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| SABINE GROSCHUP invites PAULA SCAMPARINI |
| A cultural dialog thru art between Austria and Brazil Panorama - Exhibition |
| PAULA SCAMPARINI - In The South, Turtles Do Not Age |
| Sand from the Copa Cagrana and plastic The installation, developed for the show together with Austrian artist Sabine Groschup, contrasts the cultures of the two artists by dealing with environmental issues in the so-called South, more specifically in Brazil, one of the artists home countries. The installation's format directly refers to the industrial disaster that occurred in Minas Gerais on 5th November 2015, seriously affecting Rio Doce (Sweet River), one of the 5 main rivers in the country, causing an enormous ecological damage. An iron ore tailings dam built by Samarco Mineração S.A. (a joint venture between English, Australian and Brazilian companies) failed and 62 million m3 of iron waste flooded villages, with toxic brown mudflows polluting the river and making their way to the Atlantic sea. Brazil can still be considered an important supplier of raw material for the global industry, and, unfortunately, the current government (with more emphasis since the presidential impeachment of Dilma Roussef in 2015/16) is leading the country more and more in this direction. Many other dams in Brazil have also been denounced as unsafe and not in accordance with regulations. (Site specific installation) |
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SABINE GROSCHUP - Hanging Soul Garden |
| It is my own Hanging Soul Garden made of memories and important things that accompany my life. Symbolically loaded items mix with simple things, but memories are associated with all
of them, not only my memories. All of the objects are hung from the ceiling by the existing hooks. The tortoise is a key element in my Hanging Soul Garden. Objects from everyday life have been repurposed by me and lent new significance, like cooking spoons I have added little bells to (Prototyp Ostererinnerung), my discarded hairbrushes adorned with pins with colourful heads (Wie Nadelstiche), or a bird-feeding house in which a letter addressed An die Brieftaube is waiting. The feeding station is now a letter box! My Hanging Soul Garden also contains two wisdom teeth in a plastic bag of the kind provided for fluids at airports. These stand for a nightmare. From time to time I dream that all my teeth are falling out, which feels terrible, as if somebody was trying to kill me. Two rusty curling tongs are from the first half of the 20th century and look like torture instruments. These two objects also provide a link to my work at the Technisches Museum Wien. And a flannel from my granny, Olga Wille, hangs from the ceiling. It even bears her name, Wille. (Installation) |
OPENING: THURSDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 2018, 7:00 P.M. |
WELCOME SPEECH: Gue SCHMIDT (projectroomMAG3) ON THE PROJECT: DR. Berthold ECKER (Curator for contemporary art in the Wien Museum) DURATION: 19.10-14.11.2018 OPENING TIMES: TUE - FRI: 5:00-8:00 P.M. |
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