The Sound of Silence
09 Sep - 17 Oct 2007
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
Susi Jirkuff
Katrin Plavcak
Josef Dabernig
Hermann Huber
Constantin Luser
Curator Amer Abbas
Opening: Sunday, Sep 9, 2007, 7 pm
Dates: Sep 9 – Oct 17 2007
Location: First Floor and Factory
One year ago, five Vienna-based artists, Susi Jirkuff, Katrin Plavcak, Josef Dabernig, Hermann Huber and Constantin Luser travelled to Cairo where they faced an urban space that was very different from the cities they knew in the Western world. A complex blending of visual and aural sensations, Cairo is an environment that can be an exceptional experience when read as an artistic discourse.
The remapping of the city through the artists’ perceptions uncovered a mass of small stories behind the mega narratives of the metropolis. Using a variety of techniques they transformed these stories into artistic expressions and in doing so created filtered, individualized visuals of the city, which in turn rendered new understanding of the artists’ identities. The “Sound of Silence” shows these artists reflecting on their surroundings, and doing so in the context of sound disappearing and visual perceptions being left to dominate the mind.
A catalogue of the works will be available throughout the exhibition.
The exhibition is sponsored by:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
Austrian Culture Forum Cairo
Susi Jirkuff
Katrin Plavcak
Josef Dabernig
Hermann Huber
Constantin Luser
Curator Amer Abbas
Opening: Sunday, Sep 9, 2007, 7 pm
Dates: Sep 9 – Oct 17 2007
Location: First Floor and Factory
One year ago, five Vienna-based artists, Susi Jirkuff, Katrin Plavcak, Josef Dabernig, Hermann Huber and Constantin Luser travelled to Cairo where they faced an urban space that was very different from the cities they knew in the Western world. A complex blending of visual and aural sensations, Cairo is an environment that can be an exceptional experience when read as an artistic discourse.
The remapping of the city through the artists’ perceptions uncovered a mass of small stories behind the mega narratives of the metropolis. Using a variety of techniques they transformed these stories into artistic expressions and in doing so created filtered, individualized visuals of the city, which in turn rendered new understanding of the artists’ identities. The “Sound of Silence” shows these artists reflecting on their surroundings, and doing so in the context of sound disappearing and visual perceptions being left to dominate the mind.
A catalogue of the works will be available throughout the exhibition.
The exhibition is sponsored by:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
Austrian Culture Forum Cairo