Jugend am Werk – Results of the week

For 30 years now, the Graz painting workshop of Jugend am Werk Steiermark has been offering artists with disabilities who want to work on a daily basis the appropriate space in the form of a modern, well-equipped studio and artistic support as part of the “daily support and encouragement” service. For them, art is not a hobby or pastime, but intensive work. With this, they actively shape Styrian cultural life. For them, creating unique works of art means independence and recognition.

The aim of the team and the artists at the Malwerkstatt is to achieve their recognition in the cultural life of the city and the state as artists of equal standing. In addition to their own exhibitions and networking with the cultural scene, participation in art projects and cultural events such as the GIF – Grazer Impro Fest is of particular importance.

Participating artists of the Malwerkstatt Graz:

– Annemarie Adam, who has been working at the Malwerkstatt Graz for two years, is involved in theater and dance in addition to her artistic work. Her works of art convey movement, rhythm and a strong artistic expression.

– In his two years at the Malwerkstatt Graz, Moritz Barnard has already developed a serious painterly and artistic quality. His productivity and desire for further development suggest that he will one day be one of the country’s great painters.

– Thomas Klanner, the youngest talent at the Malwerkstatt Graz, deals with the complexity of world events and the ‘big questions’ in an unusual way. In his artistic work, he exemplifies a person for whom it is important to understand what makes up the world by constantly inventing technical and pictorial approaches to the topics.

– Sabine Thaller has been developing her artistic work at the painting workshop for ten years now. Her pictorial studies on a wide variety of themes constantly deliver new artistic discoveries that are in tune with the aesthetic pulse of the times and touch the public with their emotional depth.

The 3 days of painting will be accompained and the exhibition at Friday August 29. will be curated by René Corvaia-Koch.

Artists: Annemarie Adam, Andreas Haas, Moritz Barnard, Gerhard Hammerl, Robert Jug, Thomas Klanner, Justin Podesser, Diana-Alice Popescu, Sebastian Schweiger, Sabine Thaller

René Corvaia-Koch

Malwerkstatt | Jugend am Werk Steiermark

JUGEND AM WERK

Detail: Annemarie Adam

other artists

OBERDECK #22: Mirjam Schrei (AT)

Moments. An undefined unit of time – fleeting and yet sometimes eternal.
In her series of paintings entitled “Atmosphere of the Moment”, Mirjam Schrei explores the connection between photography and painting and examines the process of remembering. The works
are based on photographs from her archive and capture the fleeting character of personal experiences.

Alica Minar (CZE) + Tim Winter (DE)

If we openly share our desires, what will happen? And what will happen if we start to fulfill them, on stage, in the audience? How would their confession change the very moment and the social setting we’re part of NOW, among friends, strangers, comrades?

Julia & Michael Walk (AT) + Gabriel Huth (AT)

This dinner performance explores the tension between rules and improvisation in the cooking process and invites guests to become active participants in the creative transformation of ingredients and recipes. The structure of the evening is not determined in advance , but develops in real time through the dynamics between the chefs, guests, space and ingredients.

Andrea Gava (ITA) + Grazer Impro Klub

The GIK – Grazer Impro Klub sees itself as a platform for the preservation, consolidation and cultivation of the musical practice of improvisation and genre-free musical experimentation.

Jugend am Werk – Work in progress

Schaumbad is actively involved in this process by including artists with disabilities in its programs – with the GIF as the leading series in terms of inclusion.

Susa Kern (AT)

Individual frames are designed and made from used spectacle parts.
The focus is on improvisation and creative design.

George Cremaschi (USA/CZE)

…works with a variety of approaches and strategies in the areas overlapping music, sound art and noise.

B the Beat (AT)

Dance battle with impro flow!
dancers will perform to live improvised music. The focus is on the exchange with the musicians as well as the possibility of a “connection” with each other.
The “audience” and all the people in the room ultimately become active performers and are invited to get involved in this musical journey and create new movements!

Corinna Eikmeier (DE)

What are the interactions between the quality of movement in music-making and the quality of improvisation? Aspects relevant to improvisation from two research projects will be presented.

The Kumberg Gatherers

The core is expressing itself at the moment without structures or concepts. In terms of content, this evening is open and can develop in any direction, depending on which influences are currently present and determine the path…

Maria Gstättner (AT) + Stefan Heckel (AT)

In this lecture performance, Maria Gstättner talks about her experience of how sound becomes a medium in free improvisation – a fleeting mediator between body and space, an impulse for transformation. It is about those moments in which the inexplicable takes shape and condenses into sound, breath and silence.