“I believe in the principles of democracy and realize that it can only work with a good education. In this case, it is necessary to be awake and aware of the system’s complexity and to choose means of expression that also reflect the historical context of the territory in which I work. If I subsequently present it in another country, different perceptions occur in the viewer, and the work, by relocating, acquires a new dimension. Context, always important, is what should be available here.”
Read MoreAs Florentina Holzinger devised her own Divine Comedy, at Kunsthalle, Tscherner also creates an alternative story about the great Narcissus. Compared to Holzingers’s work, the performance is also based on a narrative story, mythological background: Mirror, mirror concept based on the fairy tale of Snow White, and on the Greek myth of Narcissus, both stories connected with mirrors and virtual images. Narcissus in this way conducts a concentrate of his own virtual image, as it refers back to his role in Greek mythology where he eventually falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life.
Read MorePlaces we love exist only in us is the opening sentence in a poem by Ivan V. Lalic. This video series is a project where I ask different people to tell their stories about belonging. Every episode contains 3 art workers of younger generations having creative control over how they want to be filmed, where, and what they want to speak about. In this episode, you will see Miloš Vučićević, Kata Martincsák, and Eugénie Desmedt trying to share their thoughts and build a mirror for collective self-reflection.
“The lives that we live in these marginalized areas can be very closely connected with other people who inhabit other areas. We may not share the same spaces, but we certainly live in the same utopias. Hospitable, the name itself was supposed to encourage the authors to think about what it actually means, and from the position of an artist who comes from abroad, in what way he would manage to find ourselves in it, does that utopia exist in which way and does that hospitality still shape some prejudices among locals, in the city or the villages on the slopes of Užice.”
LT.art Vienna team invites to the second part of their INTEGRAL \ 2021 festival.
Read More“Sharon's anxiety is interesting because we feel it. We imagine knowing what she was afraid of - as if we know the ending when we watch a film, but we enjoy watching it and move on. This saves us from the terrible burden of freedom, which is an existential horror.”
Read MoreContrary to what politicians and mainstream media might tell us, the arts are essential; particularly in times like these that are brimming with fear and division. […] Seeing an act of creative expression is seeing the essence of someone’s being and reminds us of our own. Support the things that remind us of our shared humanity and expansiveness. Support the arts!
Read MoreXX ART FLÂNERIE festival is coming back to Vienna’s 15th district for its second year…
Read More“My personal goal as an artist is to add another perspective to the discussion. There are plenty of scientific statements on schizophrenia and mental health which are important, but so are emotional and personal insights and experiences. This discussion has to take place in public for everyone to take part and art can be the stage for that.”
Read More“Being surrounded with so much wealth and irrational consumerism everyday, living in one of the richest countries in the world, but also just the state of the world as we know it, has made me realize how to so many people it doesn't matter what they consume - as long as they consume it. Especially when it comes to fashion, the climate where trend hopping is most apparent.”
“It is only once we are able to give our Shadow what it needs (ie: acknowledgement, acceptance, compassion, love) and no longer feel shame around it, that that we can accept ourselves as whole beings and move closer to being free from unhealthy and harmful behaviors…”
Read MoreFor the mental health awareness month, Improper Walls, in collaboration with foundation Made of Millions, presents the international group exhibition “Shame Shouldn't be a Symptom”…
Read MoreFrom Andrea Z Scharf's sketchbook, some personal thoughts on "Navigating Through Anxiety, 2021"
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