NOW
Hi, I am aru (anna rebecca unterholzner), a transdisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher.
I am interested in emotions, feelings, neuroaesthetics, yoga, and transmedia art practices. Currently, I am a post-doctorate arts-based researcher at eGamesLab, Portugal and I teach Game Art and Game Design at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2019-2022
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Department of Multimedia Art
Ph.D. in Fine Arts
Interactive media, gaming, trandsiciplinary art and design
Courses in Portuguese and English
Interdisciplinary, exploratory, and arts based research
Thesis: “Gaming, Art, and Emotions: The Challenges of Neuroaesthetics”
Grade: with praise and distinction
2017-2019
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Department of Philosophy
Master of Science
European Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
Courses in English, French, and German
Thesis: “The end of art? Reflections on Hegel and Danto”
2016
University of Business and Social Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Bachelor of Applied Science
International Business Administration and Social Science
Courses in English, Spanish, Italian, and German
Thesis: “Augustine and Kant on time”
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Aquatic Emotions”, Peer23, Art and Cultural Space & Club, Mannheim, Germany
”Diving into Emotions”, Café Leitstelle, Heidelberg, Germany, sponsored by “Kunst und Kulturwirtschaft” (Art and Cultural Industry) of the City of Heidelberg, Germany
”Aquatic Emotions”, Das neue deutsche Tanzcafé, Mannheim, Germany
”Ocean Deep”, Altes Volksbad, Mannheim, Germany
”Social Emotions”, Anniversary Conference „LEBENDIG. sein. bleiben. werden.“ (ALIVE. being. staying. becoming.) of the Helm Stierlin Institute e.V., Center for Systemic Therapy, Heidelberg, Germany
”Nature Feelings”, Outdoor Installation, Cham, Bavarian Forest, Germany
2022
“Social Emotions”, Paradoxon Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
”Social Emotions”, Urban Art Festival Metropolink, Mannheim, Germany
2021
"Liquefação/Liquefaction versus Endurecimento/Rigidification AR installation",[e]motion - Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts, School of Arts, Catholic University of Porto, Portugal
2020
“PCUC Drawing Contest”, KUNSTMATRIX (online), Antwerp (Belgium) and Moscow (Russia)
2019
“TRUTH”, collective exhibition, University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval
Co-curation of the exhibition "Painting and Glass Art.” Artists: Bernard Kühlewein, Christian Schmidt alias Chrisch, Iris Haschek, and Rudolf Schmid. City Hall of Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany
2018
“FOMO = DOMY”, collective exhibition, University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Gouveia P., Unterholzner A. and Lima L. "Interactive Multimedia Experiences in Higher Education, Gaming, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and Research." Acquiring 21st Century Literacy Skills Through Game-Based Learning (eds: Carol-Ann Lane, Toronto University), Book Series, IGI Global, (2022): pp. 180-193. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998- 7271-9.ch010, 2022.
Lima, L., Pinto, C., Unterholzner, A. and Gouveia, P. "Digital Games and Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Gaming Disorder in the Last Decade." IGI GLOBAL, Digital Therapies in Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, Chapter 7, (2022): pp.142-162. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8634-1.ch007.
Unterholzner, A. and Gouveia, P. "The Heartbeat, Neuroaesthetics, Artistic Research, and Creation through Mind and Emotions". Creating Through Mind and Emotions. (1ST Edition.) 7th International Multidisciplinary Congress PHI 2021. October 4-6 2021, Faculdade de Arquitetura - Universidade do Porto (FA-UP), Porto, Portugal. Taylor & Francis Group, Ed.: Kong, M.S.M., Monteiro, M.D.R., and Neto, M.J.P. (Eds.) CRC Press, (2022): pp. 389- 395. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429299070. Available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.1201/9780429299070- 51/heartbeat-neuroaesthetics-artistic-research-creation-mind-emotions-anna- unterholzner-patr%C3%ADcia-gouveia.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Gouveia P., Carvalho D., Unterholzner A., Lima L. "O mundo expandido das imagens invisíveis. Obras artísticas de Anna Unterholzner e Diana Carvalho."Congresso Internacional O Descuido/ International Congress Carelessness, Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra. Outubro, 21, 2021. Castro, Paulo Alexandre e (Org.). Descuido. Ensaios para pensar um conceito.". In Congresso Internacional O Descuido/ InternationalCongress Carelessness, Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
Gouveia P., Carvalho., Unterholzner A. and Lima L. “The Expanded World of Invisible Images, Anna Unterholzner’s and Diana Carvalho’s Artworks.” ISEA 2022 Possibles (Theme: Educations and Societies). Abstract available at https://isea2022.isea-international.org/event/full-paper-the-expanded- world-of-invisible-images-blind-reviews-and-blind-reviews-artworks.
Unterholzner, A. "Liquefação/Liquefaction versus Endurecimento/Rigidification AR installation."
E-book - [e]motion - Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts (forthcoming), 2023.
ARTISTIC BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Unterholzner, Anna. “The ABC speaks many languages” (A story built with unformatted dictionary entries about perceiving computer languages as natural languages) within the project of Wong Magdalen (ed.) “Dictionary Stories, 13 stories written with example sentences and illustrations found in dictionaries.”, available at Tigre de Papel, Lisbon, Portugal; STET, Lisbon, Portugal; Franklin Furnace Artists' Books Collection, MoMA, New York; Hyper Hypo Books, Athens, Greece.
Unterholzner, Anna. “The green light”. An illustrated children’s book.
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
2022
Invited artist talk “Gaming, Neuroaesthetics, Emotions, Gender Equity and Interactive Media” for Victoria Tarak’s seminar called “Spaces of Wildness - Curating as a method of polyphonic knowledge production” at the Institute for Media and Cultural Studies at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Presentation of the group paper Gouveia P., Carvalho D., Unterholzner A. and Lima L. “The Expanded World of Invisible Images, Anna Unterholzner’s and Diana Carvalho’s Artworks.” at the International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA, 2022, Barcelona, Spain.
Presentation of Anna Unterholzner’s artworks of the article “O mundo expandido das imagens invisíveis. Obras artísticas de Anna Unterholzner e Diana Carvalho." at the Congress “Congresso Internacional O Descuido” - Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra. October, 21, 2021. Presentation of the full article by Prof. Patrícia Gouveia.
2021
Artist talk “Liquefação/Liquefaction versus Endurecimento/Rigidification - AR installation” at Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts, School of Arts, Catholic University of Porto, Portugal.
Invited artist talk about “Gaming, Neuroaesthetics, Emotions, Gender Equity and Interactive Media” for Victoria Tarak’s seminar called “Spaces of Wildness - Curating as a method of polyphonic knowledge production” at the Institute for Media and Cultural Studies at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
OTHER ACADEMIC OUTPUT
OTHER ACADEMIC OUTPUT
2021
Infographic for the paper of J. Unterholzner, V. Milischer, C. Wotawa, S. Sawa, R. Lanzenberger (2021) entitled "Making sense of patient-derived iPSCs, transdifferentiated neurons, olfactory neuronal cells, and cerebral organoids as models for psychiatric disorders". Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34216465/.
2021
Design works and collaborative group works (Instituto Superior Técnico, IST & Faculdade de Belas-Artes, FBAUL) were shown in 2021 at the presentation called "Interactive Multimedia Experiences in Higher Education: Gaming, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and Research" of Prof. Patrícia Gouveia at the Mutual Learning Workshop on Gender and Digitalization - GENDERACTION. Available at: https://genderaction.eu/exploratory-mutual-learning- workshop-on-gender-and-digitalization/.
2021
Logo design for the GAGE (Game Art & Gender Equality) research project together with group works (Instituto Superior Técnico, IST & Faculdade de Belas-Artes, FBAUL) were shown in 2021 at "Gaming in Portugal 2020: Women in Digital Games and the impact of Covid-19" of Prof. Patrícia Gouveia for the International Congress - The Social World after Covid-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA4xndvDPeU.
2020
Tutor for masterstudents of the Technical University Lisbon, Portugal in a workshop of Prof. Patrícia Gouveia at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon for filmmaking
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES
2020-2022
Documentary Film Course and Advanced Documentary Film Course with KINO-DOC, Lisbon, Portugal.
2018
Certified Basic Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance) with Delight Yoga in the Netherlands and Portugal. 200 hours of practice and study in the area of anatomy, asana, kriyas, meditation, pranayama, teaching methodology, yoga philosophy & lifestyle.
2013
International Summer University, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg, Russia. Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management in a Global Context and Global Supply Chain Design and Performance Measurement.
2013
Social Competence Certificate, WU, Vienna, Austria. Content of the different workshops: Working in Teams, Communications and Conflict-Management, Argumentation and Presentation, Voice, Movement, and Body language.
ASSOCIATIONS COLLECTIVES CLUBS
ASSOCIATIONS COLLECTIVES CLUBS
2019- 2021
Laboratório de Jogos
Laboratory for Games to bridge Academia, Industry, and Society
Member
IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Game Dev Técnico
Portuguese youth association of university students interested in developing games
Founding member
IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
2018-2020
noc.turn
Art Collective
Founding member
South of Luxembourg
Conscious & Cultural Student Association
Founding member
Student Association interested in Cultural and Sustainability Events
University of Luxembourg
INTERNSHIPS VOLUNTEERING CONTRACT WORK
INTERNSHIPS VOLUNTEERING CONTRACT WORK
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Lumas Gallery, Munich, Germany
Glyptothek and States Antiquities, Munich, Germany
Rotondes, Cultural Space, Luxembourg
KULTURFABRIK, Center for Culture, Esch-sûr-Alzette, Luxembourg
THE COLOR RUN, Paris, France
Ecole d’art contemporain, School for contemporary art, Hollerich, Luxembourg
University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
Forward Festival, Vienna, Austria
Film Festival Munich, Munich, Germany
Tollwood Festival, Munich, Germany
Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
MAGIC CITY - The art of the street, Munich, Germany
COLLABORATIONS
COLLABORATIONS
since 2021
GAGE (Game Art and Gender Equity) Logo Design and Website Design and First Stage Researcher (R1) Fellowship from ITI LARSyS - Interactive Technologies Institute, Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering and EUROAXESS)
since 2020
touch-project (an interdisciplinary, collective, and participatory art project about touch)
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
2023
Café Leitstelle, Heidelberg, Germany
Expressing emotions through Japanese Suminagashi technique on paper
2022
Gallery Paradoxon, Heidelberg, Germany
Expressing emotions through watercolor-dye technique on paper
TEACHING YOGA
TEACHING YOGA
2022
Gentle Flow at Camp Contact, Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, United States
2020
One on one outdoor Yoga lessons in Lisbon, Portugal
University of Luxembourg
”Harmony of the Senses” - weekly group yoga lessons with live music, incenses, and tea for students and staff - sponsored by espaçe cultures and CCSA
2018-2019
LANGUAGES
LANGUAGES
XYZ
German
English
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Italian