A b o u t
In the beginning of their cooperation was the project Feet of Contemporary Choreographers. Their common interest in architecture and built environement took them further in collaborating
- Lisa Rastl as photographer and her visual perspective on space and contrary Willi Dorner in his physical practice and his bodily perception of our built surroundings.
The photos, films, the documentary and its descritptions testify and prove their deep understanding of bodies in relationship to space and architecture that they developed throughout their
projects over the years.
Their work has been shown in Festivals and art Institutions such as
Art Basel/Basel; Turner Contemporary/Margate/UK; Garage Moscow; Deutsches Hygienemuseum/Dresden/D; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art/Seoul/Corea; Valetta/Cultural Capital 2018; Riga/Cultural Capital 2014; Lentos/Linz/A; Theatermuseum/Vienna/A; Kunstpavillion/Innsbruck/A; Musee d`art Contemporaine, Vitry-sur Seine, F
Willi Dorner
lives and works in Vienna.
His internationally touring artistic work include pieces for the stage as well as site specific performances. He also has a great interest in photography, film and visual arts. Together with the photographer Lisa Rastl he created the photo book „bodies in urban spaces“ about the live performance of the same name, which was presented in more than 100 cities world wide. Willi Dorner has released several short films in collaboration with Austrian film makers, a.o. "Treid", “body trail“ (2009), “set in motion“ (2012) and “every-one“ (2015). He was awarded with the "Österreichischer Tanzproduktionspreis 2000" as well as in numerous other international choreography competitions. For his performance „bodies in urban spaces“ he received the BLAULAUT- Price for inter- disciplinary art in 2011. Awards for his films include Pearls 07 – International Dance Film Festival Berlin and Choreographic Captures – Munich film festival 2009. Architecture Film Prize for "every-one" (2017)
presented his interventions, photographs and films at
ART Basel, CH; Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK; Lentos Museum, Linz, A; The Lowry, Manchester, UK; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwancheon, KOR; Garage Moscow, RUS; Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, CHN; Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, A; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA; Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, CH; Serralves Foundation, Porto, PRT; Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, D; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, D; Musee d`Art Contemporaine, Vitry-sur-Seine, F;....
lectures hold at
Architecturzentrum Hamburg, D; Universidad Polytechnica, Barcelona, ESP; Theater Academy, Shanghai, CHN; Arizona State University, USA; "Culture of the Performative" at Freie Universität, Berlin, D; University of Perth, AUS; Theater Institute Brussels, B; New Theater Institute Riga, LV; Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, D; Ecole Speciale d`Architecture, Paris, F; BDA, Bund deutscher Architekten, Berlin, D
Interviews and photographs are published in Art, Design, Fashion and Architecture Magazines
Company Willi Dorner
was founded by Willi Dorner in 1999. Besides his internationally touring dance performances Willi Dorner is keen on creating events that give the audience the opportunity for new experiences,
insights and a different perception of every day life. His inter- disciplinary works are developed in cooperation with artists and scientists of different fields. Cie. Willi Dorner’s works are
invited by international festivals and promoters like Wiener Festwochen, Wien Modern (Austria), Musica Strasbourg, Biennale de Danse du Val- de-Marne, Festival de Mar- seille (France), FTA –
Festival TransAmériques Montreal (Canada), Dance Umbrella London (UK), Springdance Utrecht (NL), Tanz im August Berlin, Theater der Welt Essen (Germany), Crossing the Lines New York (USA) and
b:om Festival (South Corea).
Lisa Rastl
lives and works in Vienna
After 10 years as a museum photographer at mumok, she now works independently as a photographer for various art institutions, artists, art collections and architecture firms. She has been working closely with the artist and choreographer Willi Dorner for many years.
Her many years of work as a reproduction and object photographer and the associated questions on topics such as authorship and copyright, the role of photography as a reproduction medium, and the relationship between original and copy became the driving force behind her artistic practice. In 2021, together with Claudia Rohrauer, she established and heads the Analogue Photography Workshop at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
exhibitions (selected)
2025 Changing Perspectives, Westlicht; Handshake, KOER NOE, Erlauf 2024 Elfriede Mejchar Preis, FLUSS, Schloss Wolkersdorf; Gekauft und dann?, musa, Wien; Short list, BBA Gallery, Berlin; die
grüne Kammer (kuratorische Mitarbeit), Fotogalerie Wien; Beitrag in der Ausstellung von Elfriede Mejchar in der Landesgalerie NÖ; 2023 Fotografie als Motiv, Galerie Marenzi, Leibnitz;
FototechnikA II, Fotohof Salzburg; FototechnikA III - En image la technique photo, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH; offen, Atelier Winden am See,
Publikation FOTOTECHNIKA
2022 Grief and Pleasure, OMM Museum, Eskişehir, TUR; FototechnikA, Festivalzentrale FotoWien;
offenes Atelier, Winden am See
2021 Zen for doing, out of the box, mumok, Wien;
O/mission, Muzeum Susch, CH; Publikation FOTOGRAFIE ALS MOTIV
2020 Building Narratives, Open House Vilnius, LTU; white paper museum, online
2019 living room, Santiago de Chile; Fotografie als Motiv, Wien; Stages of Transition, BUGA Heilbronn; Stages of Transition, Bildraum 7, Wien; bodies in urban spaces, Taikoo art space,
Hongkong; Klasse Kunst, Landesgalerie Linz; urban bodies, The City Center, London; bodies in urban spaces, Stadtgalerie Euskirchen
2018 a ditto a ditto a device, WIELS project room, Brüssel; square, Europäische Kulturhauststadt Valetta; Mensch im Blick, Galerie im Park, Viersen, D
2017 living room, Stratford, London; Reenacting History, MMCA, Seoul; Zugezogen, Festival der Regionen, Marchtrenk;
2016/2015 Sculpture Sculpting, Kurzfilm, ORF III;
living room, collateral event der Vienna Biennale, Wien
Teilnahme an der Architekturbiennale Sao Paolo mit querkraft Architekten
Awards and grants
2024 Erste Preisträgerin vom Elfriede Mejchar Preis für Fotografie
2023 „best book design from all over the world“ für die Publikation Fotografie als Motiv, Stiftung Buchkunst
2022 „schönste Bücher Österreichs“, für die Publikation Fotografie als Motiv;
Auslandsatelier des BMKOES in NYC
2017 Auszeichung Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis mit Willi Dorner
2015 Staatsstipendium für künstlerische Fotografie des BMKOES; Auszeichnung für den besten Pavillion Architekturbiennale Sao Paolo mit querkraft Architekten
2014 Diplom an der Akademie der bildenden Künste mit Auszeichnung
2013 Auslandsatelier des BMKOES in Rom
2008 Olle Gulin Reisestipendium, Villa Arson, Nizza
2005 Auslandsatelier des BMKOES in Paris