© Helena Manhartsberger
Anto Sophia Manhartsberger, aka Auto Sophia, is a Vienna-based artist who studied musicology at the University of Vienna and computer music at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) in Graz. Her artistic and academic interests include sound art in public spaces, the spatialization of sound, the sociopolitical potential of new media and technologies, audiovisual forms of expression, and collective artistic practices.
Her work encompasses interdisciplinary installations and performances, instrumental compositions, live electronics, audiovisual works, as well as sound design for theatre, film, and radio plays. Anto is co-founder of console, Austria’s first mobile, self-sufficient stage, a founding member of the artist collective Palais Rössl, performs as DJ Auto, and is part of the post-spam band Frau Sammer.