On Borrowed Time
Exhibition
NeverTheSameRiver / Studio Claudia Pilsl Alliiertenstraße 7/2, 1020 Wien
2.10.—1.11.2025
Artists: Pilsl Claudia
Johannes N. Bayer’s study on the flora of the Prater, published in 1869, provides a snapshot of biodiversity in public space at that time and gives insight into the migration of plants, which happens without any regard for borders. It inspired the artist to create works with plants that she gathered at the Prater, addressing the interface between nature, science, and art. She used phytography, an alternative photographic process that actively involves plants in the creation pictures. The phytogram, an analog technique that was developed in 2016 by Karel Doing in England, brings together various components. This method of making photographs without a camera depends on the direct contact between the plant and the paper, the plant’s own process of photosynthesis, and ecologically friendly chemicals. The diverse questions that the artist would like to address in this work are related to the fragility of biodiversity and the threat posed to the human habitat by accelerated climate change, the position of analog processes in an energy-hungry hyperdigitized environment, and, not least of all, the value of photography as a scientific and artistic process.
Thu2–7 PM
Fri2–7 PM
Sat2–7 PM
free entry Not barrier-free
Artists: Pilsl Claudia
Johannes N. Bayer’s study on the flora of the Prater, published in 1869, provides a snapshot of biodiversity in public space at that time and gives insight into the migration of plants, which happens without any regard for borders. It inspired the artist to create works with plants that she gathered at the Prater, addressing the interface between nature, science, and art. She used phytography, an alternative photographic process that actively involves plants in the creation pictures. The phytogram, an analog technique that was developed in 2016 by Karel Doing in England, brings together various components. This method of making photographs without a camera depends on the direct contact between the plant and the paper, the plant’s own process of photosynthesis, and ecologically friendly chemicals. The diverse questions that the artist would like to address in this work are related to the fragility of biodiversity and the threat posed to the human habitat by accelerated climate change, the position of analog processes in an energy-hungry hyperdigitized environment, and, not least of all, the value of photography as a scientific and artistic process.
Events related to this exhibition:
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Johannes N. Bayer’s study on the flora of the Prater, published in 1869, provides a snapshot of biodiversity in public space at that time and gives insight into the migration of plants, which happens without any regard for borders. It inspired the artist to create...
Opening hours:
Thu2–7 PM
Fri2–7 PM
Sat2–7 PM
Address:
Alliiertenstraße 7/2
1020 Wien
Alliiertenstraße 7/2
1020 Wien