Tamás Waliczky(born in 1959, in Budapest) is a Hungarian artist and animator, known for his new media art.
Biography Tamás Waliczky started out by creating cartoon films (1968–1983), whilst working as a painter, illustrator and photographer. He began working with computers in 1983. He was artist-in-residence at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in 1992, and subsequently a member of the Institute's research staff (1993–1997). He later took up a guest professorship at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK Saar) in Saarbrücken from 1997 to 2002.
Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in Gifu, Japan, chose Waliczky as artist-in-residence for 1998 to 1999.
From 2003 until 2005, he was professor at Institut für Mediengestaltung (IMG), Fachhochschule Mainz. From 2005 to 2010, he was at HBK Saar, this time as a full-time professor. As of 2010, he is a professor at the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong.
His works have won international awards, including the 1989 Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz for Gramophone. His work has been shown internationally, including at the Lyon Biennale, the ICC Gallery in Tokyo, and the Multimediale Karlsruhe. His works are held in public collections including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest.
Tamas Waliczky has been selected to represent Hungary at the 58th Venice Biennale, in 2019.
Notable work This is a select list of notable work by Waliczky, in order by date completed. Imaginary Cameras (computer graphic series and computer animations), 2016–2019 Reflections (video installation), 2014 Micromovements in Snapshots (video installation), 2014 Wheels (installation with real-time simulation), 2013 Homes (interactive installation), 2012, 2015 Adventures of Tom Tomiczky (computer animation), 2011 Marionettes (computer animation, video installation), 2007 The fisherman and his wife (computer animation), 2000 Focus (interactive installation), 1998 Sculptures (video installation), 1997 Landscape (computer animation, video installation), 1996 The way (computer animation, video installation), 1994 The Forest (computer animation, video installation, interactive installation), 1993 The Garden, 21st Century Amateur Film (computer animation, video installation), 1992 Conversation (with Tibor Szemzo, audio-visual performance), 1990 Memory of Moholy-Nagy (with John Halas, computer animation), 1990 Is there any room for me here? (computer animation), 1988 Pictures (computer animation), 1988
Public collections
Centre Pompidou, Musee National D'Art Moderne, Paris, France Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary ZKM, Karlsruhe, Deutschland Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
References
Anna Szepesi: “The Imaginary Cameras of Tamas Waliczky”, Photography is Art Magazine, 2018, Issue 07, Hong Kong, p. 98-106. Lev Manovich: Cinema as Cultural Interface (1997), International Journal of Transmedia Literacy (IJTL). 1.1 December 2015, Edited by Ciastellardi Matteo, Di Rosario Giovanna, p. 244 Steve Fore: "Waliczky in Wonderland", Animation Studies Online Journal, 16 May 2014 (https://journal.animationstudies.org/steve-fore-waliczky-in-wonderland/) Chesna Ng: "Computer animation master Tamás Waliczky and his exhibition Dance with the interval", Milk magazine, 2013 March, Hong Kong Fu Ningning: "GOD'S EYES / TAMAS WALICZKY'S COSMOLOGY", World Art magazine, 2008 Nov. No. 77, Beijing "WALICZKY, SELECTED WORKS 1986-2003", catalog with essays of Győrgy Palos, Jozsef Melyi, Jeffrey Shaw, Itsuo Sakane and Nikolett Eross, Budapest, 2005 Mark B. N. Hansen: "New philosophy for new media", The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England, 2004 Sven Drühl: "TAMÁS WALICZKY - DER ZEITKÜNSTLER", Kunstforum International, Bd. 151, Ruppichteroth, 2000 Lev Manovich: "CINEMA AS CULTURAL INTERFACE", MIT Press, 2001 Toshino Iguchi: "THE 20th CENTURY 100 ART MATRIX", BT Monthly Art Magazine, Tokyo, 2000 Lev Manovich: "THE CAMERA AND THE WORLD; NEW WORKS BY TAMÁS WALICZKY", Continental Drift, Prestel, Munich - New York, 1998 Anne-Marie Duguet: "TAMÁS WALICZKY" catalog, NTT/ICC Gallery, Tokyo, 1996 Masato Shirai: "A MECHANISM FOR REORGANIZING THE WORLD" catalog, NTT/ICC Gallery, Tokyo, 1996 Pier Luigi Capucci: "L'AFFETTIVITA DELLO SPAZIO" Domus magazine, October 1996, Milano Anna Szepesi: "DER WALD / THE FOREST" artintact 2, ZKM/Institut für Bildmedien, Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 1995 Takis Kyriakoulakos: "TAMÁS WALICZKY: LE POETE DEL'INTIME" TECH IMAGES, Paris, 1990 Shalom Gorewitz: "PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR (COMPUTER VIDEO ARTIST TAMÁS WALICZKY)" THE INDEPENDENT, New York, 1990 Maria Grazia Mattei: "L'EST ELETTRONICO", ZOOM, Milano, 1980