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object: teapot without a lid and a lamp, exchanged for 7 cents
exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf
exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf, against camera obscura
object: teapot without a lid and a lamp, exchanged for 7 cents
exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf
exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf, against camera obscura
camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss
object: a leather wallet and a silver pendant and chain
object: a human-size wrought iron candle stand, a blue metal milk container, and a printed sheet music of a song called "the song of wolkersdorf" given by a student of the music school
object: a vintage mini playing cards box
object: matryoshka doll (with a few inner dolls missing), a corporate coffee cup, two portions of tea bags, a hand book on insects/bugs and a pair of souvenir Terracotta Army soldiers
object: vintage mini playing cards box and a puppet with a missing head
exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf
object: human size wrought iron candle stand
camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss
camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss, reflected back out with a the mirror
flyers with information about the proposition were dropped in people's mailboxes (also containing the artist's "friendly" face, to soften the unfamiliar interaction)
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object: teapot without a lid and a lamp, exchanged for 7 cents
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exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf
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exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf, against camera obscura
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camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss
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object: a leather wallet and a silver pendant and chain
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object: a human-size wrought iron candle stand, a blue metal milk container, and a printed sheet music of a song called "the song of wolkersdorf" given by a student of the music school
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object: a vintage mini playing cards box
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object: matryoshka doll (with a few inner dolls missing), a corporate coffee cup, two portions of tea bags, a hand book on insects/bugs and a pair of souvenir Terracotta Army soldiers
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object: vintage mini playing cards box and a puppet with a missing head
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exhibition view: various objects sold to the artist in exchange for 7 cents, obtained from the local homes around Schloss Wolkersdorf
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object: human size wrought iron candle stand
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camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss
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camera obscura with the landscape including the homes outside the schloss, reflected back out with a the mirror
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flyers with information about the proposition were dropped in people's mailboxes (also containing the artist's "friendly" face, to soften the unfamiliar interaction)
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Open the window and let the climate come in
Camera obscura projection, assorted objects, aluminium foil
2018
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When the castle of Wolkersdorf exchanged hands in 1986, it was bought by the municipality for a token sum of 1 Austrian Schilling.
By inviting personal possessions belonging to the people living within 5 kilometers of the castle into the premise of the castle, the work observes how the objects transform, subvert and subsequently, reclaim the gallery space.
Open the window and let the climate come in is an attempt at drawing out newer, sub-narratives from within the larger narrative of the castle’s history. Each object on display has been collected from the homes and shops of people surrounding the Wolkersdorf castle in exchange for 7 cents – the amount equivalent to 1 Austrian schilling in present day value.
In the renewed setting and against the backdrop of camera obscura of the scene just outside the gallery’s window, the objects take on new identities – perhaps even becoming artefacts in the process.––
Exhibition view from FLUSS : Marek Gallery, Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria
curated by Harri Laakso and Martin Breind