Nachruf Gustav "Just Merit" Dornetshuber (8.10.1963 - 22.1.2001)
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Just Merit

Born 8 October 1963, died 22 January 2001 from kidney cancer

Just's attitude to biographies was somewhere between fictions and "es geht di' nichts an!" (approx translation, "get fucked!") but in order to reduce the chances of people getting it wrong, here are some basics. And some namedropping, because Just _always_ worked with other people.

Worked with the group "Assozierte Produzenten" based in Linz, their show "Strasse der Sehnsucht" (Street of Desire) at the Ars Electronica in 1986 was a compressed city. Breaking down the show Just was blown off a scaffolding trying to stop a sheet of aluminium landing on a colleague below him. Worked with Wolfgang Lehner, Istvan Nagy, Kurt Holzinger and Peter Donke.

Las Vegas, rehabilitation, random gigs singing Elvis Presley songs on street corners, passing out money from a cup to passers by, organising B-grade films, meeting Matt and a bunch of people who remained friends in San Francisco. 

Krueppelschlag, 1989-1992, trash rock band and more. Band members included Gabi Kepplinger, Peter Donke, Horst and Petl. Several releases. Project "Gyroscope" at Ars Electronica 91, XXX Festival Amsterdam, several places in the USA, UK. Close involvement with STWST TV. 7inch12 record label with Fadi Dorninger.

Contained 1992-1996. Steel, machines, recycling, active relationship to the workers in the steelmill Voest Alpine. Projects Maschinenkampf, Wochenschau and Rearviewmirror stand out. Worked with Leo Schatzl, Martin Reiter, Matt Heckert, Franz Xaver, Rudi Heidebrecht, Tina Auer, Manuel Schilcher, Gordon W, Christian Staudinger, Chip Flynn, John Duncan, Chico McMurtrie, Laura Kikauka, Todd Blair, Linda Nilsson, Alex Zuljevic, Tom Teibler, Liz Young, Jim Whiting, Sam Auinger, Marc 9, Tatjana Didenko, Tim Boykett, Gordon Monahan, Attwenger, and who knows who else.

Time's Up 1996-. Crossing from media through haptic body work, environments that get people out of what they expect. Hyperfitness Studio, several CDs, books, videos. Last production SPIN, a literally immersive virtual reality / real virtuality experience. Worked with Lois Wohlmuther, Tina Auer, Alex Barth, Tim Boykett, Matt Heckert, Marc 9, David Moises, Andy Strauss, Bert Zettelmeyer, Gerd Trautner, Anatol Bogendorfer, Martin Greunz, Andy Mayrhofer as well as John Duncan, Triclops, Nic Baginsky, Staalplaat and many others.

Linzer Freies Szene 1999-. Main formulator and agitator with Gabi Kepplinger, Wolfgang Preisinger and Georg Ritter, working to ensure that the independent scene would not get ignored or swallowed up in the plans for the Linz cultural development plan.