Alfred Lenz, L201_Care

In 2024 a sculpture of the Artspace L201 consisting of three parts will be put together as a newly arranged structure.

The screen-like metal grid walls will be utilized as an exhibition space facing the street, which will host banners by a variety of artists throughout the year. Additionally, these metal grid walls will become part of a structure built on the inside. Thus, creating a shelter on the roadside resembling a Greek temple. Infront of this structure facing the street Hans Schabus’s grandstand, which was built in 2023, will be repositioned.

The soil in this newly erected house like metal grid structure will be worked on by the artist Gabriele Sturm. She will regularly examine the vegetation and soil and work on the soil based on conversations with the locals. Thus, the artist will be observing and accompanying the newly emerging vegetation on the ground. The same process will be done on the ground beneath the grandstand. Though this, flora and fauna become the protagonists of the project themselves and a visual connection is drawn between the stage and the grandstand. The plants will share a space with both the performers and the spectators, their autarchy creates a juxtaposition to the habitat cultivated by humans.

On the other side of the property a shelter will be located, which will house farm animals for 10 days. Thus, the space becomes a living space, and the houses lawn becomes a food source. The artist Lukas Weithas, who has many years of experience as a herdsman and dairyman on a Swiss alpine pasture, will look after the animals and process the harvested milk.

Under the title CARE, Gabriele Sturm, Lukas Weithas and Alfred Lenz will visibly raise questions about cycles, welfare, care, cooperation, worries, dependencies, nature and culture in a ten-day action on this small farm that has fallen out of time.