Marvin Kanas is a video artist and filmmaker who resides between Vienna and Marseille. His work explores the boundaries of documentary and oscillates between experimental film and digital 3D art.

Since 2018, He worked on various theater productions and was part of the Volkstheater Vienna’s artistic ensemble from 2020 to 2023 as a video artist.

In 2023 he gave lectures as external teacher at Studio 3, the Institute for Experimental Architecture at the Faculty of Innsbruck, and is now teaching video art at the Angewandte University of Applied Arts of Vienna, as part of stage and film design.

EDUCATION

2015// Bachelor degree at Ecole Supérieur d’études cinématographique (ESEC), Paris FR

FILMOGRAPHY

2024// The Desert House, Documentaryfilm and Installation, 48’
2022// Danubiastraße, Animation shortfilm, 4’43
2020// Traces, Shortfilm, 10’53
2020// Alligators or Crocodiles, Shortfilm, 7’00
2018// Lonely Robot Club, interactive film and installation


CINEMATOGRAPHY

2019// As if Biting Iron, Dual screen installation
2018// As long as we go East, documentary film
2015// A cause de Mouad, La Comédie de Saint-Étienne, short film
2014// Trixi, walk with me, documentary shortfilm
2014// Kak Igra, documentary shortfilm
2013// Mains d’oeuvres - portrait de la cité des Minguettes, Vénissieux, documentary film and installation


FESTIVALS/ SCREENINGS

2024// Cinema Callegiante, Venise IT for Traces
2024// Ekrani I Artit, Shköder AL for Traces
2024// Diagonale Film Festival, Graz AT for The Desert House
2021// Kaleidoskop. Fragmente. Im Kino, Vienna AT for As If Biting Iron
2021// Diagonale film festival, Graz AT for Traces
2020// Ville Blanche, Manifesta Biennal, Marseille FR for Traces
2019// Festival Aix Tout court, Aix-en-Provence FR for As Long as we go East
2019// Rushdoc Festival, Los Angeles USA for As long as we go East
2018// PSSF, Paris France for As long as we go East
2018// Dialogue of Cultures, Saint Petersbourg Russia for As long as we go East


EXHIBITIONS

2024// Dreams of Stasis, Museum of Architecture, Riga LV
2023// Dreams of Stasis, BRUX, Innsbruck AT
2022// Architects of identity, HISK, Amsterdam NL for Traces
2019// Best of Graduates, Gallerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam NL for As if Bitting Iron
2013// Biennale d’art contemporain, Lyon FR for Mains d’oeuvres


THEATER (VIDEO ART)

2024// Engel in Amerika, Schauspiel Köln, DE
2024// Meister und Margarita, Schauspiel Erlangen, DE
2023// Zwei Sonnen und ein Untergang, Theater Münster, DE
2023// Malina, Volkstheater Wien,AT
2023// Human Methods, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2022// Die Cousinen, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2022// ÖL!, Volkstheater Wien, , AT
2022// Apocalypse Miau , Volkstheater Wien, , AT
2022// Faust, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2022// Der Termin, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2022// ZERTRETUNG - 1. KREUZ BRECHEN, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2022// Humanistää, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2021// Die Politiker, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2021// Der Raum, Volkstheater Wien, AT
2020// Fluss, stromaufwärts, Werk X Wien AT
2019// Dies Irae, Burgtheater, Wien AT
2018// Mitleid. Die Geschichte des Maschinengewehrs, Volkstheater, Vienna AT


RESIDENCIES

2022// Impact Academy, Villa Schapira, Wien AT
2020// Manifesta Biennal, Marseille FR
2019// Schmiede, Hallein AT