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Europe: Ancient Future

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Please note that this video is available in German.

In this contribution Sandro Droschl gives a short introduction to the exhibition Europe: Ancient Future. The exhibition shows works by contemporary artists who refer to different concepts of Europe’s ancient past. These are examined with regard to their possible meanings for the present and future of Europe. In particular, the relationship between the individual and the group, which has been a recurring theme since antiquity, plays a major role. This relationship is illustrated by Sandro Droschl on the basis of the series Extremes Europa (2002) by Jutta Koether within the exhibition.
 

Sandro Droschl (*1970 Graz, lives in Graz) is founding director and curator of the institution HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark. From 2012 to 2020 he directed the Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien. Since 2000 he worked as curator, then also as director for the Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, besides as guest curator at other institutions. He curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary art and edited over 30 publications. Droschl made a study Iregulare, ​“Body. Media. Art,” with art (Isabelle Graw, Free Class), philosophy, journalism and medicine at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, University of Vienna and London Guildhall University.

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Sandro Droschl

*1970 Graz, lives in Graz

is founding director and curator of the institution HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark. From 2012 to 2020 he directed the Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien. Since 2000 he worked as curator, then also as director for the Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, besides as guest curator at other institutions. He curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary art and edited over 30 publications. Droschl made a study iregulare, ​“Body. Media. Art,” with art (Isabelle Graw, Free Class), philosophy, journalism and medicine at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, University of Vienna and London Guildhall University.

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