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Margherita Spiluttini. Atlas Austria PRESS RELEASE Opening: Wednesday 20.06.2007 at 7pm Press conference: Wednesday 20.06.2007 at 11am "A photograph is always also an image of absence... accordingly, a different image is created in each viewer by the same photograph." (Margherita Spiluttini) Margherita Spiluttini established Austrian architecture photography about 25 years ago. With her photographs of private and public buildings she has become a trusted and much demanded chronicler of national and international architecture, one who has made a significant contribution to the way architecture is seen. She is now one of the most important proponents of the genre. Margherita Spiluttini‘s work is not restricted to a comprehensive chronicle of Austrian architecture and major buildings by star architects in the international arena. Spiluttini‘s own works prove, above all, her artistic stature too. Margherita Spiluttini depicts architecture as it is. There is no additional layer of spectacle, of specious symbols, of artificial dramatisation. Her images are narratives in the sense that they alienate. What distinguishes her shots from those of other photographers is often only noticed on taking a second look. She neither pays homage to the design, stepping back behind it, nor does she stage-manage the subjects with loaded photographic gestures. The way she looks is more analytical and equally full of curiosity, organising and appraising what she sees. The exhibition addresses the translation of architecture into the visual language of a single photographer. Using slide projections in a range of formats from large to small, the documented buildings and landscapes, the selection of their special pictorial narratives, develop a unified visual language with depth, comprising an Austrian pictorial atlas, a conceptual art installation with the key message architecture. Exhibition concept: Katharina Ritter, Margherita Spiluttini Exhibition design: Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch The Architekturzentrum Wien is publishing "margherita spiluttini. räumlich / margherita spiluttini. spacious" to accompany the exhibition. The book covers her comprehensive body of work systematically while also presenting a number of surprising and hitherto widely unknown moments from her oeuvre. Published by Fotohof edition Band 85 Graphic concept: Gabriele Lenz German/English edition SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMME The Az W Summer Guided Tours of 'Margherita Spiluttini. Atlas Austria' are followed by a demonstration of how selected buildings in the exhibition are seen from an architecture photographer's perspective. Summer Tour 01 Wednesday 04.07.2007, 6pm – 8pm Meeting point: 5.45pm at the Az W Info Ends: 8pm, Albertina Tickets incl. guided tour and admission: EUR 12,00 / students EUR 9,00 Guided tour of the exhibition followed by a walk to the Albertina: Soravia Wing, Albertina Ramp, 1010 Vienna / Hans Hollein, 2003 (guides: photographer Pez Hejduk and architect Monika Tscholakov) Summer Tour 02 Saturday 21.07.2007, 2pm – 7pm Meeting point: 1.45pm at the Az W Info Ends: 7pm at the Az W Tickets incl. guided tour, admission and coach: EUR 28,00 / students: EUR 24,00 Guided tour of the exhibition by the artist Margherita Spiluttini, followed by a coach trip: Pilotengasse housing estate, 1220 Vienna / Adolf Krischanitz, Herzog & de Meuron, Steidle+Partner, 1992 (guide: Marion Kuzmany); Maria Biljan-Bilger exhibition hall, Sommerein, Lower Austria / Friedrich Kurrent, 2004. The architect is present. Summer Tour 03 Wednesday 01.08.2007, 6 – 8pm Meeting point: 17.45pm at the Az W Info Ends: 8pm at the Sargfabrik Tickets incl. guided tour and admission, public transport not included: Euro 12.- (students: Euro 9.-) A guided tour of the exhibition followed by a trip on the U3 to the Sargfabrik: Matznergasse social housing, 1140 Vienna / BKK-2, 1996 (guides: photographer Pez Hejduk and architect Monika Tscholakov) Summer Tour 04 Sunday 12.08.2007, 11.30am – 4pm Meeting point: 11.15am at the Az W Info Ends: 4pm at the Az W Tickets incl. guided tours, admission and coach: EUR 28,00 / students EUR 24,00 By coach to selected Viennese memorials to musicians, and guided tour of the exhibition at the Az W. Donauwalzerhaus Strauss memorial, 1020 Vienna / memorial to Haydn, 1060 Vienna / Schubert's birthplace, 1090 Vienna / Heiligenstädter Testamenthaus, memorial to Beethoven, 1190 Vienna All buildings 1996 / Elsa Prochazka. (guides: photographer Pez Hejduk and architecture historian Christa Veigl |
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Press page Current events Past events Gallery: Images for the Press: The Exhibition Images for the Press: Opening Night Images for the press: Margherita Spiluttini. Atlas Austria Dates: Margherita Spiluttini. Atlas Austria Downloads: Press release: Margherita Spiluttini. Atlas Austria Biography Margherita Spiluttini Links: Margherita Spiluttini Information: Ines Purtauf Tel.: +43 (1) 522 31 15 - 25 Fax: +43 (1) 522 31 17 Email: purtauf@azw.at |
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