Touch Nature
Uli Aigner, Ren Aldridge, Vanja Bućan, Paride Di Stefano, Meta Kastelic, Žiga Divjak, Michael Endlicher, Peter Hauenschild, Edgar Honetschläger, Alfred Hruschka, Barbara Anna Husar + Elmar Bertsch, Maren Jeleff + Klaus Pichler, Kitty Kino, Nina Koželj, David Kranzelbinder, Paul Lässer, Monika Pichler, PRINZpod, Oliver Ressler, Gregor Sailer, Marielis Seyler, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Brane Širca, Unikum, Judith Wagner, Matjaž Wenzel, Nives Widauer, Laurent Ziegler + Georg Blaschke
The multimedia exhibition TOUCH NATURE presents positions in the face of the current ecological crisis. Artists enter into a transnational dialogue and take a stand on the devastating humanitarian, political, economic and ecological effects of the Anthropocene. It becomes clear that artists are not only highlighting deficiencies and expressing resistance, but are also creating utopias.
The exhibition venues are former customs houses on the Slovenian and Austrian sides in Gornja Radgona and Bad Radkersburg. A cross-border performance on August 3, 2024 at 17:00 will link the two exhibitions and be followed by a concert evening in the Pavelhaus.
A project of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, realised by the Austrian Cultural Forum Ljubljana, Slovenian Cultural Information Centre SKICA Vienna, Pavelhaus, Artikel VII Kulturvereinigung für Steiermark.
Partners: Municipality of Gornja Radgona, Municipality of Bad Radkersburg, steirischer herbst, HochSommerFestival
Curated by Sabine Fellner and David Kranzelbinder
Oliver Ressler, "The path is never the same", 4K video, 2022, Regie und Produktion: Oliver Ressler, Kamera und Ton: Oliver Ressler, Schnitt: Janina Herhoffer, Lisbeth Kovačič, Oliver Ressler, Sound Design, Musik: Vinzenz Schwab, Farbkorrektur: Rudolf Gottsberger, Titel: Nils Olger, Drohnenaufnahme: Leon Kluth © Oliver Ressler
address of the customs house on the Austrian side:
Südsteirische Grenz Straße 33, 8490 Bad Radkersburg
Zollhäuser
After Slovenia joined the EU and later the eurozone, the former customs houses in Bad Radkersburg and Gornja Radgona became obsolete. In 2011, the art collector Reinhard Diethardt acquired the buildings on the Austrian side. The rooms were used as an art space under the management of Joachim Baur. Numerous important artists made contributions. In 2023, the municipality of Bad Radkersburg purchased the buildings and intends to continue using them for cultural purposes.