This summer we present an exciting exhibition by Gabriel Abrantes in the Great Hall. Accompanying in the Kabinett is an exhibition by Daniela Zeilinger. And Sunset Kino is back under the theme “Surfing Purgatory.”
All information can be gleaned from our sparkly new website, launching in July 2021.
Director and Curator: Séamus Kealy
Main Hall
Gabriel Abrantes: Animation
July 23 to October 3, 2021
Gabriel Abrantes (b. 1984, US) is an artist and filmmaker living in Lisbon. His films have been awarded with the Grand Prix at the Semaine de la Critique (Cannes), the EFA prize at the Berlinale, the Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival, and the EDP Young Artist Award, among others. His artwork has been exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery and Tate Britain, the Palais de Tokyo, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Kunst Werke, and Serralves Museum. He participated in the 32nd São Paulo Biennial, the 2016 Bienal Tropical, and the 2014 Bienal d’Image Mouvement. For the Salzburger Kunstverein, Gabriel Abrantes will present recent films and paintings that were also showcased at MAAT in Lisbon in 2020 (Programmed Melancholy, curated by Inês Grosso).
Kabinett
Daniela Zeilinger: Yonder
July 23 to October 3, 2021
Daniela Zeilinger (b. 1975, Austria) works at the interface of different disciplines, especially painting and photography. Her works, as analogue photographs, are created in a multi-layered process of transformation and translation. An enigmatic narrative connects the individual pictorial spaces and evokes a place where one can never really be: yonder.
Ring Gallery
Megan Rooney: Big Sky Blooming
Running since October 2020
In 2020, Megan Rooney was commissioned to paint a wondrous mural in our Ring Gallery.
Omer Fast: The Invisible Hand
Running since February 2020
This immersive VR film follows a young girl recounting her family’s uncanny past in the People’s Republic of China.
Sunset Kino: Surfing Purgatory
July 21 to August 25, 2021
Founded by Séamus Kealy, Sunset Kino is Austria’s only outdoor, avant-garde film program. This year’s theme “Surfing Purgatory” is a response to Gabriel Abrantes’ summer exhibition.
July 21, 9pm
Films by James N. Kienitz Wilkins (US) curated by Gabriel Abrantes (Portugal).
Best Year Ever, 2020
This Action Lies, 2018
Mediums, 2017
B-ROLL with Andre, 2015
July 23, 9pm
Films by Gabriel Abrantes (Portugal) curated by Bernardo de Souza (Brazil).
Fratelli, 2012
Ornithes – Birds, 2012
A History of Mutual Respect, 2010
Too Many Daddies, Mommies and Babies, 2009
A Brief History of Princess X, 2016
July 28, 9pm
Curated by Reetu Sattar (Bangladesh).
Trinh T. Minh-ha, The Fourth Dimension, 2001
Yasmine Kabir, The Last Rites, 2008
Alia Syed, Panopticon Letter’s Missive I, 2012
August 4, 9pm
Curated by Josée Drouin-Brisebois (Canada).
Jonas Mekas, Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man, 2012
August 11, 9pm
Sunset Kino Award: Screening of the short-listed films and announcement of the award-winners
Graeme Arnfield, Pervading Animal, 2021
Bassem Saad, Congress of Idling Persons, 2021
Shobun Baile, Trust Study #1, 2020
Eszter Katalin, Under the Shadow of Azkorri, 2020
Renèe Helèna Browne, Daddy’s Boy, 2020
August 18, 9pm
Purgatories of Learning: curated by Antje Ehmann (Germany).
Harun Farocki, How to Live in the FRG, 1990
Selected short films from Labour in a Single Shot (Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki, 2011–2014; since 2018 with Eva Stotz and Luis Feduchi)
August 25, 9pm
Curated by the team of the Salzburger Kunstverein.
Andreas Pichler, Das System Milch, 2017
About Salzburger Kunstverein
The Salzburger Kunstverein is a leading organisation for producing and exhibiting contemporary art. Founded in 1844, the Salzburger Kunstverein owns and is housed in the historic Künstlerhaus building, which includes exhibition areas and studios for artists and art initiatives. The Director of the Salzburger Kunstverein is Séamus Kealy.
For further information: Michaela Lederer
T +43 (0) 662 842294-15 / lederer [at] salzburger-kunstverein.at
