nearly forgotten
Grand prix
videoinstallation
2004
On a horizontal platform we see a video projection in which two persons are facing each other, playing with small balls in the sand, as kids used to on Italian beaches, (the video was done inviting artists and curators to join the game). Next to the platform an automat is placed from wich the balls can be pulled. In place of the otherwise usual pictures of sportsmen inside the balls, such as racing cyclists or autopilots of the formula 1, the "champions" of the world of art, such as Cattelan, Beecroft etc. are represented. The room is filled with the rumbling of the engines of racedriving cars.-
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Smile!
videoinstallation screened on 2 helium-filled latexballoons
2005sound composition: Alexis Porfiriadis
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After all tomorrow is another day
12 lightboxes, duratrans
2003This project refers to the general situation of contemporary artists on the Austrian job market. In recent years the promotion of art dissociated more and more from supporting unestablished contemporary art and concentrated on bigger, more prestigious projects, like festivals or opera, because they are financially more promising and more competitive in an international context.
A big part of autonomous art institutions had to restrict or even abandon their work due to lack of funding.
Individual artists are also affected in their possibilities to create and exhibit their works.
Artists may now apply for help at the AMS (labor market service), but for the occupation "artist" the recommended field of work is "stay abroad".
The work After all, tomorrow is another day deals with this problem. 12 illuminated boxes show the artists participating in the project "DISPLAY" holding curricula vitae (name, address, profession...) in their hands and asking for work. It is an ironic criticism of the situation of young artists on the job market.-
50 cents limitation
Mini DV transferred on DVD 4:23 min
2003-
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