Peter Brandlmayr, born in Bad Ischl in 1970, studied geology in Innsbruck and graduated from the College of Photography, Höhere Grafische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna. In his artistic work Brandlmayr examines formal and thematic aspects of science with an emphasis on playing with facts and fiction. In 1999 he founded the Institute for Science and Research (IWF), which is dedicated to the work of the fictitious physicist Viktor Krylov. In 2012 he founded the Pegasus Institute of Pataphysics (PIP) and in 2019 the Institute for Idleness and Contemplation (IMK).