Art cycling in Millstatt

Art cycling in Millstatt (German: "KUNSTradln in Millstatt") is an international annual art exhibition in Millstatt am See (Carinthia/Austria). It takes the form of various art stations throughout Millstatt connected by a bicycle/ hiking route.

Concept and organization

The exhibition debuted 2018, was repeated 2019 and will continue in the following years, based not least on a long term funding by the European Union (= EU Rural Development Policy 2014-2027). It has stops at various locations in Millstatt and adjacent communities. These art stations form a loop, which can be visited by art-interested visitors, either walking or cycling the trail (hence the name "Art cycling in Millstatt"). Works by (up to now) about 110 internationally known artists from Austria, Germany, United States, Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Poland, Italy, Greece, Spain, South Korea and Guatemala are connected in the yearly exhibitions.

For the first time, this exhibition concept also combines the various existing art and cultural institutions in Millstatt in a joint program. In addition, the concept opens up a number of new and sometimes unusual places in Millstatt as a presentation opportunity for modern art.[1]

The access to modern art at art museums, art exhibitions and art galleries is often characterized by the fact that only an art-interested and art-oriented audience is able or wanting to participate.[2] The project "Art cycling in Millstatt" provides a low-threshold mediating of art as follows:

  1. by giving access over a long period (6 months);
  2. by using Millstatt as a whole as art space for residents and guests alike;
  3. by inviting a non-predefined art audience to participate, including randomly passing people (and cyclists too), who can and may come into contact with art in this way.[3]

Art cycling Millstatt 2020

Due to coronavirus related restrictions for the cultural sector in Austria, the third event could not start as planned in May 2020. It now begins July 10, 2020, and the number of artists and stations has been reduced.[4]

Stations and artists

There were 25 stations and 65 artists presented within the project 2018.[5] 62 artists were presented 2019 at 25 stations, too, though some new stations were added and some former stations dropped.[6] 2020 25 artists are presented at 18 locations, mostly in the area of the former Millstatt abbey. Altogether 130 artists were presented at 37 locations in Millstatt between 2018 and 2020.

Stations

  • Several stations are located in the area of the former Millstatt abbey, using the Romanesque cloister and cloistered courtyard, the monastery museum, the Renaissance arcades, the former castle of the Grand Master of the Knights of Saint George with the former "Lindenhof Gallery", the catacombs of the abbey, or the monastery garden.
  • More stations can be found in the centre of Millstatt (with the new central location of the event (since 2019), the "Kunstradln Gallery and Cafe"), and at the town hall, the congress centre Millstatt, as well as several old bourgeois houses and local premises as exhibition points.
  • The locations include also several exhibition points at the lakeside of lake Millstatt, with sculptures exhibited alongside the lakefront park and promenade, and presenting art in hotels and restaurants at the lake.
  • In 2019 there were also locations in the neighbouring community of Obermillstatt.

Artists and art workshops

The artists presented and the art-workshops offered are representing several areas of contemporary visual arts (names and events are noted here with the year of presentation at "Art cycling Millstatt"):

  • Ceramic art: Maria Baumgartner (2018,2020), Veronika Dirnhofer (2018), Gabriele Hain (2018), Nina Höller (2019), Szilvia Ortlieb (2019), Daniel Wetzelberger (2019).
  • Fashion design: organized by „eyes & ah“ (Carolin Berger, Denise Hirtenfelder, 2019: exhibitions and workshops): “Work in progress” (2019, exhibition [7]), Bettina Hornung (2019, workshop “costumes”; Michelle Haydn (2019, workshop “draping” ); Eva Schuller (2019, workshop “screen printing on textile”); Gerda Kohlmayr (2019, workshops “Hüte aus Woll-Filz/ hats from wool-felt”/ “Filzobjekte/ felt-objects”), and other workshops.
  • Film, Video: Mariola Brillowska (2018), Jerzy Kucia (2018), Jochen Kuhn (2018), Manfred Neuwirth (2019), Hubert Sielecki (2018), Anna Vasof (2018).
  • Graphic art: Peter Androsch (2019), Lena Göbel (2019), Wojtek Krzywobłocki (2018, 2019 workshop lithography), Thomas Laubenberger-Pletzer (2018, 2019), Ingrid Neuwirth (2018, 2019, 2019 also workshop etching), Michael Printschler (2018, 2019 workshop „lost mould“ ), Rudolf Sodek (2018, 2019), Hermann Staudinger (2020).
  • Installation art: Jens August (2019), Brigitte Corell (2018), Regula Dettwiler (2018), Stefan Draschan (2018), Dietmar Franz (2019), Johannes Heuer (2018), Markus Hofer (2019), Tomas Hoke (2018), Nina Höller (2019), Gerhard Kaiser (2018), Brigitte Kowanz (2018), Walter Kupferschmidt (2020, Brigitte Lang (2018), Christoph Luckeneder (2020), Elke Maier (2018), Oswald Oberhuber (2018), Joe Palle (2019), Monika Peitler (2019), Michael Pöllinger (2019), Josef Ramaseder (2019), Adele Razkövi (2018), Sylvia Seimann (2019), Petra Sousan (2019), Katharina Steiner (2018, 2019), Editha Taferner (2019), Maria Temnitschka (2018), Andreas Werner (2018)
  • Jewellery design: Anna Heindl (2018).
  • Painting: Helmut Arnez (2018), Bettina Beranek (2020), Therese Eisenmann (2019), Cäcilia Falk (2018), Josef Floch (2018), Dietmar Franz (2019), Harald Gfader (2019), Franziska Güttler (2019), Alois Hain (2019), Bertram Hasenauer (2019), Manfred Hebenstreit (2019), Ursula Heindl (2019), Daniel Hosenberg (2019), Eva Hradil (2019), Mariana Ionita (2019), Peter Jaruszewski (2019), Richard Jurtitsch (2020), Franz Kaindl (2018), Karl Korab (2019), Edith Kramer (2018), Danja Kulterer (2019), Lisa Kunit (2018), Maria Lassnig (2018), Christine Lingg (2019), Silvia Lüftenegger (2020), Michael Maier (2020), Hannes Mlenek (2019), Martina Montecuccoli (2019), Alois Mosbacher (2018), Peter Neuwirth (2019), Ingrid Niedermayr (2018, 2019), Bettina Patermo (2018), Katja Praschak (2018), Gabriele Schöne (2018), Kurt Schönthaler (2019), Albin Schutting (2019), Wilhelm Seibetseder (2018, 2019, 2020), Stefanie Seiler (2020), Christina Starzer (2019), Helmut Swoboda (2018), Maria Temnitschka (2018), Larissa Tomassetti (2019), Rudolf Vogl (VOKA) (2018, 2019), Johann Weyringer (2018), Heidrun Widmoser (2020).
  • Performance, Dance: Regina José Galindo (2018), Jakob Lena Knebl (2018), Andrea Schlehwein (2018), Billi Thanner (2020).
  • Photography: Christian Brandstätter (2019, workshop photography), Thomas Defner (2020), Barbara Essl (2020), Johannes Leitner (2018), Detlev Löffler (2020), Sang Hoon Ok (2018), Willi Pleschberger (2019), Max Seibald (2018), Marilies Seyler (2019), Fritz Simak (2019), Mathias Swoboda (2018).
  • Sculpture: Amy Brier (2018), Nemanja Cvijanović (2018), Peter Dörflinger (2019), René Fadinger (2019), Lukas Fuetsch (2019), Michael Fuetsch (2019), Herbert Golser (2018), Thomas Györi (2019, 2020), Clemens Heinl (2018), Robert Kabas (2018), Karl Karner (2019), Manfred Kielnhofer (2019, 2020), Andres Klimbacher (2019), Michael Krainer (2020), Alois Lindenbauer (2018), Gert Linke (2019), Helmut Machhammer (2018), Peter Niedertscheider (2019), Werner Pirker (2020), Georg Planer (2018), Gotthard Schatz (2019), Simon Schober (2020), Sylvia Seimann (2019), Kurt Spitaler (2019), Egon Straszer (2018, 2019, 2020), Johanna Tschabitscher (2019), Judith Wagner (2019, 2020), Manfred Wakolbinger (2018), Niclas A. Walkensteiner (2018), Daniel Wetzelberger (2019), Markus Wilfling (2018).
  • Textile art: Gabriele Gruber-Gisler (2019), Lore Heuermann (2018), Frenzi Rigling (2018), Anneliese Schrenk (2018), Frederike Schweizer (2018).

References
  1. Newspaper article in the Austrian statewide journal "Kleine Zeitung" (in German), accessed July 1, 2018.
  2. see Bresler, Liora (ed.): International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, Dordrecht 2007; Springer, ISBN 9781402029981, vol. 2, pp. 941ff.
  3. Informations by the culture department of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia, accessed July 1, 2018.
  4. Information on the facebook-website of the event, accessed April 26, 2020.
  5. see the guidebook of the project 2018: Brochure „KUNSTradln 2018“ (in German), accessed June 1, 2018.
  6. see the guidebook of the project 2019: Brochure „KUNSTradln 2019“ (in German), accessed October 1, 2019.
  7. see the presented artists in the exhibition: Alexandra Reiter; Angelina Bayer; Bettina Hornung; Birgit Moser; Birgit Wimmer; Carolin Berger; Christa Grübler; CHS Villach Mode; Denise Hirtenfelder; Doris Evdokimidis; Elisabeth Habig; Eva Schuller; Friedrun Natmessnig; Gerda Kohlmayer; Gerti Haberl; Hanna Prugger; Konstanze Prechtl; Lena Handler; Lena Schilling; Lena Pietsch; Leo Oswald; Lisa Schuster; Lisa Sturn; Lucia Torres Venegas; Maiker Kloser; Maria Lind; Marion Wind / Markus Wernitznig / Maryam Shahidifar / Michelle Haydn / Moulham Obid / Nadine Now / Natalia Sharova / Philipp Brunner / Sara Kickmayer / Seidra / Selina Ogris / Sophie Beatrice Auly / Stefanie Hollerweger / Susanne Hammer / Rettl / Reinhard Pipp / Valentina Rigger / Veresa Eybl Announcement of the exhibition, accessed October 1, 2019.

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