Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010
The 2010 Biennale for Light Art Austria was the first biennial for light art in Austria . Around 60 artists from 21 countries and 4 continents took part.
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The “Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010” was a non-commercial biennial of artistic light projects and the first biennale for light art to be held in Austria. Light artists as well as visual artists from other genres who are experimenting with light for the first time could apply to participate. The motto of the 2010 Biennale was “private light in public spaces”. This biennial took place in Austria in autumn 2010, starting on September 1st. The organizer was Galerie Artpark Linz, advised by Peet Thomsen (USA / Copenhagen / Linz). The artistic selection was made by a jury, the curator was Laura Plana Gracia from Spain.
The Biennale für Lichtkunst Austria 2010 was supported by the cultural departments of the Province of Upper Austria , the Province of Lower Austria , the City of Linz and private sponsors.
The kick-off event for the Light Art Biennale took place on September 1st in Linz. and on September 4, 2010 in Perchtoldsdorf . The Light Art Biennale Austria 2010 ran from the first weekend in September to mid-December 2010, a selection was on view in Innsbruck in November 2010 in the Claudiana Gallery, and the closing event was in Vienna. The venue for the final event was the Area 53 gallery in Vienna-Mariahilf. The Biennale was documented via a blog, a website and a catalog. This was prepared in the form of a folder containing all the information about the individual artists in printed form. This documentation was handed over to the cultural office of Lower Austria in 2011.
More than 50 artists from 4 continents and 21 countries took part. Participants were both established artists on the art market and young talents.
Participating artists (selection)
- Norbert Francis Attard (Malta / DE)
- Carlo Bernardini (IT)
- Juanli Carrión (ES)
- Stanley Casselman (USA)
- Sarawut Chutiwongpeti (Thailand)
- Fabrizio Corneli (IT)
- Barbara Doser (AT)
- Titia Ex (NL)
- Heidulf Gerngross (AT)
- Hofstetter Kurt (AT)
- Hideo Iwasaki (JP)
- Manfred Kielnhofer (AT)
- Manfred Koutek (AT)
- Thorbjørn Lausten (DK)
- Eric Michel (FR)
- Alexandre Murucci (BRA)
- Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia (PH)
- Erwin Redl (AT / USA)
- Peter Sandbichler (AT)
- Martina Schettina (AT)
- Reto Schölly (CH / DE)
- Manabu Shimada (JP / UK)
- Phil Stearns (USA)
- Rob Voerman (NL)
- Patrice Warrener (FR)
- Karina Wellmer-Schnell (DE)
- Mounty RP Zentara (AT)
- Pomodoro Bolzano (= Max D. Well, Christian Wittkowsky, Andreas Müller and Detlef Thomas) (DE)
- Two People one work (= Mounty RP Zentara and Karin Sulimma ) (A)
In addition to the opening exhibitions, several locations in the city of Linz were used both indoors and in public spaces during the Ars Electronica Festival.
Furthermore, the “Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010” was a guest at the contemporary art ruhr CAR 2010 in Essen , World Heritage Zollverein , an official event of the RUHR.2010 Capital of Culture project , as well as at the Berlin Arttower art fair in the brewhouse of the Kindl brewery .
Furthermore, in 2011 a delegation of selected artists represented the Ptuj Biennale for the ART STAYS 2011 international art festival.
outlook
The Biennale für Lichtkunst Austria is to take place every two years in Austria, the next time in 2012. The venues and themes are to alternate.
History: The concept for this biennale was developed by the artists Martina Schettina and Manfred Kielnhofer. Inspired by the light art biennale in neighboring Germany as part of "RUHR.2010", the idea arose to present light art to a wider audience in Austria as well.
Web links
- Official website
- Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010 on aspects of art
- Biennale für Lichtkunst Austria 2010 on austria-lexikon.at, list of artists, photos of works of art
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Weixelbaumer: “Private Light in Public Spaces” ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Opening of the 1st Biennale for Light Art Austria 2010 in the Linz Artpark
- ↑ "Light Art Biennale: International and domestic, shining and blinking." , Oberösterreichische Nachrichten - Kultur, print and online, September 6, 2010 (accessed online on September 6, 2010)
- ↑ Kronen-Zeitung OÖ, Kultur, print edition of September 5, 2010, p. 46
- ^ Report by Dalia Föger in the Kronen Zeitung Tirol, November 6, 2010, page 23
- ^ Catalog CAR Ruhr 2010
- ↑ Catalog of the art fair Berlin Arttower, pages 96–97
