Thurs. 29.06.2023 | 19:00 - 24:00
with: Anna-Sophie Berger, Luca Büchler, Jessica Comis, Verena Dengler, Florian Genzken, Raphael Haider, Luīze Nezberte, Sunny Pfalzer, Marlene Leonie Posch, Julius Pristauz
curated by: Philipp Lange
Exhibition, Performance (Luca Büchler and Jessica Comis)
SPOILER Aktionsraum
Quitzowstraße 108a, 10551 Berlin - Moabit
The group exhibition Vienna Seduction invites artists from Vienna to Berlin to illuminate Austrian narratives, traditions, and symbols in a variety of ways from a spatially removed perspective. Associative considerations serve as starting points for this. The exhibition title, for example, is not only a reference to the Vienna Secession, but also alludes to the seduction of national belonging, which is symbolically manifested here in Sacher cake or Viennese sausages. These culinary landmarks are usually eaten together and thus stand for togetherness and hospitality - be it through the sharing of the cake or the encounter at the sausage stand. To what extent and for whom do national icons create a sense of community? What impact do the traditional narratives have?
The selected works, including some new productions, consider the self in a national context, with personalities ranging from Sisi to Conchita Wurst making an appearance. In the compilation in the action space SPOILER, Vienna Seduction paints a picture of complex structures in which the individual finds and asserts himself. With its presentation in Berlin, the exhibition simultaneously refers to the art-historical affinity of the two capitals with regard to their Secession movements of the early 20th century.
Sponsored by: Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport.
SPOILER is a platform for actors from the independent art and culture scene. The initiators have been active together as a group since June 2017 and have since implemented various art actions in the urban space of Berlin. Since July 2019, we have been running the "Spoiler Aktionsraum" in a former car dealership in Berlin-Moabit. The name "Spoiler" and our programme play with the concept of anticipation. In the real sense, a word with negative connotations. "To not only anticipate the best", but to show it, is our intention. One focus of our work is the realisation of unusual artistic ideas. We leave no stone unturned. Out of this motivation, we show supposedly impossible formats in the Spoiler and realise projects for whichthere has been little or no space so far. The Spoiler thus successfully claims a hitherto unoccupied space in Berlin's independent art scene and, with its many, short and unusual actions, provides impulses for artistic discourse. We are currently working in a place that should have been demolished long ago (and is still about to be). We are using the transitional period together with artists to realise new artistic formats. The more, the better. Impossible, then even more so!
Seating: Benches without backs outside for approximately 18 people.
Age groups: Suitable for all ages
Languages: German, English
Exhibition accessible without language skills
Wheelchair users | Buggies: Accessible at ground level. Assistance with wheelchair access can be provided.
Hearing impaired | Deaf people: Accessible, there are mainly sculptures and paintings on display.
Neurodiversity: we meet through openness and tolerance
Blind people: They are welcome. You can come to the bar and we will offer a guided tour with picture descriptions if possible