steirischer herbst '22

An open book with a two-page spread. The left page shows a photograph of a large corkboard covered in a collage of pinned images, including portraits, landscapes, and architectural photos. The right page is a table of contents, listing chapters and artists for an exhibition.

A top-down shot of a two-page spread from a publication. The left page features a table of contents in black text on a white background. The right page displays a full-page photograph of a corkboard filled with a dense collage of pinned-up historical photos, art reproductions, and small documents. The board sits atop a piece of dark, carved wood furniture.

An exhibition layout for Mykola Ridnyi's artwork Temerari. On the left is a black catalog page with descriptive text and a still image from the video. On the right is an installation view showing a video playing on a wall-mounted monitor above a black table displaying a series of related documents and prints.

A publication spread featuring Mykola Ridnyi's artwork, Seacoast (2008). On the left, there is descriptive text and a video still of a beach scene where jellyfish are scattered on the shore and floating in the air. On the right, a photograph shows the video projected onto the wall of an elegant room with an ornate ceiling and a staircase in the foreground.

A two-page catalog spread for the artwork Lost Memories of the Woman in White by Friederike Anders. The left page has descriptive text. The right page shows a grid of nine stills from the video, featuring a collage of different women in white clothing, title cards, and subtitles from various film and TV sources.

A two-page spread from a book or catalogue. The left page shows a photograph of a golden sculpture of two conjoined figures with a dark eagle on their shoulders, displayed in a gallery next to a large, colorful painting of a landscape. The right page features an article titled Styrian Traces Contradictory Aspects of a Historical Self-Image by Günther Holler-Schuster.

A still from Aslan Goisum's video Volga, presented as a book spread. The image on the right shows a large group of people in dark coats gathering in a wide, grassy field under an overcast sky. They are crowding around a small, vintage white car with its doors open, while others walk towards it from the background against a backdrop of misty hills. The left page contains descriptive text.

A two-page spread from an exhibition catalog. The right page shows a photograph of a large, weathered plaster bust of Archduke Johann of Austria, displayed in a dark gallery. The bust is spotlit from above, highlighting a distinct bullet hole in its forehead, and rests on a polished wooden floor. The left page contains text describing the bust and the historical context of its damage.

A two-page book spread about the 1971 artwork Open Form—Game on an Actress’s Face by KwieKulik. On the left is descriptive text. On the right is a grid of six film stills showing a woman's face in distress. The sequence shows her head being covered in a paper-like material which is then cut open. In the final image, her eyes are covered with yellow material and several colored sticks are stuck into her nose and cheeks.

A page from an art catalog featuring Flaka Haliti's sculpture, Whose Bones?. The right side shows the sculpture in a gallery with red walls: a large, white, skeletal figure of a four-legged predator in a low, stalking pose. A smooth, stylized white form covers its head, back, and feet, while its metallic ribcage and leg bones are exposed. The left side of the page contains descriptive text about the artwork.

steirischer herbst '22

A War in the Distance (Catalogue)

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Edited by: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff , Christoph Platz

February 2023, 320 Pages, 160 Photos

Hardcover

238mm x 288mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5476-7

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| War and Art, then and now

The exhibition A War in the Distance, the central project of the 2022 edition of steirischer herbst festival, took place at Neue Galerie Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum and invited visitors to engage with historical and contemporary works directly or indirectly about wars past and present. Confronting lesser-known 19th- and 20th-century paintings from Neue Galerie Graz's collection with works made by artists today, it uncovered hidden stories from the uncomfortable past. This richly illustrated publication documents this exhibition as well its surrounding festival program. Throughout, Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine was ever present, like a filter, impossible to erase or forget.

Every year for a month, STEIRISCHER HERBST, one of the oldest interdisciplinary festivals of contemporary art in Europe, turns the city of Graz and the province of Styria in Austria into a parcours of installative and performative works. Since 1968, the festival has offered a platform for public debates, critical positions, and dialogues between the arts.

EXHIBITION
steirischer herbst
September 22, 2022 - October 16, 2022