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In daily life many of us are surrounded and overwhelmed by extremely complex demands. Whether these are self imposed or products of the external environment, it is easy to forget the control we have over ourselves and our mental state.

In my art I attempt to reveal the calm within the chaos. The effortless movement of carefully balanced steel, spurred on by the often turbulent and non-uniform forces of the air element, serves as a reminder that no matter what energies are acting upon us externally, peace and integrity can be maintained by nurturing inner balance. As I create each piece I attempt to allow unspoken personal meditations to flow into the work. It is my hope that the observer will be reconnected to their own center and experience a heightened state of awareness and peace. I hope the work inspires the cultivation of personal strength and resolve and encourages the observer to more easily know and follow their own path.

These kinetic sculptures have been created using steel, rock and stainless steel as mediums. The pieces are cantilevered and carefully balanced. This allows for heavier pieces to move slowly and gracefully when touched by the slightest breeze. This also allows for slow and graceful movement even in heavier winds. The use of non-parallel axis configurations enables the artwork to respond to wind from any direction, whether it is placed at the top of a hill with winds moving up or even between buildings with winds pushing downward.

Website: Kinetic Meditations
Contact email: scott@kineticmeditations.com

2007 �Mudima - Fondazione per l�Art Contemporanea, Milan - Italy
(curated by Lorenzo Benedetti and Sarra Brill)
�Associazione Maremetraggio - CEI Section, Trieste - Italy
�the nunnery gallery, bow arts trust - Visions in the Nunnery - London
(curated by Tessa Garland, Darshana Vora and Cinzia Cremona)
�Pantheon Gallery, Pantheon Xperimental/Nicosia - Cyprus
�Italian Embassy, CEI Section, Belgrade - Serbia
(curated by Maddalena Mayneri)
�MediaCentre - media art environments at Le Musee di-visioniste
Cinematheque, Slowtime 2007
�Filmfest Weiterstadt - Germany
�Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy/Lorraine - France
�Palace Cinema & Multiplex Kozara, KRATKOFIL - Banja Luka - Bosnia Herzegovina
�blueroom - OVP (curated by Lorenzo Benedetti and Sarra Brill), Rome - Italy
�Sussex Arts Club, Brighton - England
�Kunstarkaden Munich - Urban Art Media Organisation - UAMO, Germany
�Kunstraum Aarau, One Minute - Switzerland
�Videoformes , Clermont-Ferrant - France
�synthetic zero - New York (curated by Mitsu Hadeishi)
�International Contemporary Art Center / Casoria Museum, Naples - Italy
�Kontrast Filmfestival, Bayreuth - Germany
2006 �general public - At The End Of A Rainbow, Berlin
�TIFF 2006 - Tirana International Film Festival (Award - Yellow Pages) - Albania
�magmart Festival - Naples, Italy (Award - Yellow Pages)
�Int. Filmfestival KFF-OSW, Cinema Spreehoefe, Berlin
�Carbunari Int. Experimental Filmfestival, Baia Mare - Romania
�sidewalkCINEMA - Vienna (curated by Bernadette Ruis)
2005 �Andreas Huber Gallery, Vienna - the-n0-project
�Kunsthaus Horn - Ways In Ways Out (curated by Andreas Huber)
2004 �Salzburger Kunstverein - Editionen (curated by Barbara Reisinger, Petra Schilcher
and Rainer Zendron)
2003 �Semperdepot, Academy of fine Arts Vienna - Separate Ways
2002 �Eboran Gallery, Salzburg - Pullers Casino
�Deutschvilla, Jam (curated by Veronika Hitzl) Strobl - Austria
�Artfair, Basel - liste02, Switzerland (with offspace)
�14-1 Gallery, Stuttgart - Goschert, Germany (curated by Ana Berlin)
�Hubert Winter Gallery Vienna - Separate Ways
2001 �offspace, Vienna - Pullers Casino
�Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz- Pullers Casino
�MAK, Vienna (Museum of applied and contemporary arts)
Pullers Casino in art & money
�Kunstb�ro/Futuregarden, Vienna - Sooke
curated by Rita Vitorelli
2000 �B72, Vienna, Clubwagen Live - Performance
Music: Jetlag - Michael Krupica, J�rg Gaisbauer
1999 �Cult Gallery, Vienna - 1:25
1998 �Remise, Vienna - Racer (curated by Wolfgang Kopper)
�Cult Gallery, Vienna - Brothers and Sisters Part 2
1997 �Window Zero, Vienna - Waggon, (curated by Andreas Huber)
to 96 �Trabant Gallery, Vienna - The Sea
�New Museum, Regensburg - Germany
�Szene Vienna, �Arena Vienna - On The Street - Performances
Music and Scrennings: Roland Kraus, Martina Aichhorn
�On Sea Tour - Bustour - Performance
Music: Martina Aichhorn
Biography
Videodocumentations, Interviews and TV-reports,
2005 the-n0-project - David Kellner / 4 min
2003 Separate Ways in Semperdepot - Anna Weixelberger / 18 min
Liegewagen - Stefan Teuber / 12 min
2002 Separate Ways in Winter Gallery - Stefan Teuber / 20 min
2001 Pullers Casino - TIV - Cable Channel TV/ 15 min
Pullers Casino - Stefan Teuber / 22 min
Pullers Casino �art and money� - MAK Vienna, Noever, Werner / 20 min
2000 Transformer-Wagen - Martina Aichhorn / 8 min
Clubwagen Live - Interview TIV (Art Cable Channel TV), 15 min
Clubwagen Live - TIV - (Art Cable Channel TV), Live from B72 / 7 min
1999 i.e. - 1:25, Cult Gallery, Christian Helbock / 17 min
1998 Puller Winns - Racer - Kellner, Anna Weixelberger, Huber / 16 min
1996 In the atelier - Matthias Kellner / 18 min
Mother dreams - Puller, Klaus Oberndorfer / 11min
On Sea Tour - Eugen Pohler / 7min
On Sea Tour - Udo Wolf / 28min
Special Sessions
1996 Work for 14 days with Chris Burden on his �Pizza City � (12 tableaus) -
purchased by the MAK, hosted in the Flakturm Arenbergpark-Vienna.
Bibliography
KunstR - 5 Jahre Kunstraum Goethestra�e,, Susanne Blaimschein, Maren Richter,
Landesverlag Linz, M�rz 2003
G�nter Puller: Karren und W�gen. Ein Netz Transformierbarer Skulptur. Wien, Ausart Verlag, 2000
�Prototypes� Salzburger Kunstverein: Magazin 8, 2004
Aigner, Claudia: Bei Elvis und in Trance.Wiener Zeitung, Wien, 21.03.1998
Aperto Wien 98. Wien, 1998
Der Hieb-Hopper. Wien, 1996
Awards
2007 magmart Festival, Italy - Award for Yellow Pages
2006 Austrian Ministry of Arts - Grant for At The End Of A Rainbow
Tirana International Film Festival 2006 - Award for Yellow Pages
2002 Austrian Chancellor - Grant for Separate Ways
1998 Winner of the Formel K / Racer

Website: G�nter Puller - Gunter Puller
Contact email: guenterpuller@yahoo.de