hoelb / hoeb (AT)

Barbara Hölbling (hoelb), born in Hall in Tirol and Mario Höber (hoeb), born in Feldbach in Styria, both studied stage design at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, with Barbara Hölbling going on to study theatre, film and media studies in Vienna and Mario Höber at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Since 2000, the two artists have been working together as hoelb/hoeb in visual art and film, video, installation and performance. Their projects include: “up/downgrade 2nd” (brut Wien 2013), “unter gang art/updating the downfall” (Tanzquartier Wien 2012), “up/downgrade prime” (brut Wien 2012), “Let’s Believe in Hive” (Kammerspiele München, 2011), “Transmitter” (Space04-Kunsthaus Graz, 2010), “Oral History” (Schloss Hainfeld, 2009), “hosted” (Festival Regionale, 2008), “Ludic Space” (Zagreb 2005), and “Wenn die Zeit zum Raum wird” (Austrian contribution to the Prague Quadrennial 2003). Film discographies include “leben hoch 2” (45 min., 2011), “Wenn Neuronen sich verlaufen” (30 min., 2009), “sichten” (19 min., 2006), “begegnungen” (30 min., 2006), and “karel” (45 min., 2001); Barbara Hölbling and Mario Höber live and work in Vienna.