The aim of the design for the Kunstraum was to develop a spatial framework that could be used flexibly for working and exhibiting, as well as for lectures and discussions. All spacedefining elements are designed to be devise-like. That means that the walls can be parked or enlisted to create space.
installation of an exhibition and event hall with office in the former Hofstallungen;
changed for the purposes of the subsequent Federal Curator (Discourse and Mediation) in 1997.
client: Dr. Markus Brüderlin, Federal Art Curator on behalf of the Federal Minister
Team ARTEC Architekten:
Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl
photography:
Karl Krauss
Project Data
planning and completion: 1994
adaption: 1997
Publications
Unsichtbare Architekturen, Gabriele Kaiser, "Kunst auf der Baustelle", Vienna 2001
Michael Asher - Kunstraum Wien, Markus Brüderlin, Martin Fritz, Vienna 2001
Architektur Aktuell, Vienna, Nr. 230/231, 1999. Robert Temel: "Netzknoten, Oberflächen"
Beyond The Minimal, AA, London, 1998. Peter Allison (Kurator)
Herausgeber Kunstraum Wien, Triton Verlag, Vienna 1996
Der Standard, Vienna, 15. 3. 1997. Thomas Trenkler: "Auflehnen gegen ein Lehen"
taz, die tageszeitung, Berlin, 21. / 22. 12. 1996. Jochen Becker: "Sieg der weißen Zelle"
Der Standard, Vienna, 5. 11. 1996. Rainer Metzger: "Letzte Amtshandlung. Wunderbare Welt der Schwerkraft: Michael Asher im Kunstraum Wien"
Wettbewerbe, Vienna, Nr. 133/134, 1994