Daniel Leiter

Daniel Leiter is an interdisciplinary visual artist and designer, realizing self-initiated art projects, conducting design-research and developing comissioned design projects within a framework of responsible resource usage and time-based media.

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Virtual Wind
2025
The installation Virtual Wind traces the all too often actively denied link between progressive extraction and unleashed natural force. 
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initiated by: RLB Kunstbrücke
curated by: Silvia Höller
exhibited at: RLB Gallery, Lienz (AUT)
NFCs - Archaelogical Museum Aguntum
2025
Exhibition including the self-inititated design research project NFCs. 
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initiated by: Peter Bruckner Award
exhibited at: Archaeological Museum Aguntum (AUT)
EOP, realtimeexplosion2024 The two works EOP and realtimeexplosion explore the emergence of a state of incapacity caused by accelerated technological progress, as theorised in 20th century literature.
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 visual art

initiated by: self-initiated
exhibited at: Exhibit Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
NFCs
2024/25, ongoingNFCs is a self-initiated design research project on 3-dimensional moulded vegan, non-petrochemical, non-toxic and biodegradable composites.
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initiated by: self-inititated
Friedensbausatz
2024
by Peter Noever

On the site of Peter Noever's renowned land art project Die Grube / The Pit, an installation consisting of the quote Die Waffen nieder! written out of tree trunks, was permanently archived in a newly developed storage installation.
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design development

initiated and comissioned by: Peter Noever
designed by: Peter Noever, Daniel Leiter
design development by: Daniel Leiter
location: “Die Grube/The Pit”, Breitenbrunn AUT

Images © Flo Noever
Peace Light
2024by Peter Noever Based on the traditional gesture of lighting a candle as an act of peace, a 14m long interactive light installation was developed for Peter Noever. 
Utilising low voltage electricity, the entire structure is electrified, allowing a light bulb placed within the structure to light up.
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initiated and comissioned by: Peter Noever
design and concept by: Peter Noever, Daniel Leiter
design development by: Daniel Leiter
construction by: Gassner GmbH
exhibited at: Hofkirche, Innsbruck / Trinkhalle, Bad Ischl, AUT
toolpath
2023/24The project toolpath tests the extent to which robotic movement translates to physical form. 
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design research

initiated by: self-initiated
old minds, new bodies
2023old minds, new bodies is a group of works reflecting the loss of sovereignty over one’s own image.
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initiated by: self-initiated
exhibited at: Villa Schindler, Telfs
fakes2023fakes explores the self-manifestation of artificial intelligence in its self-generated images.
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initiated by: self-initiated
exhibited at: Exhibit Eschenbachgasse, Vienna
hand catching lead
2022
 hand catching lead is a video loop transferring Richard Serra’s same-titled video work from one of materiality into one of immateriality.
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initiated by: self-initiated
exhibited at: Künstlerhaus Bregenz
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