MY NEIGHBOR PIERRE
– by Justina Speirokaite (curator at Improper Walls)
“WITHOUT YOU, THE MOVING OUT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAINLY A SAD AFFAIR FOR ME. YOU MADE THAT IT WAS NOT.”
–MARGIT BUSCH
MY NEIGHBOR PIERRE, an exhibition about delimiting the boundaries between public and private.
ARTISTS / CURATORS
Margit Busch
Aurianne Chevandier
Eugenie Desmedt
Ammar Khadour
Christos Kyritopoulos
Laura Stoll
Miloš Vučićević
Márton Zalka
Ale Zapata
Urtė Špeirokaitė
Justina Špeirokaitė
Kata Martincsák
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? by AURIANNE CHEVANDIER
Installation, chairs and mirrors, dimensions variable, 2021
Two uncomfortable chairs and a few mirrors as conversation starters. Are they safe to sit on? You'll only know when you try, and anyways they're the only ones in that room. Then you can talk about them with the person next to you trying to feel at home on an equally uncomfortable seat. Shared experiences might come up between you, your mirror-reflection and the other('s).
auriannechevandier.com
THE LANGUAGE OF TODAY by EUGENIE DESMEDT
Projection mapping on the sink, approx. 40 x 40 cm, 2021
Projected into the kitchen sink, thought fragments swirl around with soap and water and then, literally, down the drain. Exhibition visitors were asked to wash their hands as an act of reflection on unconscious motions and rituals that emotionally tie us to a place.
www.instagram.com/eugenie.dt
MEANWHILE by AMMAR KHADOUR
Video, 5:06 min, 2017
Damascus\Tartus, Syria
Away from the eyes of the police and in times of war, different videos have been shot by many small digital cameras in various periods of time. These Videos have been edited in a sudden sequence as if everything is happening at the same time.
www.instagram.com/ammart.khadour
WEIGHTLIFTER AT SEA by CHRISTOS KYRITOPOULOS
Digital print, video projection, 2021
A friend told me about a weightlifter he knew who lived in his neighborhood in Ano Liosia. I have never met her. She simulates an eternal elevation like the Great Wave off Kanagawa.
WORK IN PROGRESS | HUMERUS by LAURA STOLL
32 prints on radiographs, 2017
Medical and scientific processes are a black box to most. The work in progress series offers a glimpse into that box - each work displays all the images taken through one operation in chronological order. These images are only used for the operator's orientation and are usually stored nowhere. The try-and-error process thereby depicted invites the viewer to contemplate idealistic notions of truthmaking and the limitations of our knowledge of scientific processes and how they are put into practice.
CIRCLE OF HOSPITALITY by MILOŠ VUČIĆEVIĆ
Performance/video, 2021
Circle of hospitality is an artwork that invites you to stretch a space and feel the taste of welcoming and generosity. In this case, the artist stretches the dough to make thin layers so he can roll the pie, a traditional meal from Balkan. A piece of culture that he brings with him to Austria, which shows hospitality and a clear role to all migrants displaced somewhere or those who have wandered and settled on the soil of this land, a small part of the tradition that we all keep and nurture within us. The part of a heritage that is most appreciated and well-intentioned.
www.milosvucicevic.com
A BINDING LACK OF INTERACTION by MÁRTON ZALKA
Interactive assemblage, mixed material (textile, wood, plastic), 180 x 180 x 30 cm, 2021
Five or six people silently sitting next to each other on a big blanket, there’s a wooden structure somewhat separating them. They are all looking for pieces in a big shared pile of LEGOs for their desired constructions. If they cannot find a piece or do not need one anymore they break the silence and let others have a small peak of the thing that they have been working on.
zalkamarton.com
S̸̔ ̣̀Ă̴I̵͒N̶̎ ͚͙T̷̓ ̴̑A̴͑N̷̂ ̥̜T̶̂H̴̍O̶̒N̸͐Y̶͗ ̹̣ ̵͠ ̈́̾P̷͒R̴̋A̶͐Y̵̛ ̵͗F̵ ͂̃Õ̵R̸ ͐̋ ̸̈́ ̰͖Ǘ̵S̶͝ ̝͛ by ALE ZAPATA
Digital video, 2 min 12 sec, 2021
www.instagram.com/azapatat
The exhibition took place sometime last year after trees got naked and the sun decided to hide from us. Vienna.
Photo & Video by Miloš Vučićevič