BEING LINGUISTIQUE – The Art of Writing – Closing Reception

To mark the exhibition, in which language—through its connection with artistic practice—becomes a material object of thought and even an aesthetic subject of diverse representations, visitors are invited by the artist Monty Richthofen to collectively manipulate language. He will write the result on the wall. This will be followed by a short discussion with him.

4.00 pm – Activation: WE INSIST with Nadine Fecht

Following Richthofen’s performance, the artist Nadine Fecht will activate the in-situ wall piece ‘WE INSIST’. The work is both material and a form of language; through its spatial legibility, it alludes to the social tension between expectation, disappointment and experience. Is it a statement or a manifesto? The phrase ‘WE INSIST’, which is also the title of the in-situ wall piece, is repeatedly painted over or rewritten to express a sense of necessity.

Afterwards, curator Harald F. Theiss will speak with the artist.