Katharina Struber

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Katharina Struber in Vienna 2018

Katharina Struber (born April 5, 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian visual artist .

Life

Katharina Struber grew up with her mother Christine Struber and her grandmother. Her mother and her friendships with many artists, including those working in a feminist way, such as Margot Pilz , made her environment artistically and feminist at an early age. From 1991 to 1997 she completed a master's degree in metal object and product design at the University of Design Linz (now the University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz ) in the metal master class with Helmuth Gsöllpointner and in 1995 as part of a scholarship abroad at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . During this time she was already interested in architecture and urban planning. She graduated with honors. As a result, she concentrated on spatial or architecture-related works that she realized with a wide variety of media. Supported by work and artist in residence scholarships, she worked from 1998 to 2008 in Greece, China, Japan and Italy, among others. Since 2012 she has been working as a lecturer in the Department of Drawing and Visual Languages ​​at the Institute for Art and Design at the Technical University of Vienna . She is a member of the artists' association MAERZ , lives and works in Vienna.

Awards and grants

In 1997 she was awarded the Talent Promotion Prize of the Province of Upper Austria , the Culture Prize of the City of Linz and the Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria . In 2007 she was nominated for the Cardinal König Art Prize . In 2011 she was awarded the Gabriele Heidecker Women's Art Prize, which was awarded for the first time .

In 1998 she received a work grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture . Scholarships from the Federal Chancellery Art Section enabled her to work for three months as artist in residence in Rethymno, Greece, and Chengdu in the PR China in 1999, again in Chengdu in 2000 as part of the China / Chengdu - Austria artist exchange, and in the Fujino Federal Atelier in Japan in 2003 Kanagawa Prefecture . Your project Picture the Multitude was funded in 2004 with a working grant from the Federal Chancellery Section Art and in 2006 by the Margret Bilger grant from the State of Upper Austria , Institute for Art and Folk Culture, which supported Upper Austrian artists in the elaboration of longer-term artistic projects supported. The reason for the selection states that the artist knows how to “create a high-quality interface between documentation and art in her results. Through the photographic implementation, she manages to continue the tradition of images with new media and to further develop it in new media ”. In 2008 she received a studio grant in Rome from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture.

Teaching

Katharina Strube deals with space-defining social, historical and political aspects in relation to public space. In lectures and lectures, she addresses issues relating to the culture of remembrance and commemoration and social processes in urban space. In 2001 she gave a series of lectures and workshops on art in public space at the Southwest Jiaotong University (Jiao Tang Da Sue) in Chengdu and in 2006 a guest lecture on sculpture and transmedia space at the University of Art in Linz. In 2008, in the symposium verdeck | show | entbergen, in collaboration with the Institute for Art and Design at the Vienna University of Technology, she presented theoretical approaches and practices for a critical examination of sex work and public space. The symposium accompanied her temporary installation Lipstick Demands . In 2010 she also gave the lecture Common Ground at the Institute for Art and Design . At the conference gray in gray! Aesthetic-political practices of the culture of remembrance 2017 at the Art University Linz on the connections between design, aesthetics and politics in the contemporary culture of remembrance in Europe, she gave the lecture against ingenious commemoration. About the development process of the Waldniel-Hostert Memorial .

Artistic work

Katharina Struber's works deal with urban space . She created temporary and permanent works in public spaces and publicly accessible buildings in Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Linz, Vienna and Waldniel-Hostert. “The space is not used solely for aesthetic installations - rather, the artist penetrates the space and prepares socio-politically relevant topics. [...] regional issues, location reference and historical research are among the foundations for developing your concepts. Gender-specific aspects such as the historical development of the marginalization of women also play an important role ”. "The high quality of her work, the artistic use of diverse media and the socially critical selection of topics and texts (she also deals with questions of feminist art concepts and art reception) make Katharina Struber one of the most interesting contemporary artists."

Since 2003 she has also been working on the series Picture the Multitude , the individual works of which were created in Tokyo, Taipei, Rome, Graz, Vienna and Linz, among others. To do this, she makes video recordings of groups of people moving through public spaces and spaces. The video camera fixed on a tripod scans the rooms in lines. She then selects still images from these recordings, “which she finally reassembles into a large-format image in an elaborate process”.

She uses the same technique in the Common Practice series , whose works artistically take up “cooperative creative processes such as theater and orchestral rehearsals or cooperative sports processes such as the training of a water polo team”. “The interlacing of photographic and filmic techniques creates an aesthetic that is shaped by the passage of time, people and their movements”.

Works in public space

  • 2019: Winning project of the competition burial place and place of remembrance at the Altglienicke cemetery . Draft for the redesign of a burial site as a place of remembrance for the victims from concentration camps and killing centers in the communal cemetery in Altglienicke (implementation end of 2019)
  • 2018: Urn crypt in Sierning
  • 2016 - 2018: Waldniel memorial on the site of the former sanatorium and nursing home Süchteln-Johannistal - Waldniel department , Waldniel - Hostert , today part of the Schwalmtal community , Viersen district on behalf of the Rhineland Regional Council . From September 2016 to April 2018, Katharina Struber and the architect Klaus Gruber worked on the redesign of the memorial. To do this, they relocated the access to the former prison cemetery, which now opens to visitors through a sloping wall that becomes flatter. On the wall are hand-signed metal plates with the names of the victims. Within the area there are three large spherical sculptures, some of which sink into the ground, made of brightly painted cast aluminum with a diameter of up to 180 cm, whose final design with plaster and engraved writing was carried out during an integrative project with the European School Schwalmtal and the Kunsthaus Kannen . The involvement of around 700 participants through the joint signing and design of the spheres opens up a “social aspect of remembering” in the creation process.

  • Overview

  • View of the memorial wall

  • Commemorative plaques with the names of the dead

  • spherical sculptures made of cast aluminum

Altar in the parish church of Pergkirchen
  • 2013: Winning project of the competition Give the dead their names . So far unrealized design for a memorial in memory of the people deported from Austria and murdered in the Maly Trostinez extermination camp .
  • 2011: Wednesday December 28th, 2011 . Café Hummel , from the Picture the Multitude series .
  • 2009: the transcendence of sharing . Design of the chancel and interior of the church at the place of baptism, Parish Church of Pergkirchen , Pergkirchen .
  • 2008: Lipstick Demands . Temporary installation as part of the two-week art festival SOHO in Ottakring , Blumberg Raum für Gestaltung, Vienna, which takes up the appearance of red-light bars with large, red-locked windows and addresses the demands of sex workers for clear legal framework conditions. In cooperation with the Institute for Art and Design at the Technical University of Vienna under the direction of Christine Hohenbüchler , the art project ended with a three-day symposium.
  • 2007: The feast . Art in architecture, new ballroom of the Altmünster vocational school for hospitality . A 20-meter-long work consisting of seven panels, which is composed of eight thousand still images from a video recorded in the ballroom. The school's teachers and trainees were filmed at a five-course dinner. The picture shows “a stretched moment, a table that has been put together from many moments of a long celebration”.
  • 2004: St. Martin quarry . Chamber for workers and employees in Rohrbach in Upper Austria
  • 2003: Parish Church Braunau-St. Francis , together with Ursula Witzany. Interior design of the church, Braunau am Inn
  • 2003: Rauschen und Kapelle , together with Ursula Witzany. Art in architecture, chapel and foyer design spanning two floors, Lenaupark retirement home, Linz
  • 2000: Rosenkubus , together with Ursula Witzany. Art in architecture, design of the inner courtyard of the building complex with a new place of worship for Mary in Schloss Haus near Wartberg ob der Aist . In the center of the inner courtyard, which has been restructured by a green area, there is a 3.50 m × 3.50 m large, accessible glass cube with the historical statue of the Madonna. The glass walls built into a galvanized steel construction are provided with sandblasted drawings of female deities and texts about Mary made by the residents of the psychiatric dormitory. Climbing roses grow inside the cube.
  • 1999: Design of the chancel, Weichstetten, Upper Austria
  • 1998: dance floor . Art in public space, Maissau , Lower Austria. On the Gottfried-von-Eine -Weinwanderweg leading from Maissau to Oberdürnbach, there are dance steps to compositions by the composer painted on asphalt with yellow road marking paint. In addition, Katharina Struber furnished the path with tables and benches. The sequence of steps within the individual floor ornaments not only results in the respective dance, but also a sequence of letters inspired by religious confessions, requests and blessings. “Walzer” is a five-meter-long ribbon along the path with the letters “Mein Leib”, followed by the transverse ribbons “Polka” with “Scham und Glückseligkeit” and “Neubayrischer” with “Bewahren Vergessen”. The circular “Scottish Hopser” with “Other Heavens - Foreign Hell” concludes at a crossroads.

Several of her works are in public collections as a result of purchases, such as the Bibliothek des Schweigens and Pluscity December 20, 2004 (purchased in 1998 and 2009 by the City of Linz), the graphic St. Peter , 24 Hours Shibuya and another work (purchased in 2000 , 2004 and 2010 by the Province of Upper Austria), May 1999 (purchased in 2001 by the City of Vienna), 24 hours Shibuya (purchased in 2003 by the Federal Chancellery Department of Photography, Photo Collection Rupertinum) and UPC Kinowelt Sat.18. December 2003 (acquisition in 2005 by the Federal Chancellery Department of Fine Arts).

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019: RSO - VIENNA . Funkhaus Vienna
  • 2017: Dense atmospheres . Large-format photo works and room installations, Atterseehalle, as part of the “Perspektiven 2017” art festival, Attersee am Attersee
  • 2017: Art project for the Waldniel Memorial. Kunsthaus Kannen , Münster
  • 2016: Wed. May 8, 2014 Musiktheater Linz Fuckhead Performance . Linz Music Theater
  • 2014: Me and the others. Showcase for Collection VI . Joint exhibition, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
  • 2013: high dose. Research on photography today . Group exhibition, Fotohof , Salzburg
  • 2010: We live and work in Vienna. Brighten the corners . Joint exhibition, Gallery Area 53, Vienna
  • 2010: Stop Motion . Joint exhibition, Paradigma Art Association, Linz
  • 2009: Common History and Its Private Stories. History and stories . Joint exhibition , MUSA Museum Startgalerie Artothek Vienna
  • 2009: Looped Vittorio . Joint exhibition, Moers Castle , Moers
  • 2009: Lipstick Demands . As part of the "Rebellinnen Linz 09" project, Linz
  • 2008: Paths / Travel . Joint exhibition, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
  • 2008: scene: austria - be on the move . Joint exhibition, Kunstraum Düsseldorf ,
  • 2007: Picture the Multitude . As part of Print - International Graphic Triennial Krakow - Oldenburg - Vienna
  • 2007: Acquisitions by the City of Linz . Joint exhibition, City Museum Nordico of the City of Linz
  • 2007: Destination By-Pass . Joint exhibition, Festival of the Regions , Kirchdorf an der Krems , Upper Austria
  • 2006: Austrian art in the Berlaymont building . Group exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2002: I believe in miracles . Room video installation by Katharina Struber and Ursula Witzany as part of DIALOG 4: How big is the world / How big is the world . Joint exhibition, OK Open House of Culture Upper Austria , Linz
  • 2000: All jewelry . Joint exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
  • 1999: Basistage Linz . Joint exhibition, MAERZ Gallery, Linz
  • 1998: hair of the dog . offspace, Vienna
  • 1998: Gothic in contemporary art . Joint exhibition, Landesgalerie Linz at the Upper Austrian State Museum
  • 1998: Hybrid Factory . Joint exhibition, Alte Lederfabrik Linz, OK Open House of Culture Upper Austria, Linz
  • 1998: City dreams . Joint exhibition, Szombathely Art Gallery, Hungary
  • 1998: perimeter . Joint exhibition, art in public space, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lower Austria
  • 1998: Archive X . Joint exhibition, OK Open House of Culture Upper Austria, Linz
  • 1996: U.topos - The golden age . Room installation, OK Open House of Culture Upper Austria, Linz
  • 1994: Network Europe . Group exhibition, Landesgalerie Linz at the Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz

Publications (selection)

  • Klaus Gruber, Katharina Struber: Memories are created together: the redesign of the Waldniel-Hostert memorial . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3854768333 .
  • Klaus Gruber, Katharina Struber: A way to give the dead their names. Draft for a memorial in memory of those deported from Austria and murdered in Maly Trostinec . In: Places of Remembrance in Motion: On the Reorganization of Remembrance in Places of National Socialist Crimes . Daniela Allmeier, Inge Manka, Peter Mörtenböck, Rudolf Scheuvens (eds.), Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3059-6 , pp.  167–178
  • Katharina Struber: U.topos. The golden age . Catalog for the exhibition of the same name. Series of publications OK Offenes Kulturhaus Volume 19, Offenes Kulturhaus des Landes Oberösterreich (publisher), Linz 1996, ISBN 3-85307-009-4 .
  • Network Europe . Catalog for the joint exhibition of the same name. Helmuth Gsöllpointner (Ed.), 1994, p. 215

Web links

Commons : Katharina Struber  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Database on the history of Lower Austria, Lower Austrian museums: Katharina Struber . Retrieved June 4, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d e Petra Unger: Atelier Katharina Struber . In: Just keep going over the belt. Handout 3 . City of Vienna Municipal Department 21 A, district planning and land use. Vienna 2012, p. 4. Retrieved on June 3, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Website Katharina Struber: Vita . Accessed May 31, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c The art collection of the province of Upper Austria: Katharina Struber . Retrieved June 4, 2018
  5. ^ Kardinal-König-Kunstfonds: Exhibition on the Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis . Retrieved June 7, 2018
  6. ↑ a b c d e Eva Schobesberger: Prize winner 2011 . In: The Greens - The Green Alternative - Linz, May 27, 2013. Accessed June 8, 2018
  7. ^ Province of Upper Austria: State correspondence No. 15 of January 18, 2006 . Retrieved June 4, 2018
  8. ↑ H-Soz-Kult : gray in gray. Aesthetic-Political Practices of the Culture of Remembrance from October 12, 2017. Accessed June 30, 2018
  9. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Portfolio 2016 , pp. 21–39. Retrieved June 13, 2018
  10. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Picture the Multitude . Retrieved June 27, 2018
  11. ^ A b c Upper Austrian State Museum: Katharina Struber - Performance . Retrieved June 20, 2018
  12. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Picture the Multitude. Common practice . Retrieved June 27, 2018
  13. ↑ Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing Berlin: Competition "Burial place and place of remembrance in the Altglienicke cemetery" decided on March 26, 2019. Accessed on August 10, 2019
  14. ↑ Elisabeth Leitner: held in God's hand . In: KirchenZeitung der Diözese Linz, issue 44/2018 of October 30, 2018. Accessed on May 31, 2018
  15. ↑ Waldniel Memorial: struber_gruber . Accessed May 31, 2018
  16. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten: Design of a memorial from June 21, 2017. Retrieved on May 31, 2018
  17. ↑ Klaus Gruber, Katharina Struber: A way to give the dead their names. Draft for a memorial in memory of those deported from Austria and murdered in Maly Trostinec . In: Places of Remembrance in Motion: On the Reorganization of Remembrance in Places of National Socialist Crimes . Daniela Allmeier, Inge Manka, Peter Mörtenböck, Rudolf Scheuvens (eds.), Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3059-6 , pp.  167–178
  18. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Portfolio 2016 , pp. 5–6. Retrieved June 13, 2018
  19. ↑ Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 Café Hummel Vienna Internet page "The Path of History" with a picture from the art project
  20. ↑ Thomas Kramar: "Not schiach": The Café Hummel on the outskirts . In: Die Presse from September 25, 2012. Accessed June 14, 2018
  21. ↑ a b Art Department - Diocesan Conservatory Linz: Further Education Church Care 2011 . Retrieved June 7, 2018
  22. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Portfolio 2016 , pp. 10–11. Retrieved June 13, 2018
  23. ↑ diestandard.at: "Lipstick Demands" of July 7, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2018
  24. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Portfolio 2016 , pp. 16-18. Retrieved June 7, 2018
  25. ^ Afo Architecture Forum Upper Austria: ArchitekTOUREN - St. Franziskus, Braunau . Retrieved June 7, 2018
  26. ^ Website Katharina Struber: Portfolio 2016 , pp. 19-20. Retrieved June 7, 2018
  27. ^ " Gedächtnis des Landes" - history database of Lower Austria of the Museum Niederösterreich : Maissau - "Tanzboden", project for the Gottfried-von-Eine-Weinwanderweg from Maissau to Oberdürnbach (1997 to 1999) . Source: S. Neuburger. In: Published Art - Art in Public Space 5, Catalog of the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, New Series No. 418a, 2000. Accessed June 7, 2018
  28. ↑ kunstmarkt.com: Katharina Struber in Vienna . Retrieved June 20, 2018
  29. ↑ Perspektiven Attersee: Atterseehalle - summer exhibition Katharina Struber . Retrieved June 7, 2018
  30. ^ Kunsthaus Kannen: An art project on the Waldniel / Mönchengladbach memorial . Retrieved June 7, 2018
  31. ^ Museum der Moderne Salzburg: Me and the others. Showcase for Collection VI . Retrieved June 20, 2018
  32. ↑ MUSA Museum Start Gallery Artothek: Common History and Its Private Stories  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 14, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.musa.at  
  33. ↑ Almuth Spiegler: Lolling in a comforting art without limits . In Die Presse online on April 3, 2002. Accessed June 29, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Struber, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5th 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna