Presentation 21.11.24, 5 pm - 8 pm Forum Keller Entry: Free

St.A.i.R. - Styrian Artists in Residence

Are you afraid of dirt/soil/ground/land?

St.A.i.R. (Styria-Artist in Residence)

Hast du Angst vor dem Boden?
Are you afraid of dirt/soil/ground/land?

  • Exhibition: 17:00 - 20:00
  • Artist presentation: 18:00 - 20:00

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Was ist Boden und was machen wir damit? Die Styria-Artists-in-Residence Marie Salcedo Horn & Walker Tufts entdeckten hier in Graz ihr gemeinsames Interesse an Dreck, Steinen und Erde. Gemeinsam begaben sie sich auf die Suche nach Menschen und Orten. Sie besuchten Tongruben, Landwirte, Wissenschaftlerinnen, Gärten, Erdhaufen, Höhlen und Künstlerinnen. Kommt zu einem Abend voller schmutziger Untersuchungen in Ton, Geschmack und weiteren Sinnen.

What is dirt and what do we do with it? Styrian Artists-in-Residence Marie Salcedo Horn & Walker Tufts discovered a shared interest in dirt, rocks and soil when they met here in Graz. Since then they’ve gone in search of people and places. They visited clay pits, farmers, scientists, gardens, piles of earth, caves and artists. Join them for an evening of dirty investigations in clay, taste and other senses.

Opening at 5 pm, presentation starts at 6 pm!

Are you afraid of dirt/soil/ground/land?

About the Artists

Are you afraid of dirt/soil/ground/land?

Walker Tufts | Marie Horn Salcedo (St.A.i.R. at Schaumbad Graz)

Walker Tufts, NY, US, make games and sculptures that examine human and more-than-human relationships, especially as they relate to dirt and land. Walker’s work explores the messy borders between science and storytelling and playfully situates human players in relation to others.

Walker has shown internationally including: MassMoCA, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, VEGA Arts, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and Flux Factory. Walker has created commissioned works in Wales, Denmark, Germany, Russia and the United States. Walker received his BS in Art from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA, US) and an MFA at University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY, US)
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In her multimedia work, Marie Salcedo Horn (born 1995) examines the relationship between humans and the more-than-human. She explores the question of man's understanding of nature. Through her performances and installations, she wants to explore, among other things, where the boundaries between having a body and being a body lie and what humans need in order to connect with the non-human world. The possibility of touching her works haptically and the sensual experience play a central role in this. In 2023 she graduated as a master student at the Berlin University of the Arts and is a scholarship holder of the Eberhard Roters Scholarship for Young Art, Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture and the Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster. She has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen Passau and has been part of group exhibitions in Ecuador, Japan, Poland and Germany.