countermeasure
Staatsatelier Wattgasse 56-60
Anna Hofbauer, Franz Amann
„Many things have certainly been surpassed. I’m perfectly aware of having continuously made shifts both in the things that have interested me and in what I have already thought. In addition, the books I write, constitute an experience for me that I’d like to be as rich as possible. An experience is some-thing you come out of changed.“ *
The intruder in the State Artists’ Building Franz Amann and Anna Hofbauer, the resident there, show forms between (re)construction, (re)measurement, defense, attack, construction, transformation and repair.
They perceive space as a web of possible experiences.
Experiences aim to initiate a movement in the subject to tear it away from itself.
Cracks create new spaces, make it possible to experience or overcome limits.
What happens as a result of the joint adaptation (design and conversion of Hofbauer’s studio) into an exhibition space?
In order to remain capable of shaping in a counterpart’s situation, it is necessary to discover these free spaces, which can also only open up through mutual destabilization.
* Michel Foucault: Remarks on Marx, conversations with Duccio Trombadori, 1978
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countermeasure
Staatsatelier Wattgasse 56-60
Anna Hofbauer, Franz Amann
„Many things have certainly been surpassed. I’m perfectly aware of having continuously made shifts both in the things that have interested me and in what I have already thought. In addition, the books I write, constitute an experience for me that I’d like to be as rich as possible. An experience is some-thing you come out of changed.“ *
The intruder in the State Artists’ Building Franz Amann and Anna Hofbauer, the resident there, show forms between (re)construction, (re)measurement, defense, attack, construction, transformation and repair.
They perceive space as a web of possible experiences.
Experiences aim to initiate a movement in the subject to tear it away from itself.
Cracks create new spaces, make it possible to experience or overcome limits.
What happens as a result of the joint adaptation (design and conversion of Hofbauer’s studio) into an exhibition space?
In order to remain capable of shaping in a counterpart’s situation, it is necessary to discover these free spaces, which can also only open up through mutual destabilization.
* Michel Foucault: Remarks on Marx, conversations with Duccio Trombadori, 1978
Staatskünstlerinnenbau grün, Collage auf Papier, 29,5 x 23,5cm, 2023, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Teehaus, Staatskünstlerinnenbau grün, Osage simulacrum 2, Reminder/ Mario und Luigi im Staatskünstlerinnenbau
Osage simulacrum 2, director’s cut 2, defense 2, defense 1
defense 1, Osage simulacrum 1, Staatskünstlerinnenbau blau, director’s cut 2, director’s cut 1
defense 1, Osage simulacrum 1, Staatskünstlerinnenbau blau, director’s cut 2, director’s cut 1
Teehaus 203 x 135 x 200cm, 2023, Holz, Stahlfenster, Teekanne, Detroit Duck, House of Ghosts, Kathedrale, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Staatskünstlerinnenbau blau 29,5 x 41,5cm, 2023, Collage auf Papier, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Wand-Bau, Bei den Kiefern, Monte Grappa
Bei den Kiefern, Monte Grappa
Monte Grappa, S/W Kontaktblatt, 30,5 x 24,3cm, 2020, Anna Hofbauer
Bei den Kiefern, S/W Kontaktblatt, 30,5 x 24,3cm, 2020, Anna Hofbauer
director’s cut 1, Holz, Untersberger Marmor, Ø 117, h: 22cm, 2023, Anna Hofbauer
director’s cut 2, Holz, Untersberger Marmor, Krastaler Marmor, Ø 117, h: 17cm 2023, Anna Hofbauer
Reminder/ Mario und Luigi im Staatskünstlerinnenbau, Bleistift, Linoldruck, Farbstift auf Papier, 42 x 29,5cm, 2023, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Wand-Bau, Leinwand, Holz, Dispersion, Stein, 500 x 252 x 145cm, 2023, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Eisenstaub
Watt 2, Linoldruck auf Japanpapier, 22,7 x 30,4cm, Edition 20 Stück, 2023, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
Watt 1, Linoldruck auf Japanpapier, 22,7 x 30,4cm, Edition 30 Stück, 2023, Franz Amann / Anna Hofbauer
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