The exhibition curated by Hubert Lobnig in the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich introduces the ironic term 'post-alternative' to address the alternative movement of the 1970s and 80s.

The exhibition pursues the question of what contents from this alternative scene are being addressed by artists today, reused, discussed, reflected upon or criticised; the somewhat pejorative term 'alternative' is subjected to scrutiny.
Wind power as the image of the future in the 1970s, for example, is the starting point for the filmic survey of the reality of life for 'new German citizens' by Barbara Musil and Karolina Szmit, ten years after the country's reunification. Martin Music visited squats and some of their long-term occupants in Rotterdam, capturing their living space on camera, and so allowing visitors to participate in the visions and ideals of the squatters themselves that have, in part, become dogmatic attitudes.

INFO:
Guided tour through the exhibition: 29.10.2009, 6:00 p.m.

>photos of the opening