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Evelyn Plaschg
Artist Talk 

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Together, artist Evelyn Plaschg and curator Jan Tappe will speak about the process of painting, shifts within the artist’s practice, the role of photography as a point of departure, the presence of the body in the image, and a growing interest in urban spaces and infrastructures.

Evelyn Plaschg

Louise Giovanelli and Marie-Charlotte Carrier
Artist Talk and Book Launch 

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On the occasion of her recently opened exhibition A Song of Ascents at the HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Louise Giovanelli will be in conversation with curator Marie-Charlotte Carrier. Carrier is a curator at the exhibition’s initiating partner organization, The Hepworth Wakefield (Yorkshire), where the exhibition was shown in advance. She is also the editor of the accompanying publication with texts, conversations and visual material on all the works on display. 

Louise Giovanelli, Marie-Charlotte Carrier

Lisa Le Feuvre
Great Women Sculptors

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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 Feuvre

Diedrich Diederichsen
Vortrag 

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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 

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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

Music for Drums — Jörg Mikula 

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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 Mikula

John Rawls
Lesekreis 

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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