Vadim Fishkin
Dictionary of Imaginary Places
Installation / Commissioned work
Vadim Fishkin, Dictionary of Imaginary Places (2020), installation, Burgring, Graz, photo: Mathias Völzke
Dates
24.9.–18.10.2020
Location
Burgring
Graz
Production specifics
Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20
You heard it right: The streetlamps along Burgring are actually having a conversation. In the work of Vadim Fishkin two lights become actors. A squeaky voice and a bass exchange utopian and literary place names from Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi’s Dictionary of Imaginary Places. They recite the names of mysterious cities and countries, distant objects of yearning for a time when travel is near-impossible. But in the ever-accessible world of literature, we still travel around the globe in our
Retrospective
Retrospective