Art on the Rooftops of Linz
29. May – 31. October 2009
4020 Linz , Austria
A project for Linz 2009, European Capitel of CultureThe art exhibition OK I HÖHENRAUSCH (Thrill of the Heights) entices visitors up to and over the roofs of Linz. It shows art between the sky and the city, offering an opportunity for a unique experience of Linz. For 150 days it is possible to experience OK I HÖHENRAUSCH, then the heavens above Linz will be closed again. The ascent makes it possible to be “so close to the sky”, as rarely experienced before. Those who undertake this ascent are transformed into the figure of the rooftop wanderer, exploring Linz from an unfamiliar perspective.
The landscape of the course leads over bridges and stairs – from house to house, from roof to roof. The path changes with the constant up and down. Spaces are alternately crossed on the inside and on the outside. Visitors leave the surface of the familiar. In the end they land on the ground of reality, in the streets of the city.
Pierre BISMUTH FR/BE ; Shaun GLADWELL AU ; Inger Lise HANSEN NO ; Ricardo JACINTO PT ; Shih-Yung KU Taiwan ; Georg LINDORFER AT ; Maider LÔPEZ ES ; Mali WU Taiwan ; Paul DeMARINIS US ; Martin MUSIC AT ; Werner PFEFFER AT ; Pipilotti RIST CH ; Roman SIGNER CH ; Serge SPITZER US ; Andreas STRAUSS & FunkFeuer AT ; Fiona TAN Indonesia /NL ; Leonid TISHKOV RU ; Erwin WURM AT
A History of ascensions and crashes: Brigitte FELDERER AT Architecture ATELIER BOW-WOW JP in collaboration with RIEPL RIEPL ARCHITEKTEN AT Curators: Paolo Bianchi & Martin Sturm
all informations: www.hoehenrausch.at
CONTACT OK Offenes Kulturhaus OK Platz 1 4020 Linz Austria +43.732.784178 office@ok-centrum.at http://www.ok-centrum.at
