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Material Poetry: #2 ArcHIVE
Alexander Wöran (AT)
#2 ArcHIVE is part of a series that revolves around the materiality of language and its “gap”; and we are the ones shaping it, for better or worse. Beneath the sculpture made of beeswax is a heating element linked to a motion sensor, which at a certain threshold of passers-by starts heating up and re-shaping it. Like language, it constantly fluctuates between a fluid and solidified state.
Bildrecht, Vienna
Bildrecht, the Austrian Collecting Management Organization representing over 5,000 Austrian artists active in the genres of fine arts, media arts, choreography, design and architecture, fulfils a special cultural function: by collecting and distributing royalties, offering support programs and awarding prizes, it boosts the artists’ means of subsistence.
Archivo Liberado / Released Archive
Gonzalo Mezza (CL)
Archivo Liberado is a curatorial project that reviews the archives and works (1969-1990) by the Chilean artist, pioneer of media art, Gonzalo Mezza (1949-). For sixty years, his innovative work has been focused on the implementation of media technologies in Chile.
D21 Proyectos de Arte, Santiago
D21 Art Projects was established in October 2009 as an independent center for creation, production and exhibition of visual arts and poetry in Santiago, Chile, and aims to contribute actively, independently and in a multidisciplinary context to the cultural life of Chile while developing and strengthening the international reach of Chilean art.
taking away
Eginhartz Kanter (AT/DE)
taking away shows surprisingly quiet streets in Tokyo at night. The nocturnal peace is interrupted by an unauthorized intervention. A strange object shifts the appearance of the uncanny and seemingly apocalyptic nightly streets. It disturbs the peaceful order of the well-kept neighborhood.
The Graffiti Project
The Graffiti Project is a live, collaborative, interactive, token-driven art installation. Participants are able to upload their creative content through the æternity digital graffiti æpp, leveraging blockchain’s core features of a public, decentralized, distributed record to archive indefinitely an artwork that would normally be local and temporary and make it accessible by a global audience.
Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris
Liusa Wang opened her gallery in January 2014 with the primary aim of promoting young contemporary Chinese artists. Today, she wants to create a dialogue between emerging Chinese artists and young artists around the world. Meetings with the specialized presses and the growing support of collectors also largely established the recognition of these artists. In addition, working with public institutions contributes to the same objectives. The gallery is sensitive to the narrative poetry of the concepts and open to diverse mediums. The exhibition space is located on Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, offering various spatial possibilities.
MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg – Vienna
The gallery was founded in 1972 by Mario & Waltraud Mauroner (at the time the gallery was still named Galerie Academia). After more than 40 years of international experience and over 500 exhibitions and participations at international art fairs, an additional 1200 sqm exhibition space on two levels was opened in Vienna, offering spectacular space for the presentation of large-scale sculptures – one of the main focuses of the gallery. Building a second point of interest, the gallery’s program is also dedicated to a range of outstanding and international contemporary artists especially from the Mediterranean area, whose common ground is a steady progression of their respective creative work, developed independently of current trends. Aside from the ground floor and basement, the gallery in Vienna includes a room called roomnumberOne, which is exclusively dedicated to young emerging artists. In October 2014 the newest edition of Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA opened – our project space All About Art which is focusing on interdisciplinary projects and where we realised in September 2017 “In relation” – a solo show by mischer’traxler studio.
Aurelia 1 +Hz / proto viva generator
Robertina Šebjanič (SI)
Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva generator addresses the possibilities of coexistence of animals and machines. The project uses living organisms to process “aliveness” of a simple robotic machine. The two entities – jellyfish and robot – are separated. If they merge into one, causing new biocybernetic organism to occur, would they be able to live forever?
arebyte Gallery, London
Mark Farid (UK)
arebyte Gallery is a London-based art organization which supports the development of artists working across digital and emerging artforms. Following in the long tradition of artists experimenting with new technologies, arebyte Gallery has led a pioneering program since 2013, to much acclaim. | For 24 hours a day, for 28 days, artist Mark Farid will wear a virtual reality headset, seeing and hearing what one person sees and hears for 28 days.
