MARKUS PROSCHEK
BAR LISSA
Activity Day January 1, 2022
Time: 00:00 – 24:00
Materials: 2 wooden beams (15 cm x 15 cm x 10 m), 50 white tiles, black spray paint, fireworks rockets, 150-year-old antique figures.
BAR LISSA is a hybrid siege machine, swing, and bar. Plaster sculptures by the 19th century sculptor Theodor Charlemont are mounted on a ram-like construction. These represent the bows of ancient ships. The title alludes to the 1866 naval battle of Lissa, which was decided in an „atavistic“ manner using ramming tactics. Placed in the context of an old castle park, the intervention also takes on a humorous aspect of a siege of the client by the artist. The swinging of the beam suggests the constant action-reaction dynamics of a conflict; the nature of its movement has a sexual connotation, yet it is also a satirical allusion to martial-phallic gestures.
Artwork - Déjà vu
Sculpture
Title: BAR LISSA
Year: 2022
Technique: Drypoint on aluminum
Dimensions: 40 cm x 75.5 cm
Transit - Pouvoir
Cornelia Hefel & Niki Pommer
Cornelia Hefel, was born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. She completed a specialized course for fashion design, a higher technical school (HTL) for textile technology, various dance training, and finally the HTL College of Photography in Leyserstrasse, Vienna. She served as an assistant to Horst Stasny in Linz, Nikolaus Walter in Feldkirch, and Elfie Semontan in Vienna. In 1998, she began working as a freelance artist in the medium of photography. Her work has appeared in various publications, as well as in group and solo exhibitions, most recently in 2022 ALL, member exhibition at Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, and round 72, Angelo Roventa, Bregenz. Her work is in the collections of the state of Vorarlberg (acquisitions in 2009, 2016, 2018, 2020) and private collectors.
Niki Pommer, freelance photographer.
