About
Laura Stöckler writes texts for and about film, performance, and visual arts. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Vienna in Cultural and Literary Studies. She undertook additional studies in Cultural and Social Anthropology, Art History, and Fine Arts. Her MA thesis Horrors that Matter: Deconstructing Binary Conculteptualisations of Sex/Gender and the Body in Four ALTER short films was honoured with the Department of English’s student award for excellent academic achievements.
Since 2019, she has been writing for several magazines, including LES NOUVEAUX RICHES, Talking Shorts, and Gata Magazine. Her writing, both academic and non-academic engages deeply with cultural products, emphasizes their singularity and specificity to explore the complexity of socio-cultural structures and dynamics.

Over the last two years, she has worked as a researcher, production coordinator, and co-writer on Brute Force, an essay film by research-led artist Felix Lenz. From the interference patterns of neutrons to data centres and salt lakes, »Brute Force« captures how our world’s complexity collides with the simplified rationalities of our digital age.

Selected Education and Experience

Education
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
University of Vienna

English and American Studies
University of Vienna

Awards
Student Award for Excellent Academic Achievement
Department of English, University of Vienna

Additional Studies
Between Utopia and Dystopia: Robot Narratives and Development in Japan in a Global Context (Auditor, Guest Speaker), University of Vienna

BA Art History (partial completion)
University of Vienna

MA CREOLE – Cultural Differences and Transnational
Processes (partial completion)
University of Vienna

Experience
Art Writer, Cultural Journalist
Gata Magazine
Les Nouveaux Riches
Talking Shorts
Resonanzen.Store
This is Short

Essay Film “Brute Force” (Dir. Felix Lenz)
Research, Co-Writer, Production Coordination

Student Assistant
Department of English, University of Vienna

Digital Communication
Claudia Bosse/ theatercombinat

Editorial Staff
Sture – Students Research In Education, University of Vienna

Curator
Exhibition “Heady Days” – Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg

Curator
Exhibition “Ausbruch” – Improper Walls Gallery, Vienna

Academic Editorial Support
Raphael Schönborn