© Tiss: Peter Mörtenböck

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag.phil. Dr.phil. Peter Mörtenböck was appointed as University Professor of Visual Culture with effect from 1 March 2019. He is assigned to the Institute of Art and Design, opens an external URL in a new window (E264) in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Peter Mörtenböck studied architecture at TU Wien and psychology at the University of Vienna. Together with Helge Mooshammer he works as curator and researcher in the area of architecture since more than 20 years, e.g. they are both responsible for the Austrian contribution to the Biennale Architettura 2020, opens an external URL in a new window. Since 1997 he has been at TU Wien. 1998 he received a Schroedinger grant and 2000 a guest professorship for visual arts at the University of Art and Design Linz. After obtaining his habilitation, thus qualifying him to teach in the area of Cultural History with his postdoctoral thesis on "Die virtuelle Dimension : Architektur, Subjektivität und Cyberspace, opens an external URL in a new window" (TU Graz), he was offered a professorship for media aesthetics at the University of Paderborn, which he rejected (he acted there as deputy professor in 2002). VFrom 2005 to 2007, he was a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. 2018 and 2019 he was offered again professorships at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

He is Head of the Research Unit for Visual Culture, opens an external URL in a new window (E264-03) and since 2015 member and rapporteur of COST activities in his research field.

Publications by Peter Mörtenböck in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.