2025 # INSTALLATIONS, OBJECTS
May 2025, Bischöfliche Residenz Klagenfurt
In front of the bishop’s residence, a metal cube is planned—an open spatial structure, to be intersected on two sides by 72 colorful PVC cords. Taut like the strings of an abstract musical instrument, they run diagonally and cross in the center. On the path toward the main entrance, a visual score of color unfolds from changing perspectives. The installation will be accompanied by a sound landscape by Austrian composer and jazz musician Wolfgang Puschnig: fragments of two traditional Carinthian songs— “Is schon still uman See” and “Nmav čez izero”—will merge in the center to form a new melody.
The artistic concept emerged from an invited competition. The occasion was the diocesan synod of 1970–72, which, over fifty years ago, set a powerful sign for tolerance, bilingualism, and the equal coexistence of the two ethnic groups in Carinthia. During that time, a coordination committee was established, whose chairmen—Valentin Inzko Sr. and Ernst Waldstein-Wartenberg—committed themselves with visionary strength as bridge-builders for peaceful coexistence. The competition invited artists to develop concepts in bilingual tandems and across various artistic disciplines that would give form to this historic impulse.
The artistic concept emerged from an invited competition. The occasion was the diocesan synod of 1970–72, which, over fifty years ago, set a powerful sign for tolerance, bilingualism, and the equal coexistence of the two ethnic groups in Carinthia. During that time, a coordination committee was established, whose chairmen—Valentin Inzko Sr. and Ernst Waldstein-Wartenberg—committed themselves with visionary strength as bridge-builders for peaceful coexistence. The competition invited artists to develop concepts in bilingual tandems and across various artistic disciplines that would give form to this historic impulse.
In collaboration with Wolfgang Puschnig
Visualization by Bence Pap
Visualization by Bence Pap
