2008 is going!
it goes from Hallein/Austria via Slowenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova
Ukraine/Crimea to Georgia. Exhibitions will be shown on eastern
Crimea in mid August, and in Georgia around 10th of September. A final exhibition of Klaus Mähring's Photoworks will be shown in the Bar/Gallery Podium in December 2008.
27.6. - 30.6.08, Brasov, Romania
Bellevue Residence, Brasov
On The Streets of Brasov
Dacias in Brasov
22.6. - 27.6.08, On The Road in Romania
Carpathians
This week, On The Road Productions was very much like in the last years: Loooking for places far away from civilisation, driving, driving. As usually, Romania stunned us with landscapes and friendliness.
Routine on the Road
Our Home Cinema
16.6. - 21.6.08, at Art Klinika in Novi Sad, Serbia
In Novi Sad we were happy to be welcome by Art Klinika. They let me put up my darkroom in their mini-gallery called 'Shock Room'. Enjoying their hospitality, we had a very productive time, alternating between lab-work (that became a kind of performance even shown on Serbian TV), and being taken out in the evenings. I did another 'In Situ'-photography, a two minute-exposure of the team that runs the place, and developed and printed it on the spot, leaving it to Art Klinika as a 'Unikat'.
My Darkroom in the Shock Room
Making Of: Art Klinika, 2-Minutes-Portrait
Art Klinika, 2-Minutes-Portrait
8.6. - 15.6.08, Sarajevo/Bosnia
Sarajevo and the rest of Bosnia-Herzegovina would fill a whole book, and I guess there are actually quite some. Trying to find 'points of interest', I got lost in the maze of war, religion, agression and rain. So maybe better just look at the photos. The title is the name that most of the people we met here give to that place: Mordor... here are the photos
3.6. - 7.6.08, Metelkova/Ljubljana
Metelkova
We spent a few days in Ljubjana's famous squat, Metelkova (>link to Metelkova's page in English). The place came into existence about 15 years ago, and after long struggles with the city, it now has a legal status. Metelkova houses ateliers, clubs, a gallery, and from thursday to saturday, it is the hangout for the young and grungy.
Interesting enough, just around the corner, another squat opened, Tovarna Rog (>link to Tovarna Rog page in Slowenian); but it was never ment to be a squat. When having a positive feedback from the city, the organisers, a group of landscape architects, sociologists and other serious minds, called for the opening of the former bicycle factory. Their idea was to make open ateliers, that are absolutely freely accessible (that means no private property, everything is common), but on the day before the opening, the city decided to change its mind, and didn't sign the well prepared contracts. What to do? For sure, the people moved in anyways, but from then on, they had to fight aginst being thrown out. Also the original idea suffered from the lack of possible infrastructure (no sewage, no electricity), and Tovarna Rog became more a home for junkies and alike, then the imagined playground. Nowadays, the situation is kind of balanced; Tovarna Rog is opened mostly for concerts and events, whilst during the day it seems dead empty.
Tovarna Rog during the day
During our stay in Metelkova, I held a small photoworkshop to demonstrate how easy it is to take a picture and develope it. The outcome is a b/w print on a piece of wood, that underlines the strenghts of material.
Thanks to Bojana for her nice Holga pictures!
at the bus, at the workshop
the outcome
20.5. - 31.5.08, Hallein/Austria, Project ITTTT Happyness
sorry, it's all in German
Glück kann nicht vermittelt sondern nur erfahren werden. Die Schmiede Hallein beauftragt KünstlerInnen des Schmiede-Netzwerk (SmithNetwork) mit Projekten zum Thema „Glück?“. Sie laden das Publikum vor Ort ein, um gemeinsam das Glück zu finden.
Glücksparcours: Roter Teppich – Schwarzes Loch – Evaluation (22. - 30.Mai)
Auf dem Glücksparcours wird das Publikum zum Akteur, kann über den Glücksparcours schreiten und Glück in mehrfachen Facetten erfahren. Das Publikum wird fotografiert, isoliert und befragt. Das gesammelte Material bildet die Grundlage für das Perner Blütenfesten. Der Glücksparcours ist mobil
mehr Infos:
ITTTT on maptales
ITTTT blog on schmiede.ca
ITTTT in Herrn Schobel's page
people on the Glücksparcours:
and the Glückritters
and my one picture, The Parcours
thanks and respect to:
# Neue Heimatfim, Claudia Rohrmoser und Herr Schobel
# institut typotektonik, Mag. Walter Steinacher, Anne Raveling
# Plankton, Michi Hackl und Barbara Connert
# and the famous Schmiede