An event organised by TransArts - Transdisciplinary Art
„To juggle the
impossible was always an issue throughout my work - to take three objects, like a rubber ball, a chain saw and a live African
elephant, and try to juggle.“
The phrase that serves as the title of the talk is from Jason Rhodes. In the lecture
I give an overview of my work: Haus, Kaltwäsche, Motor, Für die Vögel, Shared Space, als er das Messer in die Sonne warf
and many others. It creates an insight into how processes can manifest themselves in material.
Giving form to ideas. Finding material for thoughts. Writing names under pictures. Getting scared
while listening. Getting tired from reading.
Feeling when touching. Giving time. Getting angry about things. Crossing
boundaries. Adapting rules. Changing roles. Asking for answers. A walk down the shelf of my work.
Claudia
Märzendorfer lives and works in Vienna. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the 1990s and
graduated
with Bruno Gironcoli. The artist sees the world as material and understands sculpture as a poetically expanded concept of
form. She works with installations, film as sculpture, photography, drawing,
sound and text, analog techniques in
the digital age, archives and makes site-specific installations and
temporary sculptures often in conjunction with
acoustics. Her work follows a conceptual rigor. Claudia
Märzendorfer's work has been featured in numerous performances
and solo presentations, most recently at Kunsthaus Mürz (2020), MQ ART BOX (2020), Garage Kunsthaus Wien (2019), OK Linz (2019),
Wien Modern Festival (2018, 2020, 2021), Singuhr Hörprojekte Berlin (2018), KM- H Graz (2017), MSU
Maribor (2016).
In
her practice, the artist deals with ephemeral sculptures and installations. She understands time and music as the only neutral
currencies. The world is the material when she explores the frontier of sculpture.
