GLETSCHER
An installativ performance by Klemens Hegen
Performance / Installation
15.06. - 25.06.2024
KLIMA BIENNALE WIEN and
Viktoria - space for artistic research and social design
©Nadine Jochum, Katharina Gramiller
GLETSCHR is a performative requiem that marvels at the beauty and uniqueness of glaciers as a solemn farewell and is based on extensive research.
The work with young performers moves between installation, visual art and performance. It asks who is allowed to speak for whom and how the message changes when it is spoken by those who are really affected. The central objects each recreate a section of a glacier that will disappear this century on a one-to-one scale. Glacier is a collection and preservation of disappearing forms and at the same time a documentation of man-made climate change.
Realization: CHRISTIN VAHL, KLEMENS HEGEN
Concept: KLEMENS HEGEN
Sound: AKI TRAAR
Production assistant: SELIN BARAN
Collaboration: LUKAS KÖTZ
Graphic design: LEVIN STADLER
3D modeling: CRISTIAN ANUTOIU
Glazing: PETRA STAGUHN
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A production by Klemens Hegen with the kind support of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna and the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport, the Kunstverein Wagenhalle eV and the Klima Biennale Wien. The research for the project was made possible by an INITIAL 2 special grant from the Academy of Arts Berlin and supported by the Kunstverein Wagenhalle and voxeljet AG.
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