SHAUN GLADWELL - THRILL OF THE HEIGHTS - OK CENTRE, AUSTRIA
29 May 2009
OK – HÖHENRAUSCH / THRILL OF THE HEIGHTS
Art on the Rooftops of Linz – An Exhibition Across 7 Stations
A Project for LINZ 2009 European Capital of Culture
Exhibition: 29 May to 31 October 2009
Opening: Thursday, 28 Mai 2009, 8:53 pm (sundown)
Curators: Paolo Bianchi & Martin Sturm
Exhibition Architecture: Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo (in collaboration with Riepl Riepl
Architects, Linz)
The art exhibition 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 “Höhenrausch”, then the heaven 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 across seven stations: 1) Stairway to Heaven, 2) Luna Park, 3) Rooftop Bridge, 4) Linz09 Lounge, 5) OK-Lab, 6) Herbal Garden, 7) Attic.
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 street Landstrasse.
OK. Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich
Dametzstr. 30, A-4020 Linz/Austria
ok-centrum.at
Participating Artists:
Atelier Bow-Wow (JP), Auinger Sam (AT/DE), Bismuth Paul (FR/BE), Gladwell Shaun (AU),
DeMarinis Paul (US), Hansen Inger Lise (NO), Jacinto Ricardo (PT), Ku Shih-Yung (Taiwan),
López Maider (ES), Pfeffer Werner (AT), Rist Pipilotti (CH), Signer Roman (CH), Spitzer Serge
(RO/US), Strauss Andreas (AT), Tan Fiona (RI/NL), Tishkov Leonid (RU), Wu Mali (Taiwan),
Wurm Erwin (AT).
Art on the Rooftops of Linz – An Exhibition Across 7 Stations
A Project for LINZ 2009 European Capital of Culture
Exhibition: 29 May to 31 October 2009
Opening: Thursday, 28 Mai 2009, 8:53 pm (sundown)
Curators: Paolo Bianchi & Martin Sturm
Exhibition Architecture: Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo (in collaboration with Riepl Riepl
Architects, Linz)
The art exhibition 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 “Höhenrausch”, then the heaven 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 across seven stations: 1) Stairway to Heaven, 2) Luna Park, 3) Rooftop Bridge, 4) Linz09 Lounge, 5) OK-Lab, 6) Herbal Garden, 7) Attic.
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 street Landstrasse.
OK. Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich
Dametzstr. 30, A-4020 Linz/Austria
ok-centrum.at
Participating Artists:
Atelier Bow-Wow (JP), Auinger Sam (AT/DE), Bismuth Paul (FR/BE), Gladwell Shaun (AU),
DeMarinis Paul (US), Hansen Inger Lise (NO), Jacinto Ricardo (PT), Ku Shih-Yung (Taiwan),
López Maider (ES), Pfeffer Werner (AT), Rist Pipilotti (CH), Signer Roman (CH), Spitzer Serge
(RO/US), Strauss Andreas (AT), Tan Fiona (RI/NL), Tishkov Leonid (RU), Wu Mali (Taiwan),
Wurm Erwin (AT).
