
Historical Context: Originated in the Levant around the 10th century BC. It consists only of consonants, with vowels indicated by diacritical marks or inferred from context.
Description: A writing system used for several languages, with vowels indicated by diacritical marks.
Key Feature: Consists of 28 primary letters.
Example: Arabic, Persian, Urdu.
Purpose: To write Arabic and other languages like Persian and Urdu.
Usage: Widely used in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
Historical Context: Developed in the Arabian Peninsula around the 4th century AD. Like Hebrew, it primarily represents consonants with diacritical marks for vowels.
Description: A component of the Japanese writing system used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical functions.
Key Feature: Consists of 46 basic characters.
Example: あ (a), い (i), う (u), え (e), お (o).
Purpose: To write native Japanese words and grammatical elements.
Usage: Used in combination with Kanji and Katakana.
Historical Context: Developed in Japan during the Heian period (794-1185 AD).
Description: A component of the Japanese writing system used primarily for foreign words, technical terms, and onomatopoeia.
Key Feature: Consists of 46 basic characters.
Example: ア (a), イ (i), ウ (u), エ (e), オ (o).
Purpose: To write foreign words, technical terms, and onomatopoeia.
Usage: Used in combination with Kanji and Hiragana.
Historical Context: Developed in Japan during the Heian period (794-1185 AD).
Description: Characters adopted from Chinese, used in Japanese writing.
Key Feature: Thousands of characters, each representing a word or concept.
Example: 学 (study), 校 (school), 人 (person).
Purpose: To represent words and concepts.
Usage: Used in combination with Hiragana and Katakana.
Historical Context: Introduced to Japan from China around the 5th century AD.
Description: Simplified versions of traditional Chinese characters.
Key Feature: Reduced number of strokes.
Example: 学 (study), 爱 (love), 国 (country).
Purpose: To simplify writing and improve literacy.
Usage: Used primarily in Mainland China and Singapore.
Historical Context: Developed in the mid-20th century by the People’s Republic of China.
Description: Traditional versions of Chinese characters.
Key Feature: Original complex forms.
Example: 學 (study), 愛 (love), 國 (country).
Purpose: To preserve historical and cultural heritage.
Usage: Used primarily in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
Historical Context: These characters have been used for thousands of years and were not simplified.
Description: Rare and historical versions of Chinese characters.
Key Feature: Unique and less commonly used.
Example: 龘 (dragon), 齉 (snoring), 曌 (to illuminate).
Purpose: To study historical texts and rare character forms.
Usage: Used in classical literature and by linguists.
Historical Context: These characters provide insight into the evolution of Chinese script.
Description: An ancient writing system used by Germanic peoples.
Key Feature: The Elder Futhark consists of 24 characters.
Example: Used by the Vikings.
Purpose: To write Germanic languages.
Usage: Used by ancient Germanic peoples, including the Vikings.
Historical Context: The Elder Futhark, with 24 characters, was used from the 2nd to 8th century AD.
Description: Symbols used in alchemy to represent elements, compounds, and processes.
Key Feature: Ideographic, representing ideas or concepts rather than sounds.
Example: Alchemical symbols.
Purpose: To represent elements, compounds, and processes in alchemy.
Usage: Used by alchemists to describe various substances and operations.
Historical Context: Originated in Ancient Greece around the 1st century AD. Represents ideas or concepts rather than sounds.
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Artist, Performer and Designer.
Magister in Transmedia Art / University for Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria
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Exhibitions, Performances:
2024
OPEN STUDIO DAYS _ VIENNA ART WEEK / Obere Donaustraße 45 a-c, 1020 / Vienna
ARTIST STATEMENT _ PARALLEL VIENNA / Otto Wagner Areal / Baumgartner Höhe 1 / Vienna
THE GRAND ARTFIGHT PRIZE / Event, Exhibition / Forum Stadtpark / Graz
2023
„50/50“ _ Private Event, Performance, Exhibition / Galerie Krinzinger Schottenfeld / Vienna
2021
XX ART FLÂNERIE / Social Lubricant and Water Politics / Kunstbogen / Vienna
OPEN ART / Summerstage / Roßauer Lände / Vienna
2020
THISHOUSEBYLINES / toZOMIA / Bloch-Bauer Promenade 28 / Vienna
2019
(UN)FOLDING_TRACES / (Performance) / Parallel / Vienna
BLIND_MOVES / (Sound for Workshop) ImPulsTanz Festival / Vienna
UNSAFE AND SOUNDS / Festival / Steinergasse 8, Vienna
2018
INNOVATION AREA / Fachmesse für Forst, Säge, Holzbau und Tischlerei, Klagenfurt
CREATIVE ROBOTICS / Ars Electronica Center / Linz
2017
THE FIRST MEIXI INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL / Changsha, Hunan, China
ÄSTHETIK DER VERÄNDERUNG / Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna
DLAF / Zhongliang Village / Chongqing, China
UPON / Museum of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
RICHTUNG / Diplomausstellung – Transmediale Kunst / Angewandte, Vienna
PREVIEW / DREISECHSFUENF #1 / Masc Foundation, Vienna
LIGHTNESS AND MATTER / Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
2016
HOPPIN KRIEAU / Stallungen der Trabrennbahn – Krieau, Vienna
DIALOG 2016 / Technische Universität, Vienna
ONE MOMENT IN TIME / Impuls Tanz / Leopold Museum, Vienna
2014
ALL IN / Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
AM WACHSEN – READY TO SWITCH / MUSA / Startgalerie, Vienna
URBAN / GoOn / Powerstation of Art / Design Biennale, Shanghai, China
STANDBY (Performance) / Lenikus Studios, Vienna
2013
KLANGMANIFESTE 2013 / Echoraum, Vienna
KUNSTFRISCHMARKT / Westbahnstrasse 1070, Vienna
INKUBATION / Ehemalige Manufaktur chirurgischer Instrumente, Vienna
VIERSTIMMIG / Deutschvilla, Strobl
THE ESSENCE / Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
DESIRE CREATES DISTANCE / Ve.Sch, Vienna
IN DER KUBATUR DES KABINETTS / Fluc, Vienna
TALK TO ME III / Ve.Sch, Vienna
5th S*SSESSION / La Fin c ́est Merde, Vienna
2012
SCIENTIFIC PEOPLE ON TOUR – Filmbar / Albertina, Vienna
SCIENTIFIC PEOPLE / Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
NAKED FIRE / Kunst Pavillon and KONGRESSHAUS, Innsbruck
2011
THE ESSENCE / Locker Gallery / Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna
MOVE FESTIVAL / REMOVE-REUSE-RECYCLE / Forum Stadtpark, Graz
2010
JENNYFAIR-2010 / DEGENERATION / Kaltbecken Pratersauna – Vienna
2009
ALFRED LENZ – TOMEK VOLLMANN / Praterstrasse15, Vienna
PERFORMANCE “8-0” [8] / (Sound) – Pratersauna, Vienna
DIPLOMAUSSTELLUNG / Transmediale Kunst / Alte Markthalle, Vienna
Grants and Scholarships:
2025 _ ARBEITSSTIPENDIUM (12 Months) / MA 7 – Vienna
2024 _ THE GRAND ARTFIGHT PRIZE / Forum Stadtpark Graz
2022 _ ARBEITSSTIPENDIUM / BKA (Austrian Fed. Chancellery)
2021 _ PROJECT GRANT / BILDRECHT – Vienna
2021 _ PROJECT GRANT / BKA (Austrian Fed. Chancellery)
2020 _ STARTSTIPENDIUM – MEDIA ART / BKA (Austrian Federal Chancellery)
Collections:
WIEN MUSEUM, City of Vienna – AT
Die ANGEWANDTE, University of Applied Arts in Vienna – AT
Residencies:
2017 _ DIMENTIONS ART CENTER / Chongqing, China
Contact:
mail(at)tomaszvollmann.com
+43 681 813 810 92