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STRL_ (Shō Alexander Murayama & Samuel Collins)

SOIL WALL GARDEN | OPEN FIELDS - Art and Agriculture

15.08.2022

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Date

15.08.2022

Time

2pm - 8pm

Location

Art in Public Space

Meeting point

Weinhof Locknbauer, Pichla bei Radkersburg 58, 8355 Tieschen

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Event

Opening of the project SOIL WALL GARDEN by STRL_ (Shō Alexander Murayama and Samuel Collins) in the context of OPEN FIELDS – Art and Agriculture.


OPEN FIELDS – Art and Agriculture

With the project OPEN FIELDS the Institute for Art in Public Space Styria combines the realms of art and agriculture. It includes 12 sub-projects by various international artists and art collectives and just as many Styrian farms.

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STRL_ (Shō Alexander Murayama & Samuel Collins)

SOIL WALL GARDEN

In their work at a winery in Tieschen, STRL_ (Shō Alexander Murayama and Samuel Collins) engaged intensively with architecture and space. Their project SOIL WALL GARDEN, a temporary sculptural earth garden conically reaching four meters into the earth, served as a place of retreat and concentration, as well as a field of inquiry. Wandering layers of soil could be perceived here as well as the resistance to idyllic promises of salvation in favor of an open and constantly changing situation as a concept of life, marked by a seating accommodation from a transit point. Communication, concentration and reflection are clearly inscribed in this work.

Man sieht eine Person mit langen Haaren von hinten auf einer silbernen Metallbank sitzend. Die Hände sind hinter dem Kopf unter den Haaren verschränkt. Rund um die Bank ist ein Kreis in die Erde gearbeitet, der unten durch eine Mauer aus Erde abgeschlossen wird. Die oberste Schicht bildet die Wiese. Darüber sind hohe Gräser, Baumspitzen und Dächer von entfernten Häusern zu sehen. Darüber der blaue Himmel mit wenig weißen Wolken.

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STRL_ (Shō Alexander Murayama und Samuel Collins)
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Exhibition OPEN FIELDS

An exhibition in the Neue Galerie Graz will finally present all twelve OPEN FIELDS projects in one place, opening 5th of December, 2024.

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