Esra Gülmen
I WAS I AM
Exhibition
I WAS I AM is the first solo museum exhibition by Esra Gülmen, a Berlin-based artist with roots in Turkey. Her installations make use of various techniques and are characterized by a mixture of contemporary motifs and graphic reduction. By combining the image with a word or the word with an image, the artist brings to life a visual identity that tells of the process of self-discovery, social awareness, materialism and consumer culture. As a witness and observer of the zeitgeist, she draws inspiration from slogans and clichés as much as from her own feelings. I WAS I AM is not only spatially but also thematically structured and functions both referentially and autonomously.
© Michael Maritsch
Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller
Danube:Island
Exhibition
Industrial zone, local recreational area and sensitive ecosystem – the Danube is a reconfigured cultural landscape marked by stark contrasts. The Austrian artists Herwig Turk and Gebhard Sengmüller have chosen this as the starting point for their artistic research: as part of their project Danube: Sediment Shifts in Interstitial Space they have created a complex of works, originally conceived for Vienna, at the interface of art and the natural sciences. These are now being augmented for the exhibition by geographical, ecological and historical aspects of the city of Linz. Using the island as an artistic figure of thought, Turk and Sengmüller combine historical realities – such as the Strasserinsel, which existed in Linz until the 19th century – with current socio-political discourses on the utilisation of the Danube region by means of an artificial island.
Videos, installations, photographs and sculptural objects allow an intensive exploration of the river and its relevance for mankind and the environment. The works shown in the exhibition create a multidimensional, dynamic landscape and interweave different thematic fields into a dense visual narrative.
Danube:Island
Exhibition
Industrial zone, local recreational area and sensitive ecosystem – the Danube is a reconfigured cultural landscape marked by stark contrasts. The Austrian artists Herwig Turk and Gebhard Sengmüller have chosen this as the starting point for their artistic research: as part of their project Danube: Sediment Shifts in Interstitial Space they have created a complex of works, originally conceived for Vienna, at the interface of art and the natural sciences. These are now being augmented for the exhibition by geographical, ecological and historical aspects of the city of Linz. Using the island as an artistic figure of thought, Turk and Sengmüller combine historical realities – such as the Strasserinsel, which existed in Linz until the 19th century – with current socio-political discourses on the utilisation of the Danube region by means of an artificial island.
Videos, installations, photographs and sculptural objects allow an intensive exploration of the river and its relevance for mankind and the environment. The works shown in the exhibition create a multidimensional, dynamic landscape and interweave different thematic fields into a dense visual narrative.
23.2. – 5.5., Lentos
Donau:Insel © Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller
WORTSPIEL – Festival der Musik
Poetry Slam
The WORTSPIEL enters its second round. A festival of music: whether sung, played or danced - music connects us on all levels. The program of the second WORTSPIEL festival on 3 May 2024 from 12:00 to 20:00 in Linz, organized by the Linzer City Ring, shows how multifaceted this field is. A poetry slam will take place at OK Platz from 15:00 to 17:00. Line-up: Laura Hellmich, Markus Haller, Laura Hybner, Mike Hornyik, Katharina Wenty
Poetry Slam
The WORTSPIEL enters its second round. A festival of music: whether sung, played or danced - music connects us on all levels. The program of the second WORTSPIEL festival on 3 May 2024 from 12:00 to 20:00 in Linz, organized by the Linzer City Ring, shows how multifaceted this field is. A poetry slam will take place at OK Platz from 15:00 to 17:00. Line-up: Laura Hellmich, Markus Haller, Laura Hybner, Mike Hornyik, Katharina Wenty
Bloody Breakfast
Special Offer: Bloody Marys along with the screening of ACIDE
Special Offer: Bloody Marys along with the screening of ACIDE
