December 1, 2009 - January 23, 2010

VIDEORAMA: ABSURDITY, SUBVERSION, AND FORM IN AUSTRIAN VIDEO ART

Austrian Cultural Forum New York

ARTISTS
Renate BERTLMANN, BitteBitteJaJa (Ulu BRAUN / Roland RAUSCHMEIER), Paul DIVJAK, Thomas DRASCHAN, Tomas ELLER, Anna JERMOLAEWA, Nicolas JASMIN, Leopold KESSLER, Stephan LUGBAUER, Rudolf POLANSZKY, Gerwald ROCKENSCHAUB, Hubert SIELECKI, Erwin WURM

Exhibition Design by Balam BARTOLOMÉ

Press Release

Wall Text

Artists' Biographies

Images

1 Renate Bertlmann
still from Shortcuts – D 29-X, 2002
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist, Music: Curd Duca

2 BitteBitteJaJa
still from Cadavres Exquis Vivants – Erasmus von Rotterdam, 2009
Courtesy of the Artists
© the artists

3 Paul Divjak
still from Sonnenland, 2000
Courtesy of the Artist, Distribution & Sales: sixpackfilm
© the artist

4 Thomas Draschan
stills from Heroes, 2004
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist

5 Tomas Eller
still from Electricnight, 2002
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist

6 Nicolas Jasmin
still from Breaker, 2002
Courtesy of Sammlung Myung-il Song, Wien
© the artist

6 Nicolas Jasmin
still from Male Trouble (fear of fear), 2002
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist

7 Anna Jermolaewa
still from The Way Up, 2008
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist

8 Leopold Kessler
still from Privatisiert/Paris, 2003
Courtesy of Gallery Andreas Huber, Vienna
© the artist

9 Stephan Lugbauer
production still from Evoluciones, 2007
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist

10 Rudolf Polanszky
still from Der musikalische Affe II. Gedächtnis und Musik, Wiener Fassung, 2006
Courtesy of Gallery Konzett, Vienna and Graz
© the artist

11 Gerwald Rockenschaub
still from Untitled, 2001
Courtesy of Gallery Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
© the artist

12 Hubert Sielecki
still from Buchfabrik, 2008
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist / VBK, Vienna, 2009

13 Erwin Wurm
still from Adelphi Sculptures, 1999
Courtesy of the Artist
© the artist / VBK, Vienna, 2009

Credits

The Austrian Cultural Forum New York and Kunsthalle Wien in cooperation with the Ursula Blickle Foundation (Germany).

Curators: Gerald Matt, Andreas Stadler, and Angela Stief
Exhibition Coordination: Elisabeth Haider
Exhibition Assistance: Natascha Boojar, Anne Marie Butler, Fiona Eltz, Anna Gruessinger, Maria Simma

With generous support from Austrian Airlines and Botstiber Foundation.

Supporting institutions of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York: AKG Acoustics GmbH, Austrian Airlines, Botstiber Foundation, RZB Finance, The Austrian Wines, Zumtobel Staff.

Special thanks to International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP).

Tue ‒ Thu: 09am ‒ 07pm
Fri ‒ Mon: 09am ‒ 05pm

Adults: $25
Children & Students free

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