Simon Starling
in collaboration with Superflex
Reprototypes, Triangulations
and Road Tests
The inaugural exhibition at TBA21’s new premises at Augarten – Simon Starling in collaboration with Superflex – Reprototypes, Triangulations and Road Tests showcases seminal works by the artists from the foundation’s renowned collection as well as new works produced for the Augarten. Based on intensive research and (self-)experimentation, Starling’s works take the form of multipart installations that incorporate technological trappings, films, photography, objects, performance, and publications. > >
DURATION: May 30 - September 23, 2012
LOCATION: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary,
TBA21 Augarten, Scherzergasse 1A,
1020 Vienna, Austria
Ephemeropterae˜
(Performer, Audience, Word, Spoken, Garden, Friday, Evening, Vienna, Austria)
The new performance series Ephemeropterae˜ explores the rich traditions and innovations in the arena of the spoken (and sung) word—storytelling, lyrics, poetry, and music—throughout the summer, turning the garden into a vibrant stage for art and hospitality, taking place at the Ephemeropterae˜ Pavilion designed by David Adjaye (opening and inaugural performances on June 1, 2012, from 5 pm).> >
LOCATION: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary,
TBA21 Augarten, Scherzergasse 1A,
1020 Vienna, Austria
TBA21 announces new collaboration with Belvedere
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and the Belvedere are pleased to announce their institutional collaboration for a renewable period of four years, starting on May 29, 2012. The aim of the collaboration is to expand the programming of Augarten Contemporary under the leadership of TBA21 and to engage in shared cultural activities to spark the appreciation of contemporary art in Vienna and within an international context. The collaboration proposes a model for a mutually beneficial partnership between a public museum and a private foundation.> >
The Morning Line - Vienna
Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna
TBA21 presents its most ambitious public project to date in Vienna. A platform for contemporary music and composition, The Morning Line by Matthew Ritchie with Aranda\Lasch and Arup AGU is a public art structure – 8 meter high and 20 meter long, built of 20 tons of coated aluminum.
27 sound artists have contributed compositions, specially conceived for the pavilion’s architecture, which filled the sonic landscape of Schwarzenbergplatz during the pavilion’s first 6 months’ residency.
The sound component, which has been removed from The Morning Line during the winter months for safety reasons, will be re-opened for the new summer season soon!> >
DURATION: June 7, 2011 - November 30, 2012
LOCATION: Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna
TBA21 Sound Space
ZKM Karlsruhe
The TBA21 Sound Space is a project commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary to bring to a larger audience the unique series of compositions that were produced for The Morning Line. The Morning Line was conceived as an interdisciplinary platform structure by artist Matthew Ritchie with architects Aranda\Lasch and Arup AGU, where artists, architects, engineers, physicists and musicians would each contribute their own specialized information to create a new form.> >
DURATION: April 21, 2012 - January 6, 2013
LOCATION: ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
Marina Abramovic
The Artist is Present, 2012
The feature-length documentary film MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ THE ARTIST IS PRESENT, co-produced by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and premiered at Sundance Festival, takes us inside Marina Abramovic’s world as she prepares her major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.> >
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller - Murder of Crows
Kiasma Helsinki
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki presents The Murder of Crows, a work by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. An astounding, 30-minute long, this 98-speaker artwork that envelops the viewer/ listener, it is the artists' largest installation to date and continues their explorations into the experience of the sculptural and physical qualities of sound.> >
DURATION: February 17 - May 20, 2012
Desire Machine Collective
Nishan I, 2007-2012
Nishan I (2007-2012) is a four-channel digital video installation (shot on HD and 16mm film and transferred to digital video with sound) that constructs a fictional space from within a room in an abandoned home in Srinagar. As one looks from a ravaged interior towards the outside, the surface of everyday life has a veneer of normalcy. Nishan I moves beyond conventional narrative structures by adopting differing visual vantages and temporal structures that interrupt the flow of our familiar perceptions, allowing for a consciousness of duration.
Nishan I has been co-commissioned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.> >
DURATION: March 2 - June 6, 2012
LOCATION: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
