Eyes On - Month of Photography | Vienna

Eyes On will be held for the fifth time in November 2012. From October 30 to November 30, 225 photography exhibitions and events revolving around photography are scheduled to take place all over Vienna.
Museums and exhibition institutions like the Künstlerhaus, the Wien Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the Museum of Natural History will participate, as will numerous galleries, including Galerie Julius Hummel and Galerie Hubert Winter, and off-spaces like mo.ë and brick5. The festival launched on October 29 with the opening of “distURBANces,” a joint exhibition produced by the European Month of Photography, at MUSA.

“The interest among artist and institutions in Eyes On—Month of Photography Vienna is enormous; the dedication everyone is bringing to the project demonstrates that the path we have charted is the right one, but it also inspires us to keep working hard,” Thomas Licek, the managing director of Eyes On, who has been in charge of Vienna’s festival of art photography from the very beginning, is pleased to note.

Foto: Anita Witek
For more Information visit us online:
http://www.eyes-on.at/2012/

YOUNG AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE
| LANDSCAPE
Opening Reception: November 14th 2012


YOUNG AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY in Cooperation with the austrian cultural forum washington, das weisse haus and OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie will premiere in the 
framework of fotoweek dc with its Exhibit ARCHITECTURE
| LANDSCAPE.

Over the past few years art photography has vividly taken off in Austria. Interesting developments and approaches are now part of this new generation of photography.
"Space and Nature" forms a visual starting point for a broad array of interpretations of the tangible experience of reality. The works of the eight Austrian artists selected for this exhibition examine, in a wide range of ways, the perception and manipulation of our daily surroundings – worlds at once graspable and utterly alien, in part constructed -or perhaps in turn destroyed- by man or, not least, ones artificially generated, seemingly infinite in their reproducibility.
Join us for the
OPENING RECEPTION:
NOVEMBER 14th 2012 | 7 p.m.
L2 LOUNGE - Georgetown | 3315 Cady´s Alley (between 33rd and 34th off of M Street) NW
Washington, DC 20007
The opening reception is free and open to all fotoweek DC visitors - use the code “austria“ at the door.
The group exhibit features the following eight Austrian artists - Clemens Ascher, Catharina Freuis , Markus Guschelbauer, Claudia Larcher, Julie Monaco, Markus Oberndorfer, Tina Ribarits, Gregor Sailer- and will be shown from November 14th to 27th.
Foto: Markus Guschelbauer
For more information visit us online:
 www.austria.org/yap

YOUNG AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE
| LANDSCAPE
Exhibit from November 14th to 27th 2012



YOUNG AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY in Cooperation with the austrian cultural forum washington, das weisse haus and OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie will premiere in the 
framework of fotoweek dc with its Exhibit ARCHITECTURE
| LANDSCAPE.


Join us for the
OPENING RECEPTION:
NOVEMBER 14th 2012 | 7 p.m.
L2 LOUNGE - Georgetown | 3315 Cady´s Alley NW (between 33rd and 34th off of M Street)
Washington DC 20007

"Space and Nature" forms a visual starting point for a broad array of interpretations of the tangible experience of reality. The works of the eight Austrian artists selected for this exhibition examine, in a wide range of ways, the perception and manipulation of our daily surroundings – worlds at once graspable and utterly alien, in part constructed (or perhaps in turn destroyed) by man or, not least, ones artificially generated, seemingly infinite in their reproducibility. Nearly half of Austria’s terrain is covered with forest – an environment Markus Guschelbauer negotiates, in his own words, in the dual guise of agriculturalist and manager. In his works the subject of vital resources is transposed to the Austrian woodland; he places nature itself on the stage, elevating it to the role of principal performer. Clemens Ascher’s futuristic vision, on the other hand, takes on man’s hostile activities in the ‘colonialization’ of nature. Likewise, a platform for visions – permeated by a deep sense of time’s standing still – is offered by Tina Ribarits in her photographs, in which artificial-seeming worlds create a space for memories but also for nightmares. Catharina Freuis utilizes irritation by staging equally artificial spaces that are, however, readily identifiable as stereotypes. In what ways does the viewer experience alienation? From a technical standpoint Julie Monaco goes one step further in the direction of the artificial construction of nature through her use of the computer. The sea becomes charged, its contrasts unnaturally increased, or it is made placid. She posits an image of nature generated in perfection, at once attractive and simultaneously disturbing. Claudia Larcher attends to the connection between homeland and identity, memory and family history, placing them in a setting of clarity and reduction that nearly turn reality into abstraction. Markus Oberndorfer works with the political history of yore that nevertheless continues to affect our lives, bringing it into the present day through contemporary representation and reprocessing. And Gregor Sailer accords to current political sites unknown to most people because of the remoteness or inaccessibility of their locations – or because they are restricted military zones – a face and a new kind of presence, focusing us on our pronounced desire for security.

GROUP EXHIBIT will run FROM NOVEMBER 15th to 28th
L2 lounge Opening hours are:
Wednesday 6 pm - 2 am
Thursday 9 pm - 2 am
Friday and Saturday 9 pm - 3 am
Use the code "AUSTRIA" at the door to see the exhibit.

The opening reception is free and open to all fotoweek dc visitors. Use the code "austria" at the door. Pls note the L2 lounge policy: no sneakers, baseball caps, tank-tops, shorts, and other similar attire.

Foto: Clemens Ascher
For more information visit us online:

www.austria.org/yap