Exhibition at Salzamt Linz

Simon Lehner’s works are closely linked to an autobiographical core. In the attempt to (re)construct violent experiences suffered in the tension between conscious and subconsciousness, his art alternates between remembered and situationally perceived reality. The artist, nominated for this year’s Kardinal König art prize, uses a variety of media at the Salzamt, most of which revolve around the iterations of a photographic process.

Artist and architect Flavia Mazzanti uses experimental film and immersive media to explore socio-spatial contexts in dialogue with philosophical themes of New Materialism and post-anthropocentrism. As a member of the artistic-technological development team for the Neuro-Traces project, she combines Brain Computer Interfaces (EEG) and VR to create an installation that can be interactively experienced in the exhibition.

The artist Michaela Putz deals with the implications of a society reduced to the surfaces of digital communication technologies. Using photography, painting and digital post-processing, she investigates the influence of increasing digitalization on the perception of intimate relationships and our immediate environment. For the presentation at Salzamt, she translates her art into an expansive intervention.

The exhibition at Salzamt Linz includes a selection of video works, photographs, preliminary studies and sketches curated for the Ars Electronica Festival theme, a spatial intervention, and a VR installation.

Credits

Curated by: Esther Mlenek (Bildrecht), Michaela Wimplinger (Ars Electronica) and Holger Jagersberger (Salzamt)
A cooperation of Bildraum, Salzamt Linz and Ars Electronica Festival 2021