Haus lebt 2024
Greetings from the Past
Temporary cultural center
Image: Simon Oberhammer
Dates
19.–22.9.2024
Location
Michaeligasse 10, Hartberg
Part of
Partner Program
Production specifics
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ’24
In a neglected historic building, historical excavations and visions of the future merge into a symbiotic present. Archaeological excavations reveal a network of fungi, stories, and links that have colonized the building over the past 300 years. This creates unexpected points of contact for new narratives across epochs. The dilapidated structural fabric no longer marks the end of a long decline but the origin of previously untold stories. Archaeological remains, microbial life, and clay—the building itself reduced to its essence—become a fertile resource for utopias in which the imaginative and the tangible intermingle.
Visitors embark on a (also culinary) journey through the puff pastry of time—following not historical linearity but brushing history against the grain.
Free admission (voluntary donation)
Artists: Leonie Bramberger, Simon Brugner, Florian Gantner, Johannes Gruber, Serena Lee, Aki Namba, Simon Oberhammer, Anna Orbanic, Leo Riegler, and others
Curated by Simon Brugner
Cocurated by Aki Namba
Retrospective
Retrospective