MUELLER-DIVJAK, comprising Dr. Jeanette Müller and Dr. Paul Divjak, are artists and researchers specialized in multimedia / multisensory installations and scenographies, and environmental interventions. Their work integrates site-specific installations, sculptures, performances, and soundscapes, reflecting on nature and living systems through sustainable approaches. www.mueller-divjak.art
Currently they´re leading “Sensing Living Systems,” an arts-based research project exploring multisensory scenography for systems awareness, based at AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, University of Applied Arts Vienna, funded by the Austrian Science Fund. www.sensinglivingsystems.com
Their recent exhibitions and performances include: “SENSING THEORY – SHREDDING COGNITIVE OVERLOAD” at AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Vienna (2025), “Nature After Nature: TOUCHING REALITIES” at Songkhla Art Center and Austrian Embassy Bangkok (2024), “DRAWING TREES WITH SCENT” at AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Vienna (2024), and “LITTLE SCHOOL OF R/EVOLUTION” at the Architectural University Hanoi (2023), and numerous installations across Asia and Europe.
Dr. Jeanette Mueller studied Political Science, Jewish Studies and Arabic Studies (University of Vienna) and at the University of Applied Arts (Design Theory), as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (New Media) and wrote her thesis about “Trust and Creativity”. Awarded with the Theodor Körner Prize for Science and Art. Numerous installations, performances and artistic science communication projects across Asia and Europe. Her practice demonstrates long-term engagement with environmental themes and public interaction. www.trustroom.com
Dr. Paul Divjak, MAS studied at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, Department Design & Technology: “Advanced Studies in Scenography”) and is holding a PhD from the University of Vienna (Theatre, Film and Media Studies). Divjak´s transdisciplinary work, which includes writing, electronic music, and olfactory art, addresses memory, material culture, and transformative aesthetics through immersive formats and performative interventions exploring the phenomenology of the senses. www.pauldivjak.com