Andreas Pirchner (Stuttgart) is a musicologist, designer, and programmer engaged in contemporary audiovisual art forms involving intersections of art and science. He is particularly interested in theoretical and practical approaches towards generative and algorithmic music or design.

In his scientific research, Pirchner investigates empirical methods and aesthetics of audiovisual art. He has published on contemporary electro-acoustic music, the history of film music, Xenakis’ stochastic methods, and research of audience perception. He gave lectures about researching gamified audiovisual performances at conferences in New York and Kyoto.

Recently he worked as a researcher in the FWF founded project of artistic research “Gamified Audiovisual Performance and Performance Practice – GAPPP.” [Link]

In his visual work, he is strongly focused on exploring generative, algorithmic, and data-driven forms of design. He is responsible for the visual communication of the Austrian Museums Association.

Pirchner is currently working on his Ph.D. in Sound and Music Computing at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics [Link], Graz. Since 2016 he teaches Creative Programming at Institute Art and Education [Link] at the University of Art and Design Linz and since 2011 Media Technology and Design at  Höhere Technische Lehranstalt Ortweinschule [Link] Graz. Pirchner currently lives and works in Austria, although he might be seen in Lisbon.

Research Gate [Link], The Green Box [Link], music austria [Link], GitHub [Link], behance [Link], design austria [Link], LinkedIn [Link], XING [Link]