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Rose-Anne Gush’s lecture analyzes the political aesthetics of Surrealism and its anti-colonial and anti-fascist orientations through artistic practices in Paris and Martinique between 1920 and 1960.
Rose-Anne Gush Surrealismus aus einer globalen PerspektiveVideo
A video by kunst-dokumentation.com offers a tour of 100 years of melancholic, surreal Belgrade: From the Serbian Surrealists to the individualistic “Neo-Surrealists” to contemporary art.
Exhibition Tour: Future of MelancholiaVideo
In his lecture, Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber explained that the authoritarian structures in Serbia can still be traced back to Milošević’s rule and were further consolidated under President Vučić.
Florian Bieber Society in motion? Protest movements in SerbiaVideo
In a joint discussion with Sandro Droschl, Katharina Höglinger and Anna Schachinger discussed their practices and their specific contexts to Future of Melancholia in more detail.
Future of Melancholia in Belgrade: Katharina Höglinger, Anna SchachingerSlide show
For his solo exhibition Molded, which could be seen as part of Future of Melancholia in Belgrade, Philipp Timischl has created a series of works consisting dealing with personal experiences and the social challenges of a present characterized by populism.
Philipp Timischl: MoldedSlide show
The exhibition Future of Melancholia at the Gallery-Legacy of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade presents a selection of contemporary Austrian artists alongside Susanne Wenger, the Graz-born pioneer of Surrealism, who also took part in the 60th Venice Biennale in 2023.
Gallery-LegacySlide show
The exhibition Future of Melancholia at the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz explores the role of art in dealing with melancholy as a regional and international contemporary phenomenon by showing works by Serbian artists from three generations.
Future of Melancholia HfKVideo
Robert Musil’s novel The Man Without Qualities is considered an interdiscursive work that raises questions and tensions that are still valid today. In a conversation with Sandro Droschl, Musil expert Nicole Streitler-Kastberger has taken a precise approach to the monumental work and discussed these questions in more detail.
Nicole Streitler-Kastberger Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Wirklichkeitssinn und MöglichkeitssinnSlide show
As part of the performance program, the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark is pleased to be the first institution in Austria to present the work One Million Years by the artist On Kawara in a performative reading.
On Kawara Ausstellungsrundgang FotografieVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com provides an insight into the performative reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years.
Ausstellungsrundgang On KawaraVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Ausstellungsrundgang Caroline MesquitaVideo
The extensive publication Great Women Sculptors, co-edited by Le Feuvre was recently published by Phaidon in collaboration with the Holt/Smithson Foundation. It gathers more than 300 female artists who have been excluded from institutions and the canon based on their gender.
Lisa Le FeuvreSlide show
As the title of her exhibition Verdet Bath suggests, Caroline Mesquita has transformed HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark into a bathhouse-like landscape, where her patinated sculptures converge across three distinct areas: the pool, the cabins, and the source.
Slideshow MesquitaVideo
In her lecture, Julia Hoydis will explore how fictional narratives deal with hope, loss and end-time scenarios against the backdrop of endings and finiteness, which manifest itself through hope and acceptance, but also through resilience and solutions.
Julia HoydisPodcast
The lecture will present contemporary novels that deal with the interconnectedness of humans with technical devices and that give literary form to the increasingly real coexistence of humans and human-like robots, humanoids.
Reulecke - Wired SubjetsVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Ausstellungsrundgang HöllhumerSlide show
Styrian artist, choreographer and filmmaker Leon Höllhumer creates live performance events, films and exhibition projects.
Slideshow HöllhumerSlide show
The recurring format of STAGES is as radical as it is simple: young artists from Graz and Styria are offered a stage for the duration of an evening – or ocasionally longer.
STAGES - Hanna BesenhardVideo
For his most recent project, Evening Standards, Erwin Polanc spent twelve weeks in London, where he approached various urban communities and their stories through portrait photography and the documentation of urban situations.
Erwin Polanc, Oliver Klimpel - Evening StandardsVideo
On the basis of his contribution to the publication, conceived against the backdrop of Poledna’s film produced in Los Angeles in the summer of 2024 especially for the exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Diederichsen will discuss and present Mathias Poledna’s artistic career with references to music and art history as well as pop culture.
Diedrich DiederichsenVideo
In this lecture, Císař will explore Mathias Poledna’s career and artistic practice against the backdrop of the current exhibition, which can also be understood as a kind of retrospective.
Karel Císař – LectureSlide show
Mathias Poledna has created a complex, multi-layered body of work in which films, expansive installations and architectural interventions are in constant dialog with each other, where independent series of works, found objects and ephemeral materials all condense to form a singular artistic language. Central to his practice are questions of modernity, cultural memory and the visual imaginary in art and popular culture.
Ausstellungsrundgang Mathias PolednaVideo
The STAGES format is as radical as it is simple. HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark offers a platform for artists from the immediate vicinity for the duration of an evening.
Stages Jakob KolbVideo
The performance Total Romance: Partial Repair is the centerpiece of Isabel Lewis and Dirk Bell’s joint exhibition Ever/Repair at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, and is performed by four performers.
Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann SlatterySlide show
An extensive slide show captures moments from the performance Total Romance: Partial Repair.
Total Romance: Partial RepairVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition tour Franz Kapfer:Video
It is now more than five years ago, since Thomas D. Trummer and Franz Kapfer last worked together: reason enough for them to come together again as part of the exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, to pick up the threads of their shared dialogues, to see how their work has developed — and, above all, to let the audience participate in this reunion.
Artist talk with Thomas D. Trummer and Franz KapferVideo
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exhibition tour katherine bradfordVideo
In this lecture, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist August Ruhs will examine notions of the uncanny within visual arts.
The Uncanny within Visual Arts - August RuhsVideo
Katherine Bradford’s painting can be located in the tradition of abstract expressionism, particularly in colour field painting. During her very personal American Odyssey, she developed her very own style: interweaving abstraction and the figurative she creates very special bodies. The bodies’ faces often lack facial expressions.
Silvia StollerVideo
Drawing on examples of US-American monuments, Prof. Dr. Nassim W. Ballestrini’s lecture will discuss collective memory in terms of contemporary debates in the US. Monuments, memorials as well as art in public space contribute significantly to a nation’s culture of remembrance, reflecting political currents and are therefore highly political.
BalestriniSlide show
A slide show provides insights into Katherine Bradford’s practice, in which the three terms community, painting and color act more or less as synonyms.
Katherine Bradford – American Odyssey: New works
On January 18, 2024 at 6 pm, a Cladestine Talk took place in a non-public room in the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark.
Lara Favaretto – Thinking Head | Clandestine talk | FLATVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
ausstellungsrundgang ERNSTHAFT?!
Gender and Humor – a complicated field of stereotypes, clichés and exaggerations that we will try to master. A lecture based on the title of the exhibition, with some exclamation marks, but most of all many many question marks.
Mario HuberVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
ausstellungsrundgang fantastic surrealistsPodcast
As a proven specialist, Franz Smola gives interesting insights into the artistic work of the Fantastic Realists in this podcast and also talks about their relations to Surrealism.
Franz SmolaVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
ausstellungsrundgang tarwukEssay
Kristian Vistrup Madsen is a writer based in Berlin. Doing Time: Essays on Using People was published by Floating Opera Press in 2021.
TARWUK: _Бољи живоt_ Text by Kristian Vistrup MadsenVideo
An elaborately produced video shows impressions of the premiere of the play PROPAGANDA (2023) by Julius Pristauz at HALLE FÜR KUNST.
Give Rise to Julius PristauzEssay
Marina Vishmidt’s work is primarily concerned with the connection between art, value, and labor, focusing on the increasing dissolution of international financial markets and their influence on subjectivation in the artistic field.
On conditions: Text by Marina VishmidtVideo
The new online series statements provides all who are interested with exciting insights into topics and questions about the artistic positions of the exhibition on affairs.
Statements - Studio For Propositional CinemaVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour - sink / on affairsVideo
The new online series statements provides all who are interested with exciting insights into topics and questions about the artistic positions of the exhibition on affairs.
Statements - Lorenza LonghiVideo
The new online series statements provides all who are interested with exciting insights into topics and questions about the artistic positions of the exhibition on affairs.
Statements - Noah BarkerVideo
The new online series statements provides all who are interested with exciting insights into topics and questions about the artistic positions of the exhibitions.
Statements - Heinrich DunstVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour - sink / on affairsVideo
Graz-born drummer Jörg Mikula presents his program of solo pieces from the concept album Music For Drums in the large exhibition hall of the HALLE FÜR KUNST. Mikula cultivates an innovative approach to his instrument and creates sound atmospheres that lead through different musical worlds.
Music for Drums - Jörg MikulaVideo
A lecture by Marina Vishmidt (Goldsmiths, University of London) on conceptual work and its production.
Marina Vishmidt - On ConditionsVideo
An exciting lecture by Robert Fleck, art historian and professor at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, provides insights into the development of conceptual art in Austria.
Robert Fleck - Konzeptkunst in ÖsterreichVideo
In his talk, Siegel lectures on the queer concept of gossip in relation to the American underground film scene of the 1960s.
Lensable Belief - Marc SiegelVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour - Systems of BeliefVideo
Mark von Schlegell reflects on artistic production from different temporal levels and relates it to the cultural mainstream.
Exile on Mainstream – Mark von SchlegellVideo
The lecture is intended for artists and other groups of people interested in an in-depth introduction to the world of NFTs.
NFT Lecture - Anikó van NieVideo
The 2022 issue of profil Talk is devoted to the relationship between technology and society and art in connection with the Systems of Belief exhibition.
profil Talk - Systems of BeliefVideo
The video shows footage from the performative installation by Sunny Pfalzer and Marshall Vincent.
Give Rise to Sunny Pfalzer & Marshall VincentVideo
With her contribution ANIMAL PAIN philosophy lecturer and writer Mara-Daria Cojocaru ties in with themes from Yalda Afsah’s exhibition.
TIERLEID - Mara-Daria CojocaruVideo
With her contribution ANIMAL LOVE philosophy lecturer and writer Mara-Daria Cojocaru ties in with themes from Yalda Afsah’s exhibition.
TIERLIEBE - Mara-Daria CojocaruVideo
With her contribution ANIMAL philosophy lecturer and writer Mara-Daria Cojocaru ties in with themes from Yalda Afsah’s exhibition.
TIER - Mara-Daria CojocaruVideo
In the 4th performance from the series Give Rise To, Omsk Social Club and Alexander Iezzi collaborate. The video presents high-quality footage of the performance.
Give Rise to Omsk Social Club & Alex IezziVideo
The article shows the 12 Colors of Reality (Balloons) by Stano Filko in its full glory in the Stadtpark in Graz.
12 Colors of Reality - Stano FilkoVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Tour - Stano Filko: A RetrospectiveVideo
A lecture by Lucia Gregorová Stach, Chief Curator of the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, on the idea of the archive in the work of Stano Filko.
Über Multiplizität (System der Systeme) – Lucia Gregorová StachVideo
In an extensive interview between Stano Filko and Hans Ulrich Obrist central notions of artistic access are elaborated. A current statement by the well known curator introduces the historical talk.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Interview & StatementVideo
Slovak curator Mira Keratová examines Filko’s oeuvre in its tension between East and West.
Space is the Place - Mira KeratováVideo
An interesting opener into Filko’s work with artist, curator and companion Boris Ondreička.
House-Studio-Object-Cenotaph of Stano Filko Boris OndreickaVideo
An introductory lecture on astrophysics, exoplanet research, and the Institute for Space Research by Christiane Helling.
Von fernen, fremden Welten - Christiane HellingVideo
Swiss art and architecture theorist Patricia Grzonka provides a fascinating insight into Filko’s work, fokusing on local and eastern art history.
Stano Filko und die Kunst der Avantgarden - Patricia GrzonkaVideo
Conventionally, the big city is celebrated as the birthplace of modern art. Filko‘s life and work, however, cross the divide between the rural and urban.
Jan Verwoert - Modern Soul Born from Double Death in Country and FactoryVideo
An elaborately produced video shows impressions of the premiere of the experimental Opera Tip the Ivy (2022) by Colin Self at HALLE FÜR KUNST.
Give Rise to Colin SelfVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour - Domestic DramaVideo
In the contribution, the art historian Stefanie Kitzberger and the artist Jenni Tischer address the different meanings of the two conceptual pairs of privacy and public sphere and discuss them on the basis of selected works.
Private Matter - Stefanie Kitzberger, Jenni TischerVideo
The video clip shows scenes from the performance UNTER KAMMERMUSIK (2021), which premiered at the Landeszeughaus by Billy Bultheel and Viviana Abelson.
Give Rise to Billy Bultheel & Viviana AbelsonPodcast
In her lecture, medical doctor and Austrian politician Mireille Ngosso talks about the African diaspora in Austria, about coming to terms with colonial ways of thinking and about the social progress made by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Mireille Ngosso - Austrian Colonial HistoryVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour: Steal, Kill and Destroy: A Thief Who Intended Them Maximum HarmVideo
In the Context Art series, the focus is on the discourses surrounding the exhibitions. The article discusses the publication Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington and demonstrates the importance of the themes for the exhibition of Doreen Garner.
Kontext Kunst - Harriet A. WashingtonVideo
In this contribution, Kevin Jerome Everson introduces important cornerstones of his cinematic oeuvre and talks about the influences of his diverse art practice.
Artist Talk - Kevin Jerome EversonVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour: RecoverVideo
In the Context Art series, the focus is on the discourses around the exhibitions. The article discusses perspectives on Black Film based on the publication Film Blackness by Michael Boyce Gillespie.
Kontext Kunst - Michael Boyce GillespieInterview
An interview between Cathrin Mayer and Armin Lorenz Gerold, in which the Graz-born artist presents his artist book Manuel or A Hint of Evil.
Armin Lorenz Gerold | Manuel or A Hint of EvilVideo
The contribution offers insights into Armin Lorenz Gerold’s performance Verstärkung (Amplification), which took place in the context of the performance series Give Rise to.. initiated by Cathrin Mayer at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark.
Give Rise to Armin Lorenz Gerold - Verstärkung (Amplification)Essay
How can the (conceptual and literal) ruins transmit knowledge through a series of presences and absences as well?
Digging into the Future: Text by Marina FokidisVideo
Two performers from Graz Opera create a dance commentary on the works and architecture of the exhibition Europe: Ancient Future.
MuseumsballettVideo
A comprehensive video by kunst-dokumentation.com enables a digital exhibition tour through the show.
Exhibition Tour: Europe: Ancient FuturePodcast
The talk took place in the context of the current exhibition Europe: Ancient Future and combines contributions from very different experts on the topic of Europe.
Europa Antike Zukunft - Profil TalkVideo
The video shows a Music & Poetry evening as part of TGIF, with the three Graz-based singer/songwriters Precious Nnebedum, Nancy Okeke and LEA.
TGIF IInterview
The contribution shows a conversation with some of the selected artists of the Open Call Eurotopia. What is your Europe? and gives background information about the works.
Eurotopia. What is Your Europe?Video
The contribution presents a text excerpt from Aristotele’s Politics and explains his views on the concepts of freedom and equality.
Lesekreis AristotelesVideo
The video presents an introduction to the basic ideas of Rawls’ theory of justice, taking up important concepts such as equality as well as Rawl’s central concept of the primordial state.
Lesekreis Rawls
This contribution shows the works of all 11 selected artists of the Open Call Eurotopia, which was carried out in the context of the exhibition Europe: Ancient Future.
EurotopiaLeseprobe
A reading from Allen’s publication takes up central concepts in her thinking, such as equality, which also plays an influential role in the reading circle on Aristotle and Rawls.
Danielle AllenVideo
Turkish artist Cevdet Erek presents his work Bergama Stereo (2019), which deals with the appropriation, form and migration history of the famous Pergamon Altar.
Was bleibt - Cevdet Erek
German art historian Dr. Constanze Itzel poses the question of the essence of Europe and talks about possible foundations of a common European heritage.
Constanze Itzel - Was ist EuropaVideo
Franz Kapfer performs together with his installation In the back the ruins of Europe (2019 — 2021) and thus addresses the slogans of right-wing extremist ideologues.
Die Sprache des Hasses - Franz KapferVideo
Dr. Markus Prutsch, in his role as a researcher for the European Parliament, speaks about European identity in the interplay between politics and culture.
Politik oder Kultur - PrutschVideo
Two acting students from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz present a scene from Euripides’ Medea.
Medea - Max Rehberg & Alicia PeckelsenVideo
The contribution shows a performance by Rose-Anne Gush and her students at the Institute of Contemporary Art at TU Graz, which deals with different ideologies within Europe.
The European Dream - Rose-Anne GushVideo
Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt talk from different perspectives about strategies of appropriation of ancient concepts and motifs by contemporary artists.
Der Mythos Europa - Annetta Alexandridis und Verity PlattLeseprobe
A reading sample of John Rawls provides an introduction to the central ideas of his theory of justice.
Eine Theorie der GerechtigkeitVideo
In her online lecture, Marina Fokidis talks about essential aspects of her curatorial practice, contemporary art in Athens, and her projects related to documenta 14.
South as a State of Mind - Marina FokidisVideo
Sandro Droschl talks with Jörg Heiser about Europe: Ancient Future and provides interesting insights into the concept of the exhibition and its reflections on the cultural understanding of Europe.
IN CONVERSATION: Jörg Heiser and Sandro DroschlVideo
During a tasting, wine specialist Gus Gluck will provide insights into the wine region of Noussa, the characteristics of Greek grape varieties and, in addition, Greek pottery.
Winetasting - Gus GluckVideo
In the video contribution, Barbara Kapusta stages a performance that further explores the themes of her series of works The Leaking Bodies (2020).
The Leaking Bodies - Barbara KapustaVideo
In this article, Sandro Droschl gives a short introduction on the exhibition Europe: Ancient Future.
Intro - Europe: Ancient FutureLeseprobe
The reading sample provides an excerpt from Aristotle’s 6th book of Politics, in which he negotiates central issues of freedom and equality.
Politik AristotelesLeseprobe
Who has power and on the basis of which institutional structures, resources and opportunities? In her book, Danielle Allen develops a new understanding of political equality.
Danielle Allen: Politische GleichheitEssay
In the text by Prof. Dr. Eveline Krummen, she shows the significance of the terms “economy”, “politics” and “democracy” and traces them back to their ancient origins.
Eveline Krummen, In Dialogue with Antiquity: Models of living together in the Europe of the future
