Desires, Struggles, New Identities. Magnificent exhibition @ Kunsthaus Graz.

If we reflect on present and future, on changes and new situations in a rapidly growing global society, nowadays we are bound to be drawn to China. But what are the connections to the Communist past, where are the roots of today’s pictographic language and what connotations arise?

With works by a younger generation of artists living and working in China, the exhibition China Welcomes You … Desires, Struggles, New Identities reflects on the connection between the past and an exploding globalised present that also shows no hesitation to export art.

Artists:
Ai Weiwei, Duan Jianyu, Feng Mengbo, Lu Hao, Xie Nanxing, Xu Zhen, Zhen Gougu and others.

Kunsthaus Graz
Opening: 06.06.2007, 7pm
Duration: 07.06.2007-02.09.2007
Opening hours: Tu-Sun 10am-6pm

Montage Sauvage is great Graz-based visual collective.

Need a proof?

Here:

Link

yesterday was the first day of the open air cinema on the franziskanerplatz……………

marilyn on the big screen was really georgeous, it´s such a great movie
and watching old movies is the best thing to do on a warm tuesday evening……….

it´s every tuesday thursday and saturday during the summer…………………..

TORI AMOS was thrilling graz on wednesday………..

it was such an amazing night, even though it was rainy and cold…….
her voice is just georgeous and with all the light and the atmosphere of the “kasematten bühne”
it was more like a dream, like slipping away in another sphere…..

Styria’s magazine for literature, art and art politics — Sterz — will soon release its 100th issue. And the team and all the readers will frickin’ celebrate it! Congratulations!

Monday, July 2; 5 PM; Orangerie in the Grazer Burggarten.

Link / Sterz

As an accompanying program to the first Can’t-Stop-the-Serenity-Screening in Austria, and the first screening of the movie Serenity in English in Graz there will be some philosophical talks on the 21st of June 2007. In this discussion the organizers want to explore the emancipatory potential of Science-Fiction.

Reassessing Science-Fiction: Dystopia and Utopia, rebellious pathos and perpetuation of reactionary thinking, transgressive body-politics and maintenance of paternalistic gender-concepts.

Lectures by:
- Christian Fuchs (FM4)
- Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom) and Stefan Lutschinger

Where? When? ESC, June 21; 6 PM.

“etwas Höheres” (”something higher”) is a nice photo project by Wolfgang Wildner.

Most of the settings are in and around Graz.

Link

Orhan Kipcak, head of Graz-based company admTM, is editor of the recently published book “VIPA”.

So, what’s VIPA?

Virtual spaces have become a major economical growth factor in many areas. At present, spatial concepts are dominant in the entertainment industry (Gaming Industry, virtual worlds like Second Life, etc.), but also other areas of life are being redesigned through augmented reality and virtual reality (VR) concepts. As a consequence, the design and building of living spaces is no longer restricted to construction processes of the building industry. The aesthetical and conceptional design of these new virtual rooms and spaces will open up new opportunities for work and employment for architects, whose major competence is in the design of rooms and space-based social interactions. In the context of these new possibilities offered by virtual reality, the aim of the VIPA project was to develop curricular tools which expand and enhance education in the field of architecture.

The development of a transnational virtual campus containing an e-learning and research platform for European universities of architecture acting in the field of virtual space design has been the primary objective of the VIPA project. This virtual campus was supposed to be available both for education and training as well as for research in the mentioned area. The publication is a summing up of the objectives, outcomes and the visions after of the project.

book link (German only)
VIPA link (English)

Szeky is walking through town and taking pictures of beautiful architectural details in Graz.

Here is a really beautiful lion (Kinkgasse 5)…

Check out the photostream.

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Ever heard of Gabriel Roth’s The 5 Ryhthms? Or Vinn Marti’s Soul Motion? These dance/movement forms are gaining popularity on the U.S. West Coast. They seem to be really effective ways to explore your inner self, your relationship to others and your connection to the world using movement, dance and music. Ecstatic dance is a way to describe it, but German speakers might find that phrase too sexually oriented. It isn’t sexual at all. Basically, you enter a room with others, music is played, you begin dancing, and a qualified facilitator guides you through the process for about an hour or two.

Well, try it yourself this Friday in Graz. Facilitator Reingard invites everyone to try out her DancEmotion every Friday from 16:30 until 18:00. The location is: Zentrum Terrassenhaussiedlung St. Peter. Call 0676-577-3663. First visit is free!