Overview
The 54th edition of Steirischer Herbst features newly commissioned artworks that directly engage with public space, creating opportunities for audiences to reengage with their locality through chance encounters, local workshops and public gatherings. This year’s discursive program probes the common impasses of a post-pandemic reality and looks for ways of getting beyond them. A memorial by Thomas Hirschhorn, taken care of by neighbourhood locals celebrates the life and thought of philosopher Simone Weil, attaching itself to one of the city’s many public sculptures.
Participating artists and collectives include: Theater im Bahnhof, Dejan Kaludjerović in collaboration with Marija Balubžić, Uriel Barthélémi with Sophie Bernado & Salomon Baneck-Asaro, Yael Bartana, Phil Collins, Lars Cuzner, Žiga Divjak, Bojan Djordjev, Sophia Brous with Faye Driscoll, Nilbar Güreş, Hans Haacke, Horst Gerhard Haberl, Felix Hafner, Heimo Halbrainer, Samara Hersch, Thomas Hirschhorn, Hiwa K, Flo Kasearu, Tanja Šljivar, G.R.A.M., Boris Mikhailov, Paul B. Preciado, Die Rabtaldirndln, Tim Radya, Stefanie Sargnagel, Tino Sehgal, Marinella Senatore, Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping, Nicholas Grafia & Mikołaj Sobczak, Mounira Al Solh, Hito Steyerl, Lara Thoms, Rosemarie Trockel and Mark Waschke.
