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KISS

1.7.2020–30.6.2021
KISS

Location

Wien

With Eva Egermann, Thomas Geiger, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Rade Petrasevic, Margot Pilz, Johanna Tinzl ...

So what is this “investigation known as kissing” actually? Which secrets are we prying off each other? What happens when fluids, bugs, and viruses mix in an act of love? And how can we conquer the cosmos when kissing is no longer allowed or safe? Küssen verboten? Bussi baba? And if we are already at it: Who is allowed to kiss? And where? And when?

KISS presents a series of artistic contributions and works, commissioned by Kunsthalle Wien. The artists Eva Egermann, Thomas Geiger, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Rade Petrasevic, Margot Pilz, Johanna Tinzl … are invited to engage in an act of social and cultural intimacy in the city and to realize projects that reduce the distance between contemporary art practices and their audiences.

The first chapter of KISS took place throughout the summer and autumn of 2020 with contributions by Eva Egermann, Thomas Geiger, Margot Pilz, and Johanna Tinzl. In spring 2021, a second chapter is about to start comprising an intervention in public space by Rade Petrasevic and a new issue of Crip Magazine produced by Eva Egermann. The loose temporality of the whole project follows the rhythm of the works and humans involved and is attuned to a pandemic that has very much subverted our sense and use of time.

Their works unfold from the current conditions and consequences of physical distancing, when all the power and potential embodied in the kiss seems to dissipate in awkwardness and insecurity and also the meaning of public space itself has been undergoing a complex transformation.

Therefore these projects will be presented in different urban situations and varying formats. By adding existing sites, artifacts, and narratives of cultural significance to its parcours, KISS expands on the traditional exhibition narrative, encouraging viewers to set off on an exploration of art, culture, and history in public space. The realized projects will be celebrated through an accompanying program. KISS will be communicated and regularly updated on this website as well as on our Facebook and Instagram channel.

Kunsthalle Wien curatorial team: Laura Amann • Anne Faucheret • Aziza Harmel • WHW

Program

25/5 2021 Eva Egermann Crip Magazine #4

16/4 – 6/6 2021 Rade Petrasevic What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy Intervention on the facade of Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz

1/10 – 31/10 2020 Margot Pilz AmoratorCorner of Friedrichstraße/Operngasse, 1010 Vienna

30/7 – 1/8 2020 Margot Pilz Hausfrauendenkmal (Monument to Housewives)
Karlsplatz / Resselpark, 1040 Vienna

24/7 2020, 6 pm Eva Egermann Hold me tight!Central Garden / Danube Canal, 1020 Vienna

15/7 – 2/8 2020 Thomas Geiger Festival of Minimal ActionsReumannplatz, 1100 Vienna

KISS
Crip Magazine #4, 2021, Cover [Drawing: Katta Spiel, Handing out Real Virtuality (2020), Design: Lana Grahek, Publishers of Issue #4: Eva Egermann, Anne Faucheret, WHW (Ivet Ćurlin, Nataša Ilić, Sabina Sabolović)]
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, What If I Never Find Out Who’s a Good Boy (2021), installation view Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Rade Petrasevic, Studio View, Portrait, 2020, Courtesy the Artist
KISS: Margot Pilz, Amorator, 1985/2020, Kunsthalle Wien 2020, photo: Maximilian Pramatarov, © Margot Pilz / Wien Museum
Margot Pilz, Hausfrauendenkmal, 1979 / 2020, courtesy the artist & Galerie 3, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Margot Pilz, Hausfrauendenkmal, 1979, courtesy the artist & Galerie 3
Eva Egermann, Hold off, but hold me (with a text by Ianina Ilitcheva, 183 Tage, 2015), Central Garden, 2020, courtesy the artist, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Eva Egermann, Hold off, but hold me (CURE ALL NEUROTYPICALS NOW!, Mad Pride Parade Berlin 2019), Central Garden, 2020, courtesy the artist, photo: Eva Egermann
Eva Egermann, Hold off, but hold me (with a text by Ianina Ilitcheva, @blutundkaffee (65), Frohmann, 2017; WAGEN ZUM AUSRUHEN, Mad Pride Parade Berlin 2019), Central Garden, 2020, courtesy the artist, photo: Eva Egermann
Eva Egermann, Hold off, but hold me (with a text by Ianina Ilitcheva, ich sehe die einsamkeit vor mir und sie ist leicht, hochroth München 2018), 2020, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
KISS: Thomas Geiger, Festival of Minimal Actions: Satoshi Hashimoto, Please Exchange Your Shoes With Me, photo: Kunsthalle Wien, 2020
KISS: Thomas Geiger, Festival of Minimal Actions: Yann Vanderme, FAIRE SEMBLANT, photo: Kunsthalle Wien, 2020
KISS: Thomas Geiger, Festival of Minimal Actions: Jiří Kovanda, Kissing through glass, Foto: Kunsthalle Wien, 2020
KISS: Thomas Geiger, Festival of Minimal Actions: Igor Grubić, Bicycle and Flag (366 Liberation Rituals), photo: Kunsthalle Wien, 2020
Johanna Tinzl, Back to Vienna – Body Adaptations: For two years, twice a week: Waiting. Horeischygasse, 1130 Vienna; My teacher was not a Nazi. Friesgasse, 1150 Vienna; Today I am no longer afraid. Schenkenstraße, 1010 Vienna, 2016/2020, courtesy the artist, © Bildrecht Wien, 2020, photo: Kunsthalle Wien
Johanna Tinzl, Back in Vienna – Body Adaptations: My teacher was not a Nazi. Friesgasse, 1150 Wien, 2016/2020, courtesy the artist, © Bildrecht Wien, 2020
Johanna Tinzl, Back to Vienna – Body Adaptations: If you want to stay, you have to speak German. Roter Berg, 1130 Vienna, 2016/2020, courtesy the artist, © Bildrecht Wien, 2020
Elke Silvia Krystufek, Portrait Hedwig Krystufek, 1987, courtesy the artist & Croy Nielsen, Vienna