Public space intervention

AU… Ein Platz wird neu verhandelt

Ernst Koslitsch at the AU installation on Aumannplatz, Vienna, in conversation for ORF

Aumannplatz, Vienna — Ernst Koslitsch at the installation

A temporary public-space intervention on Aumannplatz, Vienna, part of the project “AU… Ein Platz wird neu verhandelt” (A Place Renegotiated), organized by KÖR – Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien and presented by Kulturdrogerie. For the square, Koslitsch proposed a science fiction monument: an assemblage built from the square’s own street furniture — no-parking signs and railings bent into an organic, snake-like form — topped with a carved yellow bird from the Yellow Universe series.

Exhibition details

Year
2022 (6 September)
Venue
Aumannplatz, Vienna
Organized by
KÖR – Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien
Presented by
Kulturdrogerie →
Project page
KÖR →
Full view of the bent-pole installation with yellow AU banner, Aumannplatz, Vienna, Ernst Koslitsch
Installation view, Aumannplatz, Vienna
Detail of the Yellow Universe bird sculpture and painted parking sign, Aumannplatz, Vienna, Ernst Koslitsch
Detail, Yellow Universe bird and painted sign

Text

“My proposal for Aumannplatz is a science fiction monument, dedicated to the authors, filmmakers and artists who think about other and unusual realities, about alternative worlds and complex possibilities, and who assess and reveal future developments.”

— Ernst Koslitsch, artist statement (translated from German), via Kulturdrogerie