A Structure, a Book, We and the Garden Plečnik House, Ljubljana – curated by Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein
A Structure, A Book, We And The Garden
Plečnik House, Ljubljana
curated by Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein
May–September 2023
A Structure (2023), painted steel, 6 rods
We and The Garden (2023), sunlight on paper
A Book (2023), A4 Lasercopies, painted aluminum
Plečnik House What does Margreiter Choy see in the spaces of those who envisioned and designed buildings that are, to this date, still used and celebrated? What does it mean to go into spaces where these people worked, like the Bata headquarters tower, or in Plečnik’s case, where he also lived? What does it mean to interact with these spaces as an active, critical, creative human being, as a female artist? After all, isn’t it a fact that the premises of celebrated visionaries, well preserved to be consumed in today’s culture, maintain the idea of these people as untouchable, ghostly figures we can pay a visit to? And does this not emphasize the idea of a genius through quite an intimate encounter?
With the site-specific intervention A Structure, a Book, We and the Garden at the PH from May to September 2023, Margreiter Choy had, for example, placed blue sheets of photosensitive paper between the architect’s personal items so the sheets would gradually change color in the shifting daylight. There, she had also laid painted scaffolding bars referencing the color scheme of the house, etc.[…]
Text by Nika Grabar
excerpt from Restructuring Imaginary Space, Texte zur Kunst, May 2024
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