From neo-surrealist painting to hyperreal graphic design, from post-internet tableaux to neo-romantic photography: “Vital Signs” is a group exhibition in the urban space of Graz that presents a total of ten positions of contemporary art to the public on culture boards, vacant buildings, and lampposts. The artists translate personal experiences, subcultural and pop cultural codes, and political attitudes into powerful works that relate to the festival theme. The exhibition deliberately moves between disciplines and reveals the fragile, emotionally challenging state of our present.

Internationally renowned artist Oliver Ressler sets an explicitly political-ecological accent. His work “Property Will Cost Us the Earth” is installed in front of the Forum Stadtpark and addresses the destructive effects of property and exploitation logic on ecological systems.