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Art
Photography, spatial installations, and film are the media of my artistic work. My artistic interest lies in themes such as displacement, interval, structure, transparency, edges, and transitions.
Installation
Studies on the foundations of hantological cinematography:
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, at the exhibition of the PIP at the ESC Graz
Consisting of four short films:
White
Short Film, Peter Brandlmayr, Gerald Freimuth, 2023
Black
Short film, Peter Brandlmayr, Gerald Freimuth, 2023
The relatively black “square” on a relatively black background.
Vague
Short film, Peter Brandlmayr, Gerald Freimuth
Varied
Short film, Peter Brandlmayr, Gerald Freimuth
Babel
2022, Brandlmayr, Freimuth
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Ubu im Prinzip
Projection, Brandlmayr, Freimuth, at the PIP exhibition at ESC Graz
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Maybe if i would fall appart
Gerald Freimuth, bei der Ausstellung des PIP im ESC Graz
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UBU
collage on canvas, three-part, at the Wohnzimmergalerie S.I.X., Wooden frame, canvas; printed paper, adhesive tape, hinges
Brandlmayr, Freimuth
Oddity
Room 8, Academy of Fine Arts, Böklinstrasse, Vienna, metal, transparent foil
Gerald Freimuth
Entries
Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition, Wooden frame, transparent lith films
Gerald Freimuth
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To run in waves
Institute for Contemporary Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Schillerplatz
Gerald Freimuth
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Runway
Academy of Fine Arts, Böklinstrasse
Interlocking bands, painted transparent tracks, at different speeds, in constantly changing constellations. Motion detectors start the movement.
Gerald Freimuth
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Foto
Slidegame, Hollywood
Slidegame, (mixed)
Portrait
Selv-portrait
TV Reflections
Alberner Hafen Vienna
Reflection
Natural History Museum Vienna
Reflection
Downtown Chicago
Reflection
Baseball game Chicago TV takes a seat
Reflection
Stock exchange Chicago
Light
Twin tower Chicago
Photo inlay
Untitled
Questioning the medium of film with an experimental, playful approach is equally important to me as more conventional work in the field of documentary film and projects as a set designer for cinema and TV.
Experimental
Maybe if I would Fall Apart
Gerald Freimuth, 10`41s
The shortfilm “Maybe If I Would Fall Apart” embodies a hauntological perspective, presenting motifs of transitions and thresholds—elements that both connect and separate. Symbols such as fences, bridges, forest edges, reflections, and flying birds mirror the performative and mutable nature of reality, illustrating the essence of hantological being. In contrast to the classic Dracula narrative, which conveys a clear and forceful message about the need to escape the multifaceted and ambiguous, this film adopts a contemplative and questioning approach. It delves into the complex interweavings and enigmas of relative existence. It becomes clear that we are all interconnected and share in each other’s existence. We sustain one another through giving and receiving, absorbing and nourishing, thus revealing our spectral and ambiguous nature.
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Babel
Brandlmayr, Freimuth 12`48s
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UBU im Prinzip
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, 28s
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White
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, 3`28s
Black
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, 4`09s, the relatively black “square” on a relatively black background.
Vague
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, 1`24s
Varied
Brandlmayr, Freimuth, 5`49s
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Sunrise
Karl Spörk, Gerald Freimuth 15`
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Doku
Within the sound
Gerald Freimuth, 1 h 07`20s
The documentary accompanies the Viennese instrument maker Wolfgang Weichselbaumer. Through an analytical, partly pilosophical approach, the autodidact Weichselbaumer seeks the perfect sounding body. Having built hurdy gurdies since he was nineteen he comes to develop an entirely new sounding tool. Encounters with musicians like the Spaniard Germán Díaz allow insights in Weichselbaums working methods. Through the meeting and growing friendship with the legendary French hurdy gurdy player Valentin Clastrier the film intensifies from a documentary report on a nearly forgotten instrument to a portrait, a symbiosis between the unconventional instrument maker and the extraordinary musician.
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Production design
The Way Things Go, directed by Ulrike Kofler
Gina, directed by Ulrike Kofler
Everytime, directed by Sandra Wollner, production design together with Julia Libiseller
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile , directed by Marie Luise production design together with Julia Libiseller
Im Schatten der Angst, Der Scorpion
Apartment Karla, Set
Karla Apartment, entrance hall, Set
Karla Bedroom, Set
Setdesign
Construction
Angelo, Special set construction
Reconstruction of historic chairs, Filmstill
Angelo, Special set construction
Butterfly display case
set decorater for Moon (Amman), directed by Kurdwin Ayub and Corsage (Austria) directed by Marie Kreutzer.
In addition to my training in Hallstatt as a carpenter and sculptor, I learned the techniques of painting, gilding, retouching, and patination during my work as a restorer. Commissioned works by artists became a central extension of my field of activity.
For Artists
Peter Fend
Hans Schabus
Nicole Six, Paul Petritsch
Claudia Märzendorfer
Almut Rink
Renate Bertlmann
Adolf Krischanitz
Ines Lombardi
Kriso Leinfellner
Peter Fend
Landscape model as part of the exhibition contribution by Peter Fend at the Manifesta 2020 in Marseille. “Abstracted” river and mountain landscape in the form of a model, the “Lac de Chaudanne.” Realisation of the model.
Landscape model for the exhibition at the Metropol Gallery, now at Lombardi—Kargl, Realisation of the “Boards”, preparation and setup on site.
Peter Fend Eurasien Scenario, London Marc Jancou Galerie, Realisation of the “Boards” preparation and setup on site
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Hans Schabus
Hans Schabus, AIC LYon, Working on the preparation and setup on site.
Vertikale Anstrengung
Hans Schabus Exhibition at 21er Haus, Vienna, Working on the preparation and setup on site.
Poster photo for the exhibition Vertical Effort, Gerald Freimuth
I repeat myself when under stress
Hans Schabus, MOCAD Detroit, preparation and setup on site.
All up in flames
Hans Schabus, Galerie Kerstin Engholm, Realization of the model on behalf of Hans Schabus.
NIcole Six, Paul Petritsch
Spatial Intervention 1
Nicole Six, Paul Petritsch
preperation and assistance during filming.
(Rotating space), Nicole Six, Paul Petritsch, Realisation of the rotating space together with Paul Petritsch, Nicole SIx, preparation and setup on site.
Und andererseits nimmst du dir einfach sechs Tage am stück Zeit, Kunsthaus Bregenz
Nicole Six, Paul Petritsch,
preperation and assistance during filming at. the Kunsthaus Bregenz.
Claudia Märzendorfer
Wax castings
Realisation ceramic plaster moulds.
Almut Rink
Exhibition, Almut Rink, Galery Christine König Vienna.
Realisation of the Assemblage Boards and setup on site.
Photo: Almut Rink
Renate Bertlmann
Realisation of the Shape for “Fragile Obsessions” at the workshop
Exhibition view, Renate Bertlmann retrospective at the 21er house, Vienna
Photo: Gerald Freimuth
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Krischanitz (AZW)
12 architectural models made of concrete for the project 9=12 by Adolf Krischanitz, produced for the exhibition at the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna Architecture Center)
View of a negative mold for concrete casting
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Ines Lombardi
Model of a room in the Palais Lichtenstein, for the Sao Paolo Biennale
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Kriso Leinfellner
Prototype
Speakers
Workshop, Vienna
Passiv coaxial speaker, eggshape
Two-way passive egg-shaped speaker with woofer 10″ and horn tweeter. Egg made of concret, cherrywood or high quality Alabaster plaster, Horn cherrywood.
Two-way passive Alabaster plaster, egg-shape speaker, with horn tweeter, different design
Passive broadband loudspeaker
Side panel made of 3 mm aircraft plywood, consisting of 11 layers, top layer of drawn, unspliced birch veneer. Front, bottom, and lid made of 12 mm birch plywood. Surface stained and oiled with 5 layers.
Other
Restoration
As a freelancer in the team of academic restorer MagA Eva Moser – Seiberl, I worked independently on projects involving the side altars and high altar by sculptor Meinrad Guggenbichler in Abtsdorf, the side altar and high altar in Traunkirchen, the organ case of the Bruckner organ at St. Florian Abbey, the ornaments of the organ in St. Wolfgang Abbey Church, the high altar at Reichersberg Abbey, and the side altars at St. Michael’s Church in Steyer, to name a few. After about ten years of working in the field of restoration of painted wooden altars, I also did restoration work on stone, e.g. for Christian Gurtner, objects from Karnuntum (where I was also able to apply the casting techniques I had learned in the sculpture class at BFS Hallstatt to the restoration) and Heiligenkreuz Abbey.
Restoration of a lifesize crucifixion figure.
Stabilization and supplementation of the chalk ground. Retouching of the painted surface, surface treatment with dammar varnish.
Whaterweel
Undercut water wheel for a forge hammer, commissioned by Angelika Kaufmann
Upcomming Exhibition, 12.03.2026 at bb15, Linz
Upcomming TV Show:
Im Schatten der Angst, Der Skorpion, broadcast date 19.10.2025, 20:15 Uhr ORF 2,
or 21. Oktober, 00:00 Uhr ORF 2