vernissage under the highway bridge 

This open-air exhibition was seen as a sign of protest against the increasing marginalization of numerous female artists and the gentrification of our living spaces. 13 large-format paintings, exhibited in the atmosphere of a remote non-place under the solid construction of a motorway bridge, show 13 princesses as a reference to the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. The unwanted and evil thirteenth fairy, who was not invited to the celebration in the fairy tale, symbolizes all the rejected, excluded and invisible artists of our time. Conceptually consciously designed in the style of children's art or Art Brut, this work celebrates the excluded, non-academic and outside of trend artistic narratives and thus calls for self-empowerment, self-organization and self-confidence. A special highlight of the opening was the live modular synth act by Ministik and BUD.RIK. The works will remain on display for one month and will not be protected during this period. However, their transformation (due to the weather or vandalism, etc.) is documented via time-lapse video and subsequently presented.

Innsbruck, Austria,June 2024