“Festival
   
Wien Kunst

Exhibition. Café Memoriam

Things to love about playing hide and seek: mainly hiding aspects; patiently occupying that dark, damp lair; the fear of getting caught; the thrill of being searched for, as if somebody cares; the sweat produced, trying to find the perfect spot in 100 seconds or less, is slowly curing; laying still, in that nook, facing the ground;
Clemens Tschurtschenthaler; Café Memoriam; 2022; Ve.sch Kunstverein; Installation view.
Clemens Tschurtschenthaler; Café Memoriam; 2022; Ve.sch Kunstverein; Installation view.

the heart is racing; time warping; perspective inverting; the respiratory rate forcedly decreasing; self-centered seclusion turning into borderline arousal, lying there, in that moldy ditch; alone, barely seeing anything; almost smelling everything; fighting the temptation to smirk fanatically; the taste of madness; a perfectly balanced blend of terror and excitement; face cupped as insects settle on the neck; the outside world keeps disappearing; after years of abandoned trauma – yearning to be forgotten; entitled and delighted by glorious self-pity; suddenly a familiar touch eliminates carefully constructed despair; confusingly comforting, comfortably confusing; remember that taste.

Exhibition: Clemens Tschurtschenthaler – Café Memoriam
Exhibition duration: 14.07 – 28.07.2022

Address and contact:
Ve.Sch Kunstverein
Gumpendorferstraße 95, 1060 Vienna
www.vesch.org

Clemens Tschurtschenthaler – www.clemens-tschurtschenthaler.com


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