Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir
Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir

Manifestations of Esotericism in Austrian Neo-Avant-Garde. A historical discourse analysis of the Vienna Actionism. [Working Title]

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Supervisors: Prof.Dr. Moritz Baßler, Prof.Dr. Benedikt Hjartarson, PD Dr. Robert Matthias Erdbeer

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  • Academic CV

    2016-2018 Research Stay at the University of Vienna
    Since 2014 PhD candidate at the Graduate School Practices of Literature, Münster
    2012-2013 Erasmus program, Humboldt University, Berlin
    2011-2013 University of Iceland, M.A. in Literary Studies
    2007-2011 University of Iceland, B.A. in Literary Studies
    2005 Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, Reykjavík

  • Talks & Publikations

    2019 7. ESSWE Conference. „Western Esotericism and Consciousness: Visions, Voices, Altered States”. Amsterdam, Holland.
    Paper: Divine Madness. Reality and Consciousness in Günter Brus’s Zerreißprobe
    2018 6. EAM Conference: „Realism(s) of the Avant-Garde and Modernism“. Münster, Germany.
    Paper: Transgressing Boundaries. Aspects of Reality in Otto Muehl’s Oeuvre.
    2017 Article in Ritið. Icelandic Peer-Reviewed Magazine on Humanities:
    „Ósiðlegir gjörningar og róttækar launhelgar: Um klám, sataníska tilbeiðslu og lífhyggju í Abreaktionsspiel Hermanns Nitsch“ („Indecent performances and radical mysteries: Regarding pornography, satanic worship and vitalism in Hermanns Nitsch´s Abreaktionsspiel)
    2017 6. ESSWE Conference: „Western Esotericism and Deviance“. Erfurt, Germany.
    Paper: Bitchcraft: The Occult in Feminist Pornography
    2016 5. EAM Conference: „Quest and Investigation“. Rennes, France.
    Paper: Manifesting the body: the Vienna Actionist Project Die Blutorgel

  • Projects & Memberships

    Projects
    2019 Co-curated the exhibition „Prismatic Devices“ as a part of The Wrong Biennale. Vienna
    Memberships
    Since 2019 Format(*.strk). Collective of Artist and cultural Workers
    Since 2019 Esotericism, Gender and Sexuality (EsoGen)
    Since 2016 European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM)
    Since 2016 European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE)