esc medien kunst labor
Desert of Realities / Wüste der Wirklichkeiten
Exhibition
Flavia Mazzanti, Wüste der Wirklichkeiten (2023), © esc medien kunst labor
The Matrix … is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
—Morpheus in The Matrix
The exhibition Desert of Realities / Wüste der Wirklichkeiten quotes a scene from the film The Matrix that juxtaposes two realities. One simulates an intact environment and a beautiful life, the other is labeled the desert of reality. In contrast to the general experience of reality, it is an apocalyptic landscape of ruins.
The ruinous does not only mean the destruction of nature and the consequences of climate change, but also the erosion of social and democratic achievements. From this perspective, the question arises whether our (social) life, though it is experienced largely as real, is not already informed by a kind of “matrix.”
The esc medien kunst labor produces art projects that deal with new technologies and their effects on our society.
In coproduction with Constant VZW, Immerea, kunst@werk, and Mori Art Museum
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ’23
29.9.–17.11.
esc medien kunst labor
Bürgergasse 5
8010 Graz ♿
29.9.–15.10., Tue–Sun 14:00–19:00 and upon appointment
17.10.–17.11., Thu–Fri 14:00–19:00 and upon appointment
Free admission
22.9., 17:00 onward
23.9.–28.9., Tue–Fri 14:00–19:00
Preview as work in progress
29.9., 18:00
Opening in the presence of the artists, tour
29.9., 19:00
Antonia Manhartsberger
Sound of the Deserts
Musical performance
29.9., 20:00
Get-together with DJ Mamma Feelgood and DJ Auto
30.9., 12:00
Artist Talk, tour
Artists: Constant VZW, Etsuko Ichihara, Amy Karle, Flavia Mazzanti, Surzhana Radnaeva, Vivien Roussel, Christine Schörkhuber, Theresa Schubert, Winnie Soon and Lee Tzu-Tung, Zhé Wang
In coproduction with Constant VZW, Immerea, kunst@werk, and Mori Art Museum
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ’23
