Exhibition "GESICHTSFELD – mund hand fuss font"
with artworks by ARF ARF (Marcus Bergner,
Michael Buckley, Frank Lovece, Marisa Stirpe),
Nanni Balestrini, Natalie Deewan, Michael Endlicher, Victoria Hindley, Doris Jauk-Hinz, Angelika Kaufmann, Gertrude Moser-Wagner, Harald Plochberger,
Stefanie Wuschitz
Exhibition: 21.3. - 5.4.2012
The exhibition "GESICHTSFELD - mouth, hand, foot, font" at zs art Gallery presents artistic forays with the word. Through a variety of artworks - and the dialogue encouraged between them - multiple positions unfold across media, generations, and countries.
Gesichtsfeld, a word typically used in reference to a optometry examination, refers to an investigation of peripheral vision including the capacity to perceive subliminal flashes of light. It is the individual’s field of vision that is at play in this analogy, and which underpins the exhibitions and symposia of Gesichtsfeld.
The initiators of Gesichtsfeld, Gertrude Moser-Wagner and Doris Jauk-Hinz, present in three exhibitions and literary events in Graz, Vienna, and Milan the visual, literary, and scientific interpretations of two generations of artists using the medium of the word as a sign and as action.
Examples of the neo avant-garde in Austria and Italy as well as newer media formats are represented in the exhibitions. Additionally, readings, panel discussions, lectures, and workshops accompany the Gesichtsfeld project. Collaborating institutions include the Literaturhaus Graz; the Institut für Musikwissenschaft at Karl Franzens University, Graz; the Literaturhaus Vienna;
zs art Gallery, Vienna; and the Foundation MUDIMA Milan.