Context

TGIF — Thank God it is Friday
Precious Nnebedum, Nancy Okeke & LEA 

Video

The three singer/​songwriters, performers and all-round artists Precious Nnebedum, Nancy Okeke and LEA from Graz created an evening full of music and poetry on 9.7.2021 and shared the HALLE FÜR KUNST stage.

TGIF is an independent format that takes place once a month on Friday afternoon from July to October, in the immediate outdoor area and surrounding city park of the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark. TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday) is intended as a playful extension of the curatorial program and invites regionally as well as internationally active musicians and artists to perform live music or performances around the pavilion of the HALLE FÜR KUNST.

Like the free admission to the exhibitions, TGIF signals an opening of the institution to the outside and would like to invite visitors to claim the HALLE FÜR KUNST as a social meeting place.

Imagecredits: Precious Nnebedum & Ugo Petrus.

More contributions

Diedrich Diederichsen
Vortrag 

Video

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 Diederichsen

Karel Císař
Lecture 

Video

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 – Lecture

Mathias Poledna
Exhibition Tour 

Slide 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 Poledna

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair
Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery 

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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. In… 

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery