Rotor (Art Association)
| Rotor - Center for Contemporary Art (<rotor>) |
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| legal form |
Association ( ZVR : 356734597) |
| founding | 1999 |
| founder | Margarethe Makovec, Anton Lederer |
| Seat | Graz |
| purpose | Art Association |
| Chair | Anton Lederer |
| Website | rotor.mur.at |
The art association Rotor - Center for Contemporary Art (spelling <rotor> ) was founded in 1999 in Graz by curators Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer . The focus of the association is on contemporary art that deals with social, sociopolitical, ecological and economic issues.
Focus
Makovec and Lederer curate theme-related, non-commercial exhibitions both in the Rotor premises in Graz and as part of cultural festivals such as B. at the Wiener Festwochen or steirischer herbst , and in public spaces . In the context of themed exhibitions and projects, the art association Rotor repeatedly awards work orders to artists.
One of the main focuses of the Rotor Art Association is contemporary art in Central and Southeastern Europe . In exchange with partner institutions in these countries, the art association has already participated in several EU projects as a participant or coordinator. Rotor also handles artistic exchange and artist-in-residence programs in Central and Southeastern Europe for the Republic of Austria .
Since the relocation of the exhibition rooms to the culturally mixed Lend district of Graz in 2007, the art association Rotor has also been increasingly involved in local cultural mediation and in networking local artists, for example in the neighborhood project "Annenviertel" and in the CRK + association together with the camera Austria and Grazer Kunstverein .
The art association Rotor has received several awards for its activities.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2013 Measures to save the world : exhibition series in five parts, with the participation of Lucia Dellefant , Christian Eisenberger , Tue Greenfort , Marjetica Potrc , Ivan Moudov and many others
- 2015 Blind Spots : Group exhibition as part of the OFF-Biennále Budapest , with the participation of Ovidiu Anton, Lörinc Borsos, Anna Witt and Hannes Zebedin
- 2016 House of Open Gates : Art intervention as part of the "steirischer herbst"
- 2018 Archipelago. Islands of unpredictable thinking : group exhibition as part of the “Into the City” series of the Wiener Festwochen, with the participation of Iris Andraschek , Hubert Lobnig , Lisl Ponger , Marlene Hausegger, Aldo Giannotti and many others
- 2018–2019 Guerilla of Enlightenment : Exhibition series in four parts, with the participation of Amoako Boafo , Manaf Halbouni and many others.
- 2019-2020 Alphabet of the anarchist amateur : artistic positions on Herbert Müller-Guttenbrunn , with the participation of GRAM , Delaine Le Bas , Damian Le Bas , The Blue Noses Group , Mladen Stilinović , Arne Rautenberg and many others.
Art in public space
- 2003 Real * Utopia : 15 works of art in the Graz district of Gries , realized as part of Graz 2003 - European Capital of Culture
- 2009–2011 "Annenviertel! The Art of Urban Action", realized in cooperation with the Graz City Building Department, steirischer herbst and many other project partners.
Projects in cooperation with the Institute for Art in Public Spaces Styria and the Styrian umbrella organization for open youth work:
- 2008–2010 dial tone
- 2014–2015 Nice Places
- 2016–2017 what's up
Projects (selection)
EU projects
Rotor was the coordinator of the following projects within the framework of the “Culture” program of the then General Directorate Education and Culture of the European Union :
- 2007–2009 Land of Human Rights . Project partners included riesa efau - Motorenhalle (Dresden), Trafó Gallery Budapest, Galerija Škuc (Ljubljana), g - mk - Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic (Zagreb)
- 2009–2011 The Art of Urban Intervention / The Art of Urban Action Project partners included the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem , BLOK - Local Base for Cultural Refreshment (Zagreb), The Blue House Foundation (Amsterdam), the Institute of Contemporary Art (Sofia) and NABA - New Academy of Fine Arts (Milan).
Rotor is the Austrian partner in the following project, which is managed by the Kunsthalle Bratislava and the Slovak National Gallery in the Creative Europe program of the European Union :
- 2019-2021 Eastern Sugar
Artist-in-residence and exchange programs
On behalf of the Culture Section of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs , the Art Association Rotor has managed and implemented the following exchange programs:
- 2011–2013: Black Sea Calling in cooperation with 15 partner institutions in the Black Sea region and in Austria
- 2014–2016: Western Balkans Calling in cooperation with 12 partner institutions in the Balkans and Austria
- 2018–2019: Central & East Europe Calling in cooperation with 14 partner institutions in Central & Eastern Europe and Austria
Bilateral cooperation
The following projects were developed on behalf of the former Federal Chancellery (art and culture) :
- 2016–2017: Kulturno Prijateljstvo / Cultural Friendship Bosna i Hercegovina / Austria in cooperation with curators in Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Trebinje (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- 2019 I Do Not Feel Free to Do What I Want in cooperation with the Kharkiv Municipal Gallery (Ukraine)
Prizes & awards
- 2002 Austrian award for cross-border cultural work
- 2010 Hanns Koren Culture Prize of the State of Styria
- 2011 Bank Austria Art Prize - International category
- 2017 Outstanding Artist Award from the Austrian Federal Chancellery in the "Innovative Cultural Work" category
Publications (selection)
- Margarethe Makovec, Anton Lederer (ed.): House of open gates. <rotor>, Graz 2019.
- Judith Laister, Margarethe Makovec, Anton Lederer (Eds.): The Art of Urban Action / The Art of Urban Intervention. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-702-0 .
- Florian Arlt, Margarethe Makovec, Anton Lederer (eds.): Freizeichen. Artistic interventions in the context of youthful living environments. Archive of Youth Cultures Verlag, Graz 2012, ISBN 978-3-943774-08-5 .
- Laila Huber, Judith Laister, Anton Lederer, Margarethe Makovec, Oliver Ressler (eds.): Land of Human Rights. Reader. Revolver Publishing, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86895-029-8 .
Web links
- Official website
- Website of the EU project Land of Human Rights
- Website of the call “Central & East Europe Calling”
Individual evidence
- ↑ Margit Kothgasser Vutuc: rotor. Focus on political and socially critical art from Southeast Europe. Thesis . Graz March 2012, p. 14 .
- ↑ website of the Association CRK +
- ↑ Entry in the program archive of the art festival “steirischer herbst” , accessed on April 16, 2020.
- ↑ Interview with Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer in the magazine Info Europa , of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe , issue 1/2020, p. 9 ff. ( View.joomag.com ), accessed on April 16, 2020.
- ^ Website of the call , accessed April 15, 2020.
- ^ Website of the call , accessed April 15, 2020.
- ^ Website of the call , accessed April 15, 2020.
- ↑ Cross-border cultural work recognized by rotor and Schiele Art Centrum. In: The Standard. October 7, 2002 ( derstandard.at ).
- ↑ Bank Austria Art Prize for “Sprachsalz”, “rotor” and “Lakeside”. In: The Standard. February 24, 2012 ( derstandard.at ).
- ↑ List of the winners of the “Outstanding Artist Awards” on the website of the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport, accessed on April 15, 2020.