Univ.-Ass. MA Moritz Pisk
University assistant
(he/him)
Moritz Pisk is a research associate and university assistant at the Department of Cultural Studies. His research and teaching focus on the history and (pop-)cultural significance of rave and techno, as well as the political potentials of the dancefloor. Pisk regularly connects his academic work with exhibition projects and experiments in club culture.
From 2020 to 2024, Moritz Pisk coordinated the editorial team of ZfK – Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, published by transcript. Additionally, he collaborates with Romana Bund on exhibition-related texts, e.g., contributions for EFES 42.
Research Interests
Pop Culture, Techno Studies, Decolonial Studies, Dance Music, Rave Culture, Cultural Studies
Exhibitions and projects (selection)
Spill & Bleed. Echoes of the Dancefloor
Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, May 2025
(with Clemens Mairhofer, in cooperation with Stream Festival Linz)
KLUB CLUB. Music and Club Program
SCHÄXPIR: International Theater Festival for Young Audiences Linz 2017-2025
Reclaim: Club Nights, Squats and Urban Spaces
Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 2024
(with Lukas Löcker and students from the University of Arts Linz)
PERSPEKTIVENWECHSEL
Foto Wien, 2023 (with Maximilian Anelli-Monti)
Reclaim: Clubnächte, Häuserkampf und urbane Freiräume
Stadtwerkstatt Linz, 2023
(with Lukas Löcker and students from the University of Arts Linz)
SCHOCK - Performative Exhibition and Club Night
Kapu Linz, 2022
(with students of the University of Arts Linz)
A Moment in Echo Park
Memphis, Linz 2018 (with Maximilian Anelli-Monti)
Salzburg Gespräche: On Present Futures and Future Presents.
Gallery 5020 Salzburg 2017 (with Maximilian Anelli-Monti)
Teaching (selection)
»Slow Reading: Raving – McKenzie Wark« (2024)
»Reclaim — Excursion to Berlin« (2024)
»Slow Reading: Running – Lindsey A. Freeman« (2023)
»reclaiming spaces: Urban Activism and Pop Culture« (2023)
»Slow Reading: Black Rave« (2023)
»Techno Studies« (2022)
»Is This Still Popular? — On Trends, Niches, and Masses« (2021)
»Slow Reading: Kodwo Eshun – More Brilliant Than The Sun« (2021)
»Conceptronica: Pop and Concepts« (2020)
»Is There Still No Alternative? 10 Years After Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism« (2020)
Publications (selection)
»Never Ending. Ein Plädoyer für eine neue Form des Musikvideos« Hg. Kathrin Dreckmann and Christofer Jost: Music Video and Transculturality: Manifestations of Social Utopia?, Münster: Waxmann 2023.
Salzburger Gespräche. Von gegenwärtiger Zukunft und zukünftiger Gegenwart. AM-K 2020. (Edited with Maximilian Anelli-Monti)
alt narratives. cinematic communication of scientific research, University of Arts Linz 2018. (Edited with Andre Zogoly)
»The Past and the Present merge to meet us here«, Hermann, Mona; Schiller Elisa (eds.): Gegenwartsbewältigung, Catalog of Galerie der HFBK, Hamburg. (Co-authored with Maximilian Anelli-Monti)
Ongoing Collaborations
SCHÄXPIR: International Theater Festival for Young Audiences Linz.
Stream Festival: Musik - Popkultur - Digitalisierung Linz.
