We live in an age of omnipresent and calculated images; what opportunity
have photographers to approach a historically charged prestigious building without the risk of being instrumentalized? Is
it possible that photographs and artistic work in an empty building can say more than that the building is temporarily no
longer used for its original purpose?
In a cooperation project of the University of Applied Arts Vienna with the Directorate
of the Austrian Parliament, students of the Department of Applied Photography and Time-Based Media had the opportunity to
investigate the historic building at the Ring shortly after parliament had moved out, and to find answers to these questions.
With
a comment from the publisher, statements from the students, and an essay on politics and imagery
Parlamentsdirektion,
Republic of Austria, Vienna
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Department of Applied Photography and
Time-Based Media
Pascal Petignat, artist, photographer, Vienna
Followed by the publication
Probelauf
– Performative Szenen zum parlamentarischen Betrieb (De Gruyter, 2024)
