Karin Hochegger, Rike Scheffler, Christoph Szalay
It’s beautiful up here,
but I wish I would have come
muchmuch earlier
(when it was still quiet)
Scenic hike / performance
Karin Hochegger, Untitled (2023), courtesy of the artist
Itʼs beautiful up here, but I wish I would have come muchmuch earlier (when it was still quiet) is an encounter in and with the Alps, the landscapes that shape them, and the inscriptions that humans have made and continue to make. It is a tale of disappearance and desire in equal measure, an attempt to recover, understand, and preserve what wild growth and vegetation can still be found in these environments, and the discovery of a sustainable language for the future, forming alliances between moss, keelback slugs, and one’s own hands.
The focus is a tour with conservationist and author Karin Hochegger along the historic mill path in Ramsau am Dachstein. This will be expanded by interventions by the poet, performer, and musician Rike Scheffler, as well as a discursive/poetic travel accompaniment to the plateau by author and curator Christoph Szalay. The event ends with a get-together over a Ramsau snack.
A coproduction with The Styrian Society for Cultural Policy (GKP) and Gemeinde Ramsau am Dachstein
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ʼ23
30.9., 1.10., 11:00
Alte Mühle
Ramsau Rössing
8972 Ramsau am Dachstein
Free admission
Limited capacity: max. 20 attendees per date
Registration: szalay [at] mur.at
1.10., free shuttle bus to Ramsau
Departure: 8:00 (return: 16:00)
Meeting place: Graz main station (bus station)
Limited capacity: max. 20 attendees
Registration: tickets [at] steirischerherbst.at
Good footwear and weatherproof clothing required
A coproduction with The Styrian Society for Cultural Policy (GKP) and Gemeinde Ramsau am Dachstein
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ʼ23