Installation on the rooftop by ERWIN WURM
Hotel Daniel Vienna – Urban stay
Landstraßer Gürtel 5
1030 Vienna
Month: January 2013
Ueber elaborated kitsch
The ‘Kaufhaus Schiepek’ is a household name in Vienna, when it comes to jewelry, bags, interiors and decorations. You can find there everything, ranging from elaborated design to super kitsch. And yes, there is an online shop: Kaufhaus Schiepek.
Kaufhaus Schiepek
Teinfaltstraße 3
1010 Wien
Ball Clock
Ball clock (brass), George Nelson 1948/60, Euro 305,-
prodomoWindows
Naglergasse 29, 1010 Wien
www.prodomowindows.at
Sloping Glass
prodomoWindows
Naglergasse 29, 1010 Wien
www.prodomowindows.at
Chair One
Chair One, Magis – K. Grcic, from 426,- Euro
prodomoWindows
Naglergasse 29, 1010 Wien
www.prodomowindows.at
Winter sports in Vienna
You love winter sports? You think, there is no chance to treat yourself to these joys in Vienna? Maybe I can change your mind …
Skiing within the city borders of Vienna? No problem, check out the so-called “Hohe Wand” (14th district) or the “Dollwiese” (13th district).
If your are more into cross-country skiing, you can pay a visit ot these eight tracks, which are all accessible by public transport:
Prater Hauptallee (8 km)
Wienerberg (2,5 km)
Steinhofgründe (3,5 km)
Schwarzenbergpark (4 km)
Cobenzl (4 km)
Donauinsel (10 respectively 12 km)
Pappelteich in the Maurerwald (4,5 km)
In these 15 parks you can find hills and slopes, that are suitable for sledding:
Prater-Jesuitenwiese (Snowmaking system and floodlight)
Stadtpark/Kinderpark
Schweizergarten
Alois-Drasche-Park
Einsiedlerpark
Alfred-Grünwald-Park
Arne-Carlsson-Park
Kurpark Oberlaa/in the middle of the park
Luise-Montag-Park
An den Eisteichen opposite number 22
Roter Berg
Pötzleinsdorfer Schloßpark
Floridsdorfer Wasserpark/An der Oberen Alten Donau opposite number 23
Donaupark/Kaffeehaushügel
Fridtjof-Nansen-Park
Whether in- or outside, ice-skating makes a great deal of fun. At the ice rink Engelmann (on a rooftop) and the Wilhelminenberg you can enjoy a fabulous view on the city. Others:
Albert-Schultz Eishalle (district 22)
Sportanlage Windtenstraße (Eisring Süd) (10)
Ice-skating in the Alois-Drasche-Park (4)
Wiener Eistraum (1)
Wiener Stadthalle (15)
Eislaufanlage Engelmann (17)
Wiener Eislaufverein (3)
Wilhelminenberg on ice (16)
Industry
INDUSTRY
OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie
Absberggasse 27, 1100 Vienna
24 January to 30 March 2013
As the OstLicht gallery is located on a former industrial site (bread factory), I appreciate the coincidence with the theme of the new exhibition very much. Over the past decades the production of goods has vanished from the public perception, because factories left the cities/regions or closed down. Some branches of industry even completely vanished.
The artists of the photo exhibiton ask for the changes in factory work and its consequcences for the workers, the local neighbourhood and the ecosytem. They also raise the question, what to do with the abandoned sites.
Featured artists are:
Anatoliy Babiychuk, Carla Bobadilla, Edward Burtynsky, Elisabeth Czihak, Michael Goldgruber, Birgit Graschopf, Katharina Gruzei, Cornelia Hauer, Ernst Logar, Walter Niedermayr, Markus Oberndorfer, Sascha Reichstein, Thomas Ruff, Margherita Spiluttini, Max Wegscheidler
La Sirène
Niki de Saint Phalle, La Sirène, Stravinsky Fountain at the Place Igor Stravinski (Paris), 1982/83
As we are completely snowed in – already more than 25 cm – I have a desire for colour and sun. So I choose the ‘La Sirène’ sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle to bright up the day.
Here can you find a short biography on the famous creator of the so-called ‘Nanas’, which is enriched by an introduction in her work: Niki de Saint Phalle.
Blue, centered
A3, Gouache technique, digitally altered
ruins of modernity
Showroom at Paulusgasse 12, 1030 Vienna
‘ruins of modernity’ is a local fashion label that was founded by Maria Steiner. Her designs for women rank between concept and reduction, but are always elegant and sophisticated.
The label’s inspiration:
“when modernity dawned on the world, rationality and science set their light in people’s minds, black and white started to fade into shades of grey. encrusted, rigid towers of set morals, values and truths crumbled piece by piece. we stand in midst of the ruins of modernity, fallen and broken buildings of values and truth, in midst of the ashes of our past – free to build something new. the label ruins of modernity stands for clean architectural shapes, grown-up emancipated elegance, reduction & minimalism.”
You can buy the collections at these shops:
Anja Lauermann, Hauptstraße 21, 2000 Stockerau
artup, Bauernmarkt 8, 1010 Wien
at first sight, Kirchengasse 24, 1070 Wien
freaks & icons, Zollergasse 12, 1070 Wien
mein design, Kettenbrückengasse 6, 1040 Wien
printa, VII ker. Rumbach Sebestyén u. 10, Budapest
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