Christian Rapp (born 1964 in Vienna) is an Austrian author, cultural scientist and exhibition curator.
Life
Christian Rapp studied
theater
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,
media, and
art history
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at the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
.
[ in einer Presseinformation der Schallaburg] From 1988 to 1990 he was cultural editor of the "AZ" and the courier. Christian Rapp has been working as an exhibition curator since 1990, focusing on urban history, contemporary history, traffic and tourism history. He curated exhibitions for the Technical Museum Vienna, the
Vienna Museum, the
Jewish Museum Vienna, the Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition and others. In 1995 he was with the work '' Höhenrausch. The German mountain film '' zum Dr. phil. PhD. Since 2002 he is a lecturer at the Institute for European Ethnology of the University of Vienna. From 2004 to 2008 he was a lecturer in the postgraduate course "ECM-Exhibition and Cultural Communication Management" of the
University of Applied Arts Vienna.
On 1 January 2018 he followed Stefan Karner as scientific director in the History of
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
and '' Rapp becomes new leader in the House of History ''.
Publications
* ''Höhenrausch. Der deutsche Bergfilm.'' Sonderzahl, Wien um 1997, .
* with Ulrike Felber,
Elke Krasny
Elke Krasny (born 1965 in Vienna, Austria) is a cultural and architectural theorist, urban researcher, curator, and author. Her work specializes in architecture, contemporary art, urbanism, feminist museology, histories and theories of curating, ...
: ''Smart Exports. Österreich auf den Weltausstellungen 1851–2000.'' Brandstätter, Wien 2000, .
* with Wolfgang Kos: ''Alt-Wien: die Stadt, die niemals war.'' Czernin, Wien 2004, .
* with Nadia Rapp-Wimberger: ''Arbeite, Sammle, Vermehre. Von der ersten Oesterreichischen Spar-Casse zur Erste Bank.'' Brandstätter, Wien 2005, .
* ''Spurwechsel. Wien lernt Auto fahren.'' Brandstätter, Wien 2006, (Ausstellungskatalog: Technisches Museum, Wien, 12. Oktober 2006 – 28. Februar 2007)
* with Elke Doppler, Sándor Békési (Hrsg.): ''Am Puls der Stadt. 2000 Jahre Karlsplatz.'' Czernin, Wien 2008, .
* with Matthias Beitl, Nadia Rapp-Wimberger (Hrsg.): ''Wer hat, der hat. Eine illustrierte Geschichte des Sparens.'' Metro, Wien 2009, .
* with Markus Kristan: ''Worauf freut sich der Wiener wenn er vom Urlaub kommt? Ankerbrot. Die Geschichte einer großen Bäckerei.'' Brandstätter, Wien 2011, .
* with Nadia Rapp-Wimberger: ''Bad Ischl – Mit und ohne Kaiser.'' Brandstätter, Wien 2016, .
Exhibitions
* with
Elke Krasny
Elke Krasny (born 1965 in Vienna, Austria) is a cultural and architectural theorist, urban researcher, curator, and author. Her work specializes in architecture, contemporary art, urbanism, feminist museology, histories and theories of curating, ...
, Nadia Rapp-Wimberger: ''Von Samoa zum Isonzo. Die Fotografin und Reisejournalistin Alice Schalek.'' Jüdisches Museum Wien, 1999.
* with Gertraud Liesenfeld, Klara Löffler, Michael Weese: ''Nichtstun. Vom Flanieren, Pausieren, Blaumachen und Müssiggehen.''
Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde Wien, 2000.
* with Wolfgang Kos: ''Alt Wien. Die Stadt, die niemals war.'' Wien Museum 2004.
* ''Spurwechsel – Wien lernt Autofahren.'' Technisches Museum Wien 2005.
* with Nadia Rapp-Wimberger: ''Österreichische Riviera – Wien entdeckt das Meer.'' Wien Museum 2013.
* with Peter Fritz u. a.: ''Jubel und Elend – Leben mit dem Großen Krieg 1914–1918.''
Schallaburg 2014.
* Verkehrsmuseum Remise 2014
Footnotes
External links
*
Literatur von Christian Rapp im Katalog der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
Living people
1964 births
Austrian male writers
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