Karl Zechenter is a freelance artist, director and curator in the artist group gold extra. He has been working in theaters since the 1990s and received the Ferdinand Eberherr Prize for experimental theater in 1997. With gold extra, he has been working at the interface of media, technology and society since 1998. He was artistic director of ARGEkultur from 1999-2005, director of the Offmozart Festival in 2006, founder of the basics Festival and is a member of advisory boards for the state of Salzburg.