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Planetary System Summit #2

A Séance Between Ancient Ocean Krill and Petrocultural Bodies.
Systemic Constellation Work on the oil-rich Vienna Basin, paper, wood, 2018

In the framework of the exhibition "Holes in the Wall." Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now, curated by Gudrun Ratzinger

 

The discovery of oil fundamentally changed life on Earth, as one would expect at first glance. Katrin Hornek investigates these transformations in the series “Planetary System Summit.” She selects sites where the main themes and protagonists of the global climate change are present – for instance, a pipeline at the southern end of the Danube Island, on the edge of oil port Lobau ("Planetary System Summit #1", November 2, 2016) or the largest continuous oil reserve of Central Europe in Matzen-Raggendorf, 35 km northeast from Vienna ("Planetary System Summit #2", March 24, 2018). In her Systemic Constellation Works on the most important human and non-human agents the artist follows material traces and stories about the omnipresence of oil. Multifaceted relationships are revealed – for example, between prehistoric organisms and slowly decaying microplastics, between a borehole in the Weinviertel and the Iranian Revolution, or between the wish to mitigate the climate crisis and our dependency on this natural resource. (text Gudrun Ratzinger)

 

Opening Session

23.03.2018, Kunsthalle Exnergasse

Experts from different fields speak about fossil energy, organic compounds, oil exploitation in the Weinviertel region, and the representation of structural relationships.

With: Ute Hargassner (mediator specializing in Systemic Constellation Work), Linda Lerchbaumer (exploration geologist) and Benjamin Steininger (cultural theorist specializing in petro-culture)

 

 

Planetary System Summit #2, 24.03.2018

Systemic Constellation Work at borehole BO 57, Bockfließ (Lower Austria) with partly invited guests and exhibition visitors

 

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

exhibition views »Holes in the Wall.«

Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now, photo Wolfgang Thaler

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

pictures: Archive of the Geological Survey of Austria, collection: raw material history

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2
Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

exhibition views »Holes in the Wall.«

Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now, photo Wolfgang Thaler

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

invitation to Planetary System Summit #2, available at the exhibition

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

Planetary System Summit #2, Systemic Constellation Work on the oil-rich Vienna Basin at the oil well nuber BO 57  in Bockfließ, Lower Austria

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2
Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2
Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2
Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

photos (Constellation Work) Jakob Zenzmaier

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

invitation to Planetary System Summit #2, available at the exhibition

Katrin Hornek Planetary System Summit #2

In the framework of the exhibition "Holes in the Wall." Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now, curated by Gudrun Ratzinger

 

The discovery of oil fundamentally changed life on Earth, as one would expect at first glance. Katrin Hornek investigates these transformations in the series “Planetary System Summit.” She selects sites where the main themes and protagonists of the global climate change are present – for instance, a pipeline at the southern end of the Danube Island, on the edge of oil port Lobau ("Planetary System Summit #1", November 2, 2016) or the largest continuous oil reserve of Central Europe in Matzen-Raggendorf, 35 km northeast from Vienna ("Planetary System Summit #2", March 24, 2018). In her Systemic Constellation Works on the most important human and non-human agents the artist follows material traces and stories about the omnipresence of oil. Multifaceted relationships are revealed – for example, between prehistoric organisms and slowly decaying microplastics, between a borehole in the Weinviertel and the Iranian Revolution, or between the wish to mitigate the climate crisis and our dependency on this natural resource. (text Gudrun Ratzinger)

 

Opening Session

23.03.2018, Kunsthalle Exnergasse

Experts from different fields speak about fossil energy, organic compounds, oil exploitation in the Weinviertel region, and the representation of structural relationships.

With: Ute Hargassner (mediator specializing in Systemic Constellation Work), Linda Lerchbaumer (exploration geologist) and Benjamin Steininger (cultural theorist specializing in petro-culture)

 

 

Planetary System Summit #2, 24.03.2018

Systemic Constellation Work at borehole BO 57, Bockfließ (Lower Austria) with partly invited guests and exhibition visitors