Audio Guide | Terminal Piece | Act 4

Audio Guide
Terminal Piece
Act 4

What shapes an image before we can see it? Act 4, on Level -2b, is situated partly in an exhibition space and partly in mumok’s former children’s workshop, where traces of its previous use remain visible. Nina Porter presents new and existing works alongside objects from the collection, including her self-made cameras and the sculpture Articulating Train: modular steel structures on wheels that seem frozen in motion. Materials from Kate Millett’s archive offer insight into the production of Terminal Piece.

Großer Ausstellungsraum mit weißen Wänden und drei großformatigen Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien im oberen Wandbereich; darunter sind mehrere schmale, vertikal eingebaute Bildarbeiten in Wandnischen sowie eine schwarze Sitzbank im Vordergrund zu sehen. / Large exhibition space with white walls and three large black-and-white photographs mounted high on the walls; below them are several narrow vertically installed artworks set into wall recesses, with a black bench in the foreground.

Intro

You are now on the second basement level of mumok, Level -2b. The fourth and final act of Terminal Piece was conceived by the artist Nina Porter. Here you will find several works by Porter as well as her installation Articulated Train. They are in dialogue with works from the mumok collection and with documents and photographs from the Kate Millett Archive.

Leerer Ausstellungsraum mit weißen Wänden, in die drei schmale vertikale Bildarbeiten eingelassen sind; oberhalb ist ein Teil einer großformatigen Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie sichtbar. / Empty gallery space with white walls containing three narrow vertically embedded artworks; part of a large black-and-white photograph is visible above.

Nina Porter

Nina Porter’s works, which run through the whole of Act 4, explore the technical possibilities and conditions of photography.

Graue mobile Ausstellungswand auf Rollen mit Fotografien, handschriftlichen Dokumenten und Notizzetteln; im Hintergrund befinden sich eine beschriebene Betonwand und der offene Museumsraum. / Grey mobile display wall on wheels featuring photographs, handwritten documents, and notes; a concrete wall covered with markings and the open museum space are visible in the background.

Kate-Millett-Archiv

On one “carriage” of Nina Porter’s installation Articulated Train, you can see documents and original photographs of Kate Millett’s Terminal Piece from 1972. They come from the artist’s archive.

Audio Guide Overview

Texts
Ines Gebetsroither

Translation
Bryony Dawson

Speakers
Bryony Dawson
Marie-Claire Gagnon

Audio Direction, Editing, and Production
Robert Schwarz

Photos
Ausstellungsansicht
Terminal Piece
Foto: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez