"encounters" – sound installation at viennacontemporary

sound installation featuring poets of the vienna poetry school

encounters

this sound installation is a contemporary allegory of a gathering place for artists, poets, musicians, inventors, visitors, passengers, et. al. such encounters open doors to new and enriching possibilities for international collaborations and have an impact on all art forms. the visitors of viennacontemporary travel all over the world to explore the latest contemporary art, meeting their contemporaries at different places in various countries. once a year they are gathering here in vienna to see and experience art in the legendary venue of the marx halle. they will enter the art fair through this passage of noises, sounds and voices of poets who have followed the call of the vienna poetry school for more than 25 years. the poetry school offers space for international poets from different genres and traditions to work and create together, to be inspired by and to learn from each other. the art of telling a story, in whichever form – written, visual, acoustic – enlightens the art of living. visitors will be able to listen to those stories and to encounter the poets of the vienna poetry school by walking through an acoustic sculpture.
curated by mia legenstein

publicly accessible during the art fair viennacontemporary 2018: 27 to 30 sept. 2018
(see opening times: www.viennacontemporary.at)

official presentation: 28 september, 3 p.m.
venue: istallation, entrance area marx halle, karl-farkas-gasse 19, 1030 wien

welcome: mia legenstein (viennacontemporary) & fritz ostermayer (sfd)
followed by a tour through the fair (free admission)

mia legenstein works as an artist internationally (music, acoustic poetry, performance, conceptual art), dj, musicologist, teacher at the vienna poetry school (class: acoustic poetry). scientific publication: "der emotionale ausdruck der stimme" ("the emotional expression of the voice") published by akademikerverlag. founder of "sieclelibre", a critical platform for artistic and scientific work in the threshold areas of sound art, performance and language.

a cooperation of viennacontemporary, "klanfarbe wien" and vienna poetry school