Richard Sides' works are time-based, expanded collages that combine a variety of media to generate environments that explore notions of agency, morality and affect within systems of contemporary media. Improvisation and site-specificity are key elements of his practice that often engage architecture with video as a central narrative tool.
"His multifaceted output in video, installation, sound, performance and collage blurs seamlessly allowing characters and abstract notions of consciousness to emerge from the complex social composite environments he creates in his work." –Anna Gritz, Cura Magazine, 201
Major presentations of Sides' work have been staged at Kunstverein Braunschweig (2019), Kunstverein Hannover (2021) & Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2020) as recipient of the Ars Viva Award; Carlos/Ishikawa, London (2016); amongst others.
, Anna Boghiguian, Candice Breitz, CATPC, Alice Creischer, Chto Delat, Clegg & Guttmann, Heinrich Dunst, Anna Ehrenstein, León Ferrari, Peter Friedl, Sophie Gogl, Barbara Hammer, Ramon Haze, Hiwa K, Simon Lehner, Mario Pfeifer, Dierk Schmidt, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Anna Ehrenstein & Rebecca Pokua Korang, Sophia Eisenhut & Max Eulitz, Hudinilson Jr., Pınar Öğrenci, Helena Uambembe
Sep 7 – Nov 16, 2024
Tools for Conviviality (Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna)
, Anna Boghiguian, Alice Creischer, Eugenio Dittborn, Sophie Gogl, Barbara Hammer, Sandra Brandeis Crawford, Goshka Macuga, Monsieur Zohore
Apr 26 – Jun 29, 2024
No more, not yet (Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna)
, Alice Creischer, Heinrich Dunst, Franz Erhard Walther, Frank Heath, Nova Jiang, Thomas Lerooy, Hanne Lippard, Emile Rubino, Nora Turato
May 15 – Jun 15, 2024
exercises in popular gymnastics
, Santiago Sierra
Mar 9 – Apr 13, 2024
CTRL V (Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna)
, CATPC, Sophie Gogl, Simon Lehner, Julien Bismuth, Tatjana Danneberg, Sam Ekwurtzel, Katja Mater, Florian Meisenberg
Apr 3 – May 11, 2024
Fremdkörper (Am Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna)
, Candice Breitz, Marco A. Castillo, Dierk Schmidt, Sharona Franklin, Baseera Khan, Brilant Milazimi, Hana Miletic, Mie Yim
Feb 17 – Mar 23, 2024
My Mountain Has No Summit
, Simon Lehner
Nov 18, 2023 – Feb 25, 2024
2023
Teatro Popular
, Peter Friedl
Sep 15 – Nov 4, 2023
Like a Good, Good, Good Boy
, Hiwa K
Apr 28 – Jul 22, 2023
Casa Negra
, Marco A. Castillo
Mar 17 – Apr 15, 2023
Barbara Hammer & Hudinilson Jr
, Barbara Hammer, Hudinilson Jr
Mar 17 – Apr 15, 2023
Watching TV in Narva
, Tobias Zielony
Jan 28 – Mar 4, 2023
Das Auto Rosi aber
, Anna Boghiguian, Candice Breitz, Marco A. Castillo, Alice Creischer, Chto Delat, Heinrich Dunst, Anna Ehrenstein, Peter Friedl, Sophie Gogl, Clegg & Guttmann, Barbara Hammer, Hiwa K, Simon Lehner, Renzo Martens, Oswald Oberhuber, Mario Pfeifer, Santiago Sierra, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther
Nov 26, 2022 – Jan 14, 2023
2022
Proof of the Unthinkable
, Mario Pfeifer
Sep 16 – Nov 12, 2022
JOINT VENTURES: Carlos∕Ishikawa, London
Richard Sides – Basic Vision
Sep 16 – Nov 12, 2022
KOW at Sperling, Munich: Various Others 2022
, Anna Ehrenstein, Andrew Gilbert
Sep 10 – Oct 15, 2022
Latest News
Istvan Kantor
Jul 15 – Aug 20, 2022
Canary Archive
, Chto Delat
Jul 15 – Aug 20, 2022
KOW at LA MAISON DE RENDEZ–VOUS, Brussels: Kleine Beestjes
, Sophie Gogl
Jul 6 – Aug 31, 2022
Anna Boghiguian
, Anna Boghiguian
Apr 29 – Jun 25, 2022
Anna Boghiguian / Alice Creischer
, Anna Boghiguian, Alice Creischer
Apr 29 – Jun 25, 2022
BALOT
, CATPC, Renzo Martens
Feb 11 – Apr 8, 2022
The Albanian Conference: Home Is Where The Hatred Is
, Anna Ehrenstein, feat. DNA, Fadescha, Rebecca-Pokua Korang
Nov 12, 2021 – Jan 29, 2022
Idea / Ideal
, Marco A. Castillo
Nov 12, 2021 – Jan 29, 2022
2021
Michael E. Smith
, Michael E. Smith
Sep 10 – Oct 31, 2021
The Bell Project
, Hiwa K
Jun 18 – Jul 24, 2021
Joint Ventures: Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna
Milena Büsch, Simon Lässig, Vera Lutz
Jun 18 – Jul 24, 2021
Jars
, Sophie Gogl
May 1 – Jul 24, 2021
What must not be, cannot be
, Mario Pfeifer
May 1 – Jun 12, 2021
Joint Ventures: Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien
Sonia Leimer – Junks of Joy
May 1 – Jun 12, 2021
Downstairs: Forced Love
, CATPC
Mar 26 – Apr 18, 2021
Permanente Veränderung
, Oswald Oberhuber
Mar 8 – Apr 18, 2021
JOINT ventures: Modern Art, London
Collier Schorr - Day for Night (1992/2021)
Mar 8 – Apr 18, 2021
Online exhibition: works on paper
, Oswald Oberhuber
Feb 1 – Mar 26, 2021
KOLONNEN - hohenzollern ist jetzt ein Verb
, Dierk Schmidt
Nov 20, 2020 – Jan 30, 2021
Downstairs: Airmail Paintings 186 and 192
, Eugenio Dittborn
Nov 20, 2020 – Jan 30, 2021
Online exhibition: The films
, Eugenio Dittborn
Dec 4, 2020 – Jan 31, 2021
2020
Online exhibition: One night in a social network
, Chto Delat
Oct 4 – Dec 4, 2020
Would You Like to Meet Your Neighbor?
, Barbara Hammer
Sep 11 – Nov 7, 2020
Downstairs: Two recent films
, Tobias Zielony
Sep 11 – Nov 7, 2020
OUT OF THE DARK II
, Candice Breitz, Chto Delat, Clegg & Guttmann, Alice Creischer, Heinrich Dunst, Barbara Hammer, Ramon Haze, Hiwa K, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Oswald Oberhuber, Mario Pfeifer, Dierk Schmidt, Santiago Sierra, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, CATPC, Anna Ehrenstein, Christoph Schäfer
May 23 – Aug 15, 2020
Online exhibition: The Illusion of a Crowd
, Clemens von Wedemeyer
Apr 7 – May 31, 2020
Labour
, Candice Breitz
Feb 29 – Apr 30, 2020
Machines to change the world
Elena Asins
Feb 15 – Mar 14, 2020
Downstairs: Maschinen zur Veränderung der Welt
, Ramon Haze
Feb 15 – Mar 14, 2020
TOASTED ANGELS, SOUNDS OF STEEL
, León Ferrari
Nov 23, 2019 – Feb 1, 2020
Michael E. Smith
, Michael E. Smith
Sep 13, 2019 – Jan 25, 2020
2019
Stadtschlawinereien
, Alice Creischer, Dierk Schmidt, Michael E. Smith, Brandlhuber+, Larissa Fassler, Adelita Husni-Bey, Peng!, Andrea Pichl, Andreas Siekmann, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Weekend & Plaste, et al.
Sep 7 – Nov 9, 2019
Contribution to Light. The Early Works of Barbara Hammer
, Barbara Hammer
Sep 13, 2018 – Jan 31, 2019
2018
Was euch am Leben hält, ist, was bei uns zu Asche zerfällt *
, Alice Creischer, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Tobias Zielony, Henrike Naumann
Sep 8 – Nov 10, 2018
EL OTRO, EL MISMO / THE OTHER, THE SAME
Los Carpinteros
Apr 28 – Jul 21, 2018
Maskirovka
, Tobias Zielony
Mar 24 – Apr 15, 2018
Double Bodies
, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger
Feb 10 – Mar 17, 2018
Hotel Résistance
Ahmet Öğüt
Nov 25, 2017 – Jan 28, 2018
2017
Michael E. Smith
, Michael E. Smith
Sep 16 – Nov 5, 2017
Love Story
, Candice Breitz
Apr 29 – Jul 30, 2017
On the Possibility of Light
, Chto Delat
Feb 18 – Apr 9, 2017
On Fear and Education, Disenchantment and Justice, Protest and Disunion in Saxony / Germany
, Mario Pfeifer
Dec 1, 2016 – Apr 15, 2017
The Cabinet of Ramon Haze
, Ramon Haze
Nov 19, 2016 – Jan 29, 2017
Things, Not Words
, Heinrich Dunst
Nov 19, 2016 – Jan 29, 2017
2016
Barbara Hammer & Oswald Oberhuber
, Barbara Hammer, Oswald Oberhuber
Sep 17 – Nov 6, 2016
Out Of The Dark
, Chto Delat, Alice Creischer, Eugenio Dittborn, Heinrich Dunst, Barbara Hammer, Hiwa K, Renzo Martens, Chris Martin, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Mario Pfeifer, Dierk Schmidt, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Ramon Haze
Jun 26 – Jul 31, 2016
The Citizen
, Tobias Zielony
Apr 30 – Jun 12, 2016
This Lemon Tastes of Apple
, Hiwa K
Apr 30 – Jun 12, 2016
Broken Windows 6.3
, Dierk Schmidt
Mar 12 – Apr 16, 2016
Cast Behind You The Bones Of Your Mother
, Clemens von Wedemeyer
Dec 19, 2015 – Feb 27, 2016
2015
Left To Our Own Devices
Hito Steyerl
Sep 17 – Dec 5, 2015
A Summer Of Films
, Chto Delat, Alice Creischer, Eugenio Dittborn, Heinrich Dunst, Barbara Hammer, Renzo Martens, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Mario Pfeifer, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Screening program
Jun 28 – Jul 26, 2015
Approximation In The Digital Age To A Humanity Condemned To Disappear
, Mario Pfeifer
May 2 – Jun 25, 2015
A Lucky Day
, Renzo Martens, CATPC
May 2 – Jul 26, 2015
Time Capsule. Artistic Report on Catastrophes and Utopia
, Chto Delat
Feb 28 – Apr 18, 2015
Have A Crush
, Barbara Hammer
Jan 10 – Feb 14, 2015
Dream Lovers. The Films 2008–2014
, Tobias Zielony
Dec 6, 2014 – Feb 14, 2015
2014
Dämmstoffe
, Heinrich Dunst
Nov 1 – Dec 18, 2014
Pinturas Aeropostales
, Eugenio Dittborn
Sep 13 – Nov 23, 2014
Cool Drink on a Hot Day
, Chris Martin
May 3 – Jul 27, 2014
In The Stomach Of The Predators
, Alice Creischer
Mar 1 – Apr 19, 2014
2013
Körperformen
, Franz Erhard Walther
Nov 30 – Feb 13, 2013
40 cbm Of Earth From The Iberian Peninsula
, Santiago Sierra
Sep 14 – Oct 30, 2013
Michael E. Smith II
, Michael E. Smith
Apr 27 – Jul 13, 2013
Dignity
, Barbara Hammer
Feb 16 – Apr 14, 2013
Believers
, Alice Creischer, Chto Delat, Barbara Hammer, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Michael E. Smith, Franz Erhard Walther, Tobias Zielony, Zanny Begg, Joseph Beuys, Arno Brandlhuber, Ines Doujak, Philippe Halsman, Adrian Piper, Pussy Riot, Christoph Schlingensief, Andreas Siekmann, Santiago Sierra, Andreas Slominski, Sean Snyder
Nov 10, 2012 – Feb 3, 2013
2012
Im Archipel
Arno Brandlhuber
Sep 8 – Oct 21, 2012
Das Etablissement der Tatsachen The Establishment of Matters of Fact
, Alice Creischer
Apr 27 – Jul 22, 2012
Manitoba
, Tobias Zielony
Feb 3 – Apr 15, 2012
Tina Schulz
Nov 5, 2011 – Jan 28, 2012
2011
A Formal Film In Nine Episodes, Prologue & Epilogue
Antirepresentationalism 3: Issues of Empathy Conceptual and Socially oriented Art in Leipzig 1997–2009
, Ramon Haze, Mario Pfeifer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Peggy Buth, Jan Caspers/ Anne König/ Jan Wenzel, Chat, Markus Dressen, Famed, Till Gathmann, Lina Grumm, Andreas Grahl, Henriette Grahnert, Mark Hamilton, Bertram Haude, Ramon Haze, Oliver Kossack, Andrea Legiehn, Thomas Lüer, Claudia Annette Maier, Ulrich Polster, Julius Popp, schau-vogel-schau, Julia Schmidt, Tilo Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber, Arthur Zalewski
Nov 28, 2009 – Jan 15, 2010
2009
Antirepresentationalism 2: Trouble with Realism. Conceptual and Socially oriented Art in Leipzig 1997–2009
, Ramon Haze, Mario Pfeifer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Peggy Buth, Famed, Markus Dressen, Andreas Grahl, Henriette Grahnert, Eiko Grimmberg/ Arthur Zalewski, Mark Hamilton, Ramon Haze, Oliver Kossack, Claudia Annette Maier, Ulrich Polster, Julius Popp, schau-vogel-schau (Marcel Bühler, Alexander Koch), Julia Schmidt, Tilo Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber
Oct 17 – Nov 21, 2009
Antirepresentationalism 1: Politics of Redescription. Conceptual and Socially oriented Art in Leipzig 1997–2009
, Ramon Haze, Mario Pfeifer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tobias Zielony, Peggy Buth, Jan Caspers/ Anne König/ Jan Wenzel, Chat, Markus Dressen, Famed, Till Gathmann, Lina Grumm, Andreas Grahl, Henriette Grahnert, Mark Hamilton, Bertram Haude, Oliver Kossack, Andrea Legiehn, Thomas Lüer, Claudia Annette Maier, Ulrich Polster, Julius Popp, schau-vogel-schau, Julia Schmidt, Tilo Schulz, spector cut+paste, Christoph Weber, Arthur Zalewski
Sep 4 – Oct 10, 2009
KOW ISSUE 5: Spirituality and Anti-Universalism
, Chris Martin
May 1 – May 30, 2009
KOW ISSUE 4: THE SOCIAL USE OF SIGNS (OBLIGATION TO EXPRESS)