When we are no longer here, these stones will speak for us

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Vienna 2022

Karl Seitz was an Austrian politician and a member of the Social Democratic Workers’ Party. He served as the mayor of Vienna from 1923 to 1934 34. Seitz was also a member of the Austrian Reichsrat and the president of the National Council. He was born on September 4, 1869, in Vienna and died on February 3, 1950, in Vienna. Seitz was a strong supporter of social democracy and was dismissed from his teaching profession in 1897 because of his social democratic activities.

The Neues Landgut is a new urban district that is being developed close to Vienna’s main railway station and is expected to be completed by 2026/27. The 9-hectare site will be the setting for 1,500 flats and an educational campus, enclosing green spaces and recreational areas.

Hey you! It’s us!

Borjana Ventzislavova Hey you it is us

Hey you! It’s us!
Borjana Ventzislavova
Mirror glass film, NATO wire/razor wire, size variable
bäckerstrasse 4
2016

“Hey you! It’s us!” takes the Berlin Wall as a reference and reflects on the current phenomenon of enclosing Europe by building new walls and borders. The artist addresses our fear and puts a mirror in front of it – an uneven surface that reflects light and shadows, our own broken silhouettes. It is not the others but ourselves we are afraid of. “Hey you! It’s us!” is Borjana Ventzislavova’s answer to “fortress Europe” – let’s imagine walls as mirrors and take a good look at ourselves. (Dessislava Dimova)

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Vienna 2016