Big News! Am now in Vienna!

Since a bit over 10 days my stuff is finally here and my life and studio is beginning to take shape. Yes, I have moved back to Vienna, a big decision but also for me a timely one. The logistics of the move has been far more complicated than I anticipated and it is likely to take a bit more time to have sorted out everything necessary. Having said, I have already met quite a few people and am already starting to plan events.

As part of the relocation to Vienna I will not only set up with my practice as an artist and creative producer. I will also take on the role of the custodian of the estate of Claudia P. who was an artist with a short but distinct career in the realms of concrete photography and conceptual art. As a distant relative who also happens to work in the arts it was decided that I should take on this responsibility and look after the archive and what work is still left in possession of the family.

For now though I focus my energies to set up the studio and plan a little opening event for middle of April. This is to mark the transition from one space to another and to welcome the big and exciting changes ahead. Below is a first glance of ‘NeverTheSameRiver’, my studio and showcase space.

The images on the left are from the group exhibition Liquid Now at Kitform in Bristol last November. They show my piece that I titled ‘never the sam river’ and signals to me also a new beginning The following is the text that I wrote about the piece:

To me photographs are like rivers that swell and change with each viewing. Whilst being looked at  they are constantly reconstituting themselves as reflective fragments of past moments within a present context. Harbouring near invisible triggers that wreak havoc with linearity, they liquify time and release a stream of fleeting thoughts and memories within the here and now.The images above are from the group exhibition Liquid Now at Kitform in Bristol last November. They show my piece that I titled ‘never the sam river’ and signals to me also a new beginning The following is the text that I wrote about the piece:

To me photographs are like rivers that swell and change with each viewing. Whilst being looked at  they are constantly reconstituting themselves as reflective fragments of past moments within a present context. Harbouring near invisible triggers that wreak havoc with linearity, they liquify time and release a stream of fleeting thoughts and memories within the here and now.

And last: I have been selected for an artist’s residency at the Salzamt in Linz in Austria this November. My plan for the stay is to engage with the the everyday life of Adalbert Stifter and start creating a new body of photography based work and a moving image.

I also used the time waiting for my removal stuff to come to produce a small publication titled ‘Ordinary Objects’. It shows a small selection of a series of work that I started during my residency in Gmünd in Kärnten where I explored what might distinguish art and non art object. I am afraid with no real conclusion once the premises that art is essential to life was set.