Situated
at the intersection of artistic research, geology, somatic practices, performance art, and film making, the project understands
seismography as an open, transdisciplinary practice: a method of perceiving, translating, and relating bodies, technologies,
and the planet Earth at sites of heightened seismic activity.
Shaken
Grounds. Seismography of Precarious Presences is a transdisciplinary artistic research project that explores the interconnections
between geological, social, and psychological upheavals. Starting point is the observation that not only natural processes
but also human interventions such as climate change and technological interventions influence seismic dynamics and alter the
stability of our environment.
At the center is the question of how these
tremors inscribe themselves in bodies, environments, and social contexts. Seismography is understood here not only as a scientific
method, but as an artistic practice of perception and relating. In this context, a “trembling thought” (Édouard Glissant)
emerges, one that detaches itself from the notion of solid ground and engages with movements, shifts, and transitions.
Shaken Grounds brings together artists, scientists, and curators to develop new perspectives on the relationship
between the body, technology, and the earth. Diverse media and practices, including performance, film, drawing, sound, and
somatic approaches, enter into a dialogue with geological processes.
The
exhibition presents the results of the research project of the same name funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and also
marks the launch of the Creative Europe project Shaken Grounds: Art as Seismography, co-funded by the European Union.
With contributions by:
Bjarki Bragason, Nikolaus Gansterer, Mariella
Greil, Victor Jaschke, Peter Kozek, Anna Líndal, Werner Möbius and Lucie Strecker
In artistic and scientific dialogue with:
Valerio Acocella, Arno
Böhler, Alexander Damianisch, Wolfgang Fiel, Oscar Fernandez Bellon, Helga Franza, Nicolas Freytag, Sabine Folie, Aleksandar
Gabrovski, Vesna Meštrić, Werner Möbius, Susanna Ravelli, Sylvia Scheidl, Ana Škegro, Kaloyan Vasev, VestAndPage, Sandro de
Vita and Mauro di VitoGuided Tours:
- 12
May, 17:00 plus Public Conversation
- 26 May, 17:00 plus Closing Reception
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