Monika Wührer
Church of Monika
your presence leads to conflict
viennese lounge - velvet lounge
Bread and Soccer
In the Arena of the Art - Austrian Cultural Forum NYSummer 2008, NY
related links:
breadandsoccer.com
Austrian Fultural Forum NY curated by curated by Trevor Smith and Jürgen Weishäupl
Wuzler
project: soccer (1997)
Wuzler built in colaboration with Frank Scheiderbauer
Throughout much of the world, soccer has long been more than just a sport. It is a cultural phenomenon, an arena in which local rivalries and national dramas have been played out long before satellite broadcasting made it possible for games to be beamed around the world and experienced simultaneously by hundreds of millions of viewers. Even as professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey attract bigger audiences in the United States, there is nothing that compares with soccer as a game that is truly played around the world.
In June 2008, Austria and Switzerland play host to the European championship soccer tournament UEFA Euro 2008ª. On this occasion, the Austrian Cultural Forum has commissioned an exhibition Bread and Soccer: in the arena of art that explores not only the magical flowing rhythm of the game itself but the unique energy and identity that soccer fans have brought to the sport. Eleven artists (like the eleven players on a soccer team) present works that suggest ways in which the cult of spectatorship meets the culture of participation.