KUNSTradln in Millstatt

KUNSTradln in Millstatt is an international annual art exhibition in Millstatt am See ( Carinthia ). It takes the form of various art stations all over Millstatt, which are connected by a cycling or hiking route.

Organization and concept

organization

KUNSTradln started in 2018, was repeated in 2019, and will take place regularly in the summer half-year (May to October) in the following years, not least thanks to a long-term subsidy from the European Union ( EAFRD , 2014-2027). The art event is also funded by the Austrian Federal Chancellery (Art and Culture Section), the Land Kärtnen (cultural department) and the City of Millstatt am See , as well as various private sponsors.

Due to the restrictions due to Covid-19 also in the cultural sector, the 3rd edition of the 2020 event could not start in May as usual. The exhibition program now starts on July 10, 2020 and lasts until mid-November 2020.

The initiator and curator of the program is Petra Weissenböck , director of “KUNSTradln Galerie und Café” in Millstatt, where the organizational hub of the entire KUNSTradln is also located. Organizational sponsor is the cultural association "KUNSTradln in Millstatt am See" (chairwoman since 2019 Anette Lang ).

concept

All of Millstatt as an international art space

The exhibition can be seen with stations at different locations in the community of Millstatt am See , which can be walked as a circular route by visitors interested in art or ridden by bike (hence the name "KUNSTradln"). Artists from Austria, Germany , Switzerland , Croatia , Poland , Greece , Sweden , Italy , Spain , Hungary , USA , South Korea , Lebanon and Guatemala were and will be combined in an exhibition concept.

This exhibition concept also combines various existing art and cultural institutions in Millstatt in a joint program. The main ones to be mentioned here are:

the entire former Millstatt Abbey with its various current supporting organizations (Parish Millstatt, Austrian Federal Forests, etc.); as well as with different locations there, such as the collegiate church, cloister , Stiftsmuseum Millstatt , Stiftshöfe, Ordenshaus, Lindenhof etc. (integrated since 2018)
ART SPACE in the Millstatt Abbey (integrated in 2018),
the initiative "Art and Co. Millstatt" (involved since 2018),
the arthouse cinema "Millino" (included 2018-2019)
as well as the galleries (a) "Galerie Lindenhof " (integrated since 2018), (b) "KUNSTradln Galerie und Cafè" (integrated since 2019)
various Millstatt-based artists with their studios (2018-2020)

In addition, the concept opens up a number of new and sometimes unusual places in Millstatt as a presentation option for modern art.

Low-threshold art education

In art museums , art exhibitions and art galleries, access to modern art offers is often characterized by the fact that only an audience that is already interested in and art-related can or wants to participate.

In the project "KUNSTradln in Millstatt" one is low-threshold access to art mediated by the following aspects:

The accessibility is guaranteed over a long period (6 months 2018 & 2019, 4 months 2020 due to Corona).
The visibility in a complex art space encompassing the entire city of Millstatt am See ensures the attention not only of the population, but also of the tourist guests.
The invitation to participate, even for an art audience that has not been defined in advance, also includes people who happen to be passing by (including cyclists) who can and should come into contact with art in this way.
The very name "KUNSTradln in Millstatt" itself signals that it is not about one of the usual channels of established access to modern art, but about new forms and approaches.

Locations and artists

Locations

So far, 39 locations in Millstatt and the neighboring municipality of Obermillstatt have been included in the exhibitions from 2018 to 2020.

Locations on the lakeshore and near the shore

Café-Bistro "KAP 4613" at the lake (2018, 2019); Villa Postillion am See (2018, 2019, 2020); First Carinthian bathhouse (2018, 2019, 2020); Lake promenade (2018, 2019); Kurpark House (2018); Hotel by the lake "Die Forelle" (2018, 2019, 2020); Schlosshotel “Seevilla” (2018, 2019); Villa Verdin (2018).

Locations in the upper city area / in the center of Millstatt

Skallahaus (2018); Café Columbia / Millino Millstatt cinema (2018, 2019); KUNSTradln gallery and café (2019, 2020); Grocery Millstatt (2018, 2019, 2020); Villa complex “Das Millstatt” & Villa Sillerhof (2018); Rathaus-Café in the Millstatt Congress House (2018, 2019); Kur- und Kongresshaus Millstatt (2018, 2019); Millstatt Town Hall (2018, 2019); Hotel Posthof (2019); Seepark-Haus office “Engel & Völkers” (2019); Hotel “Alexanderhof” (2018, 2019, 2020), shop “Lavender pure” (2019); Portrait “High Cross” (2019, 2020); Tobacconist Hildegard (2019); Holiday Apartments & Sculpture Park Györi (2019, 2020).

Locations in the area of the Millstatt Abbey

Lindenhof gallery and branches (in Lindenhof-Klosterstöckl) (2018); Old School Millstatt: Exhibition programs and workshops “Art & Co” (2018, 2019); ART SPACE at Millstatt Abbey: exhibitions “Art Collective (Annual Program)”; "FORUM Kunst contemporary", u. a. (2018); Stiftswiese and Stiftsarkaden courtyard (2018, 2019); Cloister and cloister garden in Millstatt Abbey (2018, 2019, 2020); Abbey Museum and Abbey Garden in Millstatt Abbey (2018, 2019); Former laundry room in Millstatt Abbey (2018, 2019, 2020); KlostergARTen & Alter Theatersaal Millstatt (2018); Millstatt Abbey - Catacombs in the Order Castle (2019, 2020); Millstatt Abbey - former fish hall (2019, 2020), Millstatt Abbey - motto room (2019, 2020), Lindenhof inn and guest garden (2019, 2020); Stiftswiesen Millstatt outside area Aribonenstraße (2020).

Locations in Obermillstatt

Kräuterstube Schlieber (2019), Lammersdorfer Hütte (2019).

Artists and art workshops

The 151 artists exhibited so far as well as the workshops on offer represent various fields of contemporary art . The participating artists come from Austria, Germany , Switzerland , USA , Poland , Croatia , Italy , Hungary , Greece , Spain , Sweden , Lebanon , Egypt , South Korea and Guatemala . They are listed here alphabetically and with the year of appearance: