Exhibition, lecture,and discussion.

Performance, Exhibition, Lecture and Talk as part of the Performance series: m e a n w h i l e ...

DO 25 02 2016 –6:30pm

Exhibition duration: FR 26 02 2016 –SA 05 03 2016

Concept: Marlies Surtmann

Artists: Iris Dittler, Bettina Kattinger, Ana Mendes, Andrej Polukord, Sööt/Zeyringer

Performance with Ana Mendes

Lecture by Pascale Grau

Discussion round with Pascale Grau, Olivia Jaques (moderation), Sabine Marte, Romy Rüegger,and Angela Strohberger

Workshop with Iris Dittler: MO29.02.2016 5:00-7:00pm

The question of the possibilities to archive and document performance informs the thematic framework of this evening. The Kunstraum Niederoesterreich is planning an archive for performance art. Besides practical considerations, there are the issues of the transmission and translation of the medium and the adequacy of different forms of documentation: What is our motivation to lend a fragile duration to a medium whose most important quality is the brief presence in the moment it happens?

Also the artistic works of this evening and the exhibition address the relationship between action and document.