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LINZ TEXAS A City Relates An exhibition by Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture in cooperation with the Architekturzentrum Wien Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hall Exhibition: 12 June 2008 - 08 September 2008 Opening: Wednesday 11 June 2008, 6pm Tickets: EUR 5,00 / EUR 3,50 reduced Opening speakers Dietmar Steiner, Director Az W Martin Heller, Artistic Director of Linz09 Angelika Fitz, Curator Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Executive Councillor for Culture and Science, Vienna Franz Dobusch, Mayor of Linz The Exhibition The capital of the federal state of Upper Austria, Linz, is a prototypical middle-sized town. It also occupies a position in the middle between industry and culture, between economic hotspot and natural setting, and making use of Vienna and Salzburg as major tourist destinations, the town has recently shown a remarkable talent for reinventing itself. Linz is to be European Capital of Culture in 2009. This calls for a new profile. Who can Linz learn from and what can others learn from Linz? What does Linz have in common with Madrid, Wolfsburg or Seattle? Which of its attributes are shared with Moscow, Manchester or Davos? An urban road movie — to the end of the world — is looking for the answer. The aim pursued by the exhibition LINZ TEXAS is a daring one. 'A City Relates' alludes to individual facets and attributes of the town that link Linz to both obvious and apparently absurd aspects of other towns and cities. With this concept an emphatic and atmospheric reading is suddenly opened that goes well beyond previously known methods of representing a town. The result is an adventurous profusion of comparisons intended to refresh the view of the city of Linz and its affinities, and to inspire the imagination. Team Concept: Angelika Fitz, Az W/Dietmar Steiner, Linz09/Martin Heller Curator: Angelika Fitz Exhibition architecture: arquitectos/Heidi Pretterhofer Graphic design: MVD Austria/Barbara Eisenköck, Michael Rieper, Christine Schmauszer Assistant curator: Christina Nägele Project coordination Az W: Katharina Ritter Project coordination Linz09: Gudrun Wallenböck Publication LINZ TEXAS A City Relates © 2008 Springer-Verlag/Vienna editors: Angelika Fitz, Martin Heller layout: MVD Austria / Michael Rieper, Georg Skerbisch, Christine Schmauszer available in English and German editions Exhibition at the stadtmuseumgraz LINZ TEXAS A City Relates 25.09. – 02.11.2008 Opening: Wed 24.09.2008, 7pm, at the stadtmuseumgraz Public Funding Geschäftsgruppe Stadtentwicklung und Verkehr Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur Geschäftsgruppe Kultur und Wissenschaft Sponsor: ARCHITECTURE LOUNGE Grants from Linz09 Stadt Linz Land Oberösterreich Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur Europäische Union |
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Current Preview Permanent Exhibition LINZ TEXAS A City Relates Press Release: LINZ TEXAS A City Relates Gallery: The Exhibition Opening event E-Shop Products: Catalogue: LINZ TEXAS Eine Stadt mit Beziehungen Catalogue: LINZ TEXAS A City Relates Links: Linz 2009 Kulturhauptstadt stadtmuseumgraz Information: Katharina Ritter Tel.: +43 (1) 522 31 15-32 Fax: +43 (1) 522 31 17 Email: ritter@azw.at |
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