Audio Guide | Terminal Piece | Act 2

Audio Guide
Terminal Piece
Act 2

Act 2 on mumok's third floor turns inward: In a subdued domestic atmosphere, it asks how the ideals of an era register within lived experience, and traces the frictions between collective aspiration and private life. At the center of this act are Louis Goodman’s strangely animated assemblages and Elisabeth Subrin’s film Swallow.

Großformatige Fotografie eines dicht mit Fotografien, Zeichnungen, Notizen und Objekten gefüllten Innenraums, präsentiert in einem dunklen Rahmen innerhalb einer Ausstellungsarchitektur. / Large-format photograph of an interior densely filled with photographs, drawings, notes, and objects, presented in a dark frame within an exhibition setting.

Intro und Anna Oppermann

Act 2 of the exhibition takes place on Level 3. A central theme of this act is inner experience set against the backdrop of social and political conditions and conflicts, as well as the relationship between art and everyday life. It begins with a work by Anna Oppermann from 1977.

Drei unterschiedlich gestaltete Vitrinen oder Behälter stehen auf hohen Sockeln in einem Ausstellungsraum mit dunklen Wänden und hellem Boden. / Three differently designed display cases or containers are positioned on tall pedestals in an exhibition space with dark walls and a light floor.

Marc Kokopeli

In front of you are three pedestals displaying tiny ring-shaped objects. In these works by Marc Kokopeli, motifs from everyday and popular culture merge with personal and imaginary worlds.

Mehrere gerahmte Bildtafeln sind auf einer freistehenden, holzverkleideten Wand zu einer pyramidenförmigen Anordnung gruppiert. / Several framed image panels are arranged in a pyramid-like formation on a freestanding wood-paneled wall.

Birgit Jürgenssen

The multi-part photographic work Black Honey of My Dreams by the Austrian artist Birgit Jürgenssen explores women’s identities in tension with their social environment.

Dunkler Ausstellungsraum mit mehreren kleinformatigen Objekten auf gelben Sockeln, verteilt auf einer großen Holzplattform; an der Rückwand hängt eine einzelne kleine Bildarbeit. / Dark exhibition space featuring several small objects displayed on yellow plinths across a large wooden platform; a single small artwork is mounted on the back wall.

Louis Goodman

On the large platform in the center of the room and on the opposite walls, you will encounter the unusual assemblages of Louis Goodman. The American artist and inventor was self-taught and created his works with great wit well into old age.

Dunkler Ausstellungsraum mit einer großformatigen Videoprojektion auf einer Wand, die ein kontrastreiches Schwarz-Weiß-Bild mit eingeblendeten deutschen Untertiteln zeigt. / Dark exhibition space with a large-scale video projection on the wall showing a high-contrast black-and-white image with German subtitles displayed at the bottom.

Elisabeth Subrin

In the back area of the second act, Elisabeth Subrin’s early video Swallow from 1995 is on view. Edited together from different kinds of footage, it tells of the vulnerable teenage years of a girl. Footage of protests interweaves the private with the political and places the experiences of young women at the center.

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Audio Guide Overview

Texts
Ines Gebetsroither

Translation
Bryony Dawson

Speakers
Bryony Dawson
Marie-Claire Gagnon

Audio Direction, Editing, and Production
Robert Schwarz

Photos
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