Bildende Kunst: Malerei & Grafik

Kann Malerei performativ sein? Studierende des Fachbereichs Malerei und Grafik an der Kunstuniversität Linz finden es heraus in einer Performance, die von Anne Carsons Roman „Autobiography of Red“ inspiriert ist.

Can painting perform? Students from the Painting & Graphics class at University of Arts Linz find out in a performance inspired by Anne Carson’s novel, Autobiography of Red.

A “novel in verse,” Autobiography of Red is based on “Geryoneis”, a poem written by Greek Lyric Poet Stesichorus in 6th century BC which tells the story of a red winged monster named Geryon and his “heroic” killer, Herakles. Carson’s work includes her translation of the existing fragments of this poem, and then expounds on the myth with a queer coming of age story about Geryon, set in the present day. Over the course of the semester, while reading this novel together, we simultaneously researched performative possibilities of painting, and more specifically, we found a shared interest in painting, text and sound that could act as threshold experiences. We looked at ways in which paintings could play with the idea of the multiple – playing with opacity, reflection and translucence. The performance itself is a Theater of the Multiple; multiple rooms, multiple performative modes, multiple ways of looking and listening.

Autobiography of Red is a shapeshifter. It is a book that has many heads, a form that reflects the body of the protagonist Geryon. It is a web of fragmentary, dreamlike scenes from the life of Geryon – a novel that defies summary, because in essence it is anti-whole. It is about questioning monstrosity. It is about subjectivity in motion. It is about alternative, anti-hero narratives. It is about alienation. It is about the fluidity of being. It is about queer sexuality. It is about becoming. How can painting be staged into this flux? Together as class, we sought to approach these themes with the same multiplicity that the text itself offers. Ideas poured in, getting tangled in a matrix of collectivity, and in turn untangled to reveal what is possible in collective imagination.

We discovered ways in which text, sound and painting could share a space in performance. Students took Anne Carson’s own imaginative cues in her re-imagination of queer Geryon, and continued to re-write the stories. These texts became integrated into a collaboratively built sonic fabric, which in turn integrated into a staged world of painting.

In this performance we offer you a guided tour through a performative exhibition of E.A.C.H. through three spaces which offer three distinct worlds of Autobiography of Red.

vor Ort: Kunstuniversität Linz, Domgasse 1, 2. Stock, Aktsaal (DO.02.35)

Kann Malerei performativ sein? Studierende des Fachbereichs Malerei und Grafik an der Kunstuniversität Linz finden es heraus in einer Performance, die von Anne Carsons Roman „Autobiography of Red“ inspiriert ist.

Can painting perform? Students from the Painting & Graphics class at University of Arts Linz find out in a performance inspired by Anne Carson’s novel, Autobiography of Red.

A “novel in verse,” Autobiography of Red is based on “Geryoneis”, a poem written by Greek Lyric Poet Stesichorus in 6th century BC which tells the story of a red winged monster named Geryon and his “heroic” killer, Herakles. Carson’s work includes her translation of the existing fragments of this poem, and then expounds on the myth with a queer coming of age story about Geryon, set in the present day. Over the course of the semester, while reading this novel together, we simultaneously researched performative possibilities of painting, and more specifically, we found a shared interest in painting, text and sound that could act as threshold experiences. We looked at ways in which paintings could play with the idea of the multiple – playing with opacity, reflection and translucence. The performance itself is a Theater of the Multiple; multiple rooms, multiple performative modes, multiple ways of looking and listening.

Autobiography of Red is a shapeshifter. It is a book that has many heads, a form that reflects the body of the protagonist Geryon. It is a web of fragmentary, dreamlike scenes from the life of Geryon – a novel that defies summary, because in essence it is anti-whole. It is about questioning monstrosity. It is about subjectivity in motion. It is about alternative, anti-hero narratives. It is about alienation. It is about the fluidity of being. It is about queer sexuality. It is about becoming. How can painting be staged into this flux? Together as class, we sought to approach these themes with the same multiplicity that the text itself offers. Ideas poured in, getting tangled in a matrix of collectivity, and in turn untangled to reveal what is possible in collective imagination.

We discovered ways in which text, sound and painting could share a space in performance. Students took Anne Carson’s own imaginative cues in her re-imagination of queer Geryon, and continued to re-write the stories. These texts became integrated into a collaboratively built sonic fabric, which in turn integrated into a staged world of painting.

In this performance we offer you a guided tour through a performative exhibition of E.A.C.H. through three spaces which offer three distinct worlds of Autobiography of Red.

vor Ort: Kunstuniversität Linz, Domgasse 1, 2. Stock (DO.02.35)