21er Haus opens Gelatin: Hole on view 10 June–29 September 2013.
and friends at the 21er Haus, 2013. © eSeL.at.
Gelatin touched down at the 21er Haus in search of lost form, negative space, and the underside of the surface. This vast titan filled the space with its lightness. Its perfect form was ruined; like some carious tooth, it was bored into and sculpted to create everything else.
Imperceptibly soft, its role was to create the exhibition and it was eaten away in the process. Gelatin ripped pieces out of the giant, rather like the eagle gouging out Prometheus’ liver. Classic materials and research into simplicity resulted in sculptures and vice versa. And all this happened with the help of a confusing mass of skilled actors, many hands giving and taking.
In six days, from 5 to 9 June 2013, Gelatin and their friends created the exhibition on site and before their audience, with musical accompaniment and food and drinks provided. They used the hollows dug out of the vast block as molds for sculptures, which little by little then filled the room. This six-day performance transformed the museum into a cross between a venue, studio, stage, and exhibition space. The exhibition features the sculptures created on site and what remains of their production is on show at the 21er Haus until 29 September.
Gelatin
Wolfgang Gantner
Ali Janka
Florian Reither
Tobias Urban
www.gelitin.net
Collaborators
Honza Bohač (CZ), Günther Bernhart (IT), Guðbrandur Bragason (IS), Cäcilia Brown (AT), Tom Van Camp (BE), Günter Gerdes (DE), Christoph Harringer (AT), Edith Karlson (EE), Kris Lemsalu (EE), Christoph Meier (AT), Martina Nosková (CZ), Michèle Pagel (DE), Anne-Katrin Rossberg (DE), Salvatore Viviano (IT), Ben Washington (GB), Olga Wukounig (AT)
Curator
Agnes Husslein-Arco
21er Haus
Schweizergarten
Arsenalstraße 1
1030 Vienna, Austria
Hours: Wednesday 10am–9pm,
Thursday–Sunday and public
holidays 10am–6pm
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