A
research project by Doris Krüger/Krüger & Pardeller, Senior Artist at the University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Department of Transmedia Arts, and Gerd Zillner, Director of the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation.
Frederick Kiesler, visionary architect, designer and set designer, founded his holistic Laboratory
for Design Correlation at the School of Architecture of Columbia University in New York in 1937. In experimental teaching
formats, he tested his theory of Correalism, a transdisciplinary basic research on design and architecture, together with
students from various disciplines. In this, Kiesler assumes that the human being forms the center of interacting forces and
at the same time names a tool in his theory formation that was not only intended to counteract the social problems of his
time, but has lost none of its relevance in the context of sustainability to this day.
How would
such artistic education play out in our present day and what solutions could be generated by Kiesler's methods? The Austrian
Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation houses Kiesler's estate in its archive. In a research collaboration with
the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Doris Krüger and Gerd Zillner are exploring these questions and investigating in the
Applied Correlation Laboratory how the historical material can be activated for a young generation
of students and artists. Perceptual experiments, theatrical moments, sculptural and cinematic references are linked together
through a space-consuming display in the exhibition.
The Applied Correlation Laboratory
is an institutional collaboration; it is a tool for artistic and scientific research, a workshop setting for
hands-on experimentation, a platform for education, and a place for shared learning. It is an artwork, a lecture series, a
research project, an exhibition and a publication.
Featuring
works by Francesca Centonze, Ganaël Dumreicher, Kirils Ēcis, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Jaiyun Lee, Jona Lingitz,
Isolar Mesec, Michi Schmidl, Marlene Stahl and Bofan Zhou.
Exhibition display by:
Jasmy Chieh-Hsuan Chen
The publication contains numerous exhibition
views as well as a comprehensive text by Gert Hasenhütl on the history of the Laboratories at various international
art and design faculties.
Finissage and book presentation:
Wednesday,
January 25, 2023, 6 p.m.
Exhibition duration:
November 25, 2022 - January
25, 2023
Exhibition venue:
Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private
Foundation.
Mariahilfer Strasse 1b/Top 1, 1060 Vienna
Opening Hours:
Tuesday
through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment, free admission.
