#53 - Gottfried Eisenberger: From Startup to 1,500 Square Meters: When Tech Meets the Art World episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 27 MIN

#53 - Gottfried Eisenberger: From Startup to 1,500 Square Meters: When Tech Meets the Art World

from growth path · host Andy Culligan

Talking points:Gotti Eisenberger is an Austrian curator, art fair advisor, and former World Cup champion swimmer who took an unlikely path from the pool to the gallery. He built and sold art-tech startup scan.art before pivoting into large-scale exhibition production, most recently bringing NASA astronaut Terry Virts’ photography from space to 15,000 visitors.He came on growth path to talk about going from professional athlete to art world curator, building a tech startup to bridge the gap between art and younger audiences, and the chaotic, sleepless grind of pulling off a 1,500 square meter NASA photography exhibition in just weeks.➡️ Key topics- Starting a career as a professional athlete into the art world- Noticing that there was a barrier between art world and younger audience, and bridging the divide.- Using image recognition technology for art and turning it into a startup- Challenges of working the technology into bigger art fairs and pivoting into curating his own exhibitions- The View from Above exhibition - coordinating with Terry Virtst to showcase his photography from space- The story of a tech startup to an on-site exhibition- Could the future be more entertainment oriented with AI freeing up time?- Going from concept to a 1500 square meter exhibition with 15,000 visitors in two month- The time crunch he dealt with of filtering through 300,000 images and recording the audio guide in one months time.- Spending 17 to 18 hour days going through thousands of images, defining the sizes, and editing the raw images- Overcoming the stress of hanging the artwork the day before the opening of the exhibit- The enormous logistical challenge of setting an exhibition of this sizeWhere to find Gotti:https://www.linkedin.com/in/gottfriedeisenberger/🧐 Learn more- Subscribe to the podcast ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6h3X5P0kWkt62woYZRWDZU- Learn more about purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io- Get more content ► https://www.purplepath.io/content- Contact purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io/contact- [Free B2B SaaS GTM Guide] ► https://go.purplepath.io/guides/b2b-saas-state-of-the-union

Talking points:Gotti Eisenberger is an Austrian curator, art fair advisor, and former World Cup champion swimmer who took an unlikely path from the pool to the gallery. He built and sold art-tech startup scan.art before pivoting into large-scale exhibition production, most recently bringing NASA astronaut Terry Virts’ photography from space to 15,000 visitors.He came on growth path to talk about going from professional athlete to art world curator, building a tech startup to bridge the gap between art and younger audiences, and the chaotic, sleepless grind of pulling off a 1,500 square meter NASA photography exhibition in just weeks.➡️ Key topics- Starting a career as a professional athlete into the art world- Noticing that there was a barrier between art world and younger audience, and bridging the divide.- Using image recognition technology for art and turning it into a startup- Challenges of working the technology into bigger art fairs and pivoting into curating his own exhibitions- The View from Above exhibition - coordinating with Terry Virtst to showcase his photography from space- The story of a tech startup to an on-site exhibition- Could the future be more entertainment oriented with AI freeing up time?- Going from concept to a 1500 square meter exhibition with 15,000 visitors in two month- The time crunch he dealt with of filtering through 300,000 images and recording the audio guide in one months time.- Spending 17 to 18 hour days going through thousands of images, defining the sizes, and editing the raw images- Overcoming the stress of hanging the artwork the day before the opening of the exhibit- The enormous logistical challenge of setting an exhibition of this sizeWhere to find Gotti:https://www.linkedin.com/in/gottfriedeisenberger/🧐 Learn more- Subscribe to the podcast ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6h3X5P0kWkt62woYZRWDZU- Learn more about purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io- Get more content ► https://www.purplepath.io/content- Contact purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io/contact- [Free B2B SaaS GTM Guide] ► https://go.purplepath.io/guides/b2b-saas-state-of-the-union

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