Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller
Danube:Island
Danube:Island 
Hunting Map, 2023 
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Industrial zone, local recreational area and sensitive ecosystem – the Danube is a reconfigured cultural landscape marked by stark contrasts. In collaboration with environmental historian and publicist Ortrun Veichtlbauer the Austrian artists Herwig Turk and Gebhard Sengmüller have chosen this as the starting point for their artistic research: as part of their project Danube: Sediment Shifts in Interstitial Space they have created a complex of works, originally conceived for Vienna, at the interface of art and the natural sciences. These are now being augmented for the exhibition by geographical, ecological and historical aspects of the city of Linz. Using the island as an artistic figure of thought, Turk and Sengmüller combine historical realities – such as the Strasserinsel, which existed in Linz until the 19th century – with current socio-political discourses on the utilisation of the Danube region by means of an artificial island.
Videos, installations, photographs and sculptural objects allow an intensive exploration of the river and its relevance for mankind and the environment. The works shown in the exhibition create a multidimensional, dynamic landscape and interweave different thematic fields into a dense visual narrative.
An exhibition by: Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller in collaboration with Ortrun Veichtlbauer
| Date | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 28.04 | Guided tour through “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Tue 30.04 | Guided tour through “The Collection” + “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Thu 02.05 | Guided tour through “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 6:00 pm–7:00 pm |
| Sat 04.05 | Lentos Atelier Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio. | 10:00 am–12:00 pm |
| Sat 04.05 | A Studio for All Age Groups Every first Saturday each month we throw open the door of our “Atelier für Alle”, our studio for sessions with all age groups from 0 – 99. | 2:00 pm–4:00 pm |
| Sat 04.05 | Express Tour: “The Journey of the Paintings” This tour offers an insight into the Lentos. It looks at the museum‘s history and collection of art and includes highlights of the present special exhibition. Language: English, Ticket: 4€ plus admission, duration: 1h | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Sun 05.05 | Guided tour through “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Tue 07.05 | Guided tour through “The Collection” + “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Thu 09.05 | Guided tour through “The Journey of the Paintings” Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only | 6:00 pm–7:00 pm |
| Sat 11.05 | Lentos Atelier Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio. | 10:00 am–12:00 pm |
Live discussion on the water: Danube, islands, transformation and autonomy
Initiatives and artists who deal with the Danube in their projects talk about their work. After the recording by Dorf TV, the discussion will be available digitally. Tanja Brandmayr (86 Meter Donauufer, Deckdock); Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller (Donau:Insel); Leo Schatzl (Floating Village); Franz Xaver, Jan-Nahuel Jenny (Messschiff Eleonore, Donautics); time’s up (New New Atlantis); Christoph Wiesmayr (Schwemmland)
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 3 pm, Registration at ht@herwigturk.net
Location: Salonschiff Fräulein Florentine, Linz Urfahr Promenade (center of Urfahr market area, – second landing stage down the Danube after Nibelungenbrücke)
Publication
The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue Donau: Schichtwechsel im Lückenraum, edited by Harald Bichler, Galerie rauminhalt Wien / Reinhard Braun, Vienna 2023, 152 pages, € 22
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