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Press release
18.03.2025
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Duration
18.03. - 30.03.2025
Press event
18.03.2025 11am - 12pm
Place of the press event
Universalmuseum Joanneum
Curators
Martin Baasch
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Following the great success of the exhibition Doubtful Practices / Practices of Doubt, which was on show in the Austrian Pavilion at the Expo in Dubai in 2021/22, the Province of Styria has opted for an overtly artistic setting for the Expo 2025 in Ôsaka, too.
The project takes as its starting point the famous Japanese Ôsaka screen from the early 17th century. For over 250 years the screen was virtually unrecognised as a wall decoration in Eggenberg Palace; now it is one of the most important works of art in the palace. Only during the fundamental restoration of the State Rooms from 2001 to 2004 was its original form reconstructed as an eight-part screen. The screen shows a unique and previously unknown view of Ôsaka Castle and court life during the reign of TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi – a time in which Ôsaka rose to become the economic metropolis and cultural centre of Japan.
The Province of Styria has commissioned the Styrian artists studio ASYNCHROME and Tom Lohner to engage in dialogue with the original screen in various ways; the aim is to contextualise and retell it in their very own artistic manner. Through their contemporary artistic approaches, both projects open up a trans-cultural dialogue around the multifaceted connections between Ôsaka Castle and Schloss Eggenberg, the Kansai region and Styria, Japan and Austria, the past and present.
Images
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Kurator Martin Baasch (Mitte) mit studio ASYNCHROME (Michael Schitnig und Marleen Leitner)
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J.Kucek
Kurator Martin Baasch mit Künstler Tom Lohner, v.l.
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Künstler Tom Lohner
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Ausstellungsansicht PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds von studio ASYNCHROME
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek © Bildrecht Wien, 2025
Ausstellungsansicht PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds von studio ASYNCHROME
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek © Bildrecht Wien, 2025
Ausstellungsansicht PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds von studio ASYNCHROME
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek © Bildrecht Wien, 2025
Ausstellungsansicht PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds von studio ASYNCHROME
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Ausstellungsansicht PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds von studio ASYNCHROME
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek © Bildrecht Wien, 2025
Ausstellungsansicht "OKURIMONO" von Tom Lohner
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Ausstellungsansicht "OKURIMONO" von Tom Lohner
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Ausstellungsansicht "OKURIMONO" von Tom Lohner
Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
studio ASYNCHROME: PIXEL PARAVENT. Time travels in Clouds
Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent
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Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent
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Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent
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Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent, Rendering
studioASYNCHRONE
Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent, Rendering
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Osaka Expo 2025, studioASYNCHRONE, Pixel Paravent, Rendering
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Tom Lohner: OKURIMONO
Osaka Expo 2025, Tom Lohner, Detail
Tom Lohner
Osaka Expo 2025, Tom Lohner, Detail
Tom Lohner
Osaka Expo 2025, Tom Lohner, Therme Blumau
Tom Lohner
Osaka Expo 2025, Tom Lohner, Detail: Zotter
Tom Lohner
