Opening: Saturday, July 27, 2024, 3 pm

Exhibition: August 23 - September 22, 2024

Friday 2 - 6 pm and Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

and September 23 until mid-October by appointment

 

With new works by:

Hannes Gröblacher, Christina Gruber, Florian Gwinner

and Jee-Ae Lim as well as a comic reading by Vina Yun and a performance by

a performance by Vocal Naps at the opening.

The exhibition “flora pondtemporary” transforms the Stiftsteiche (monastery ponds) in St. Florian into an area for contemporary art. This project was initiated by the artist-run space Kulturdrogerie in Vienna, which was founded in 2005. The sixth edition of the exhibition project “flora pondtemporary” in 2024 once more enables international artists, the inhabitants of St. Florian, and people interested in art and culture to engage in a conversation.

New artistic productions activate the infrastructure on-site and complement the exhibition project with performances, installations, sculptures, and sound objects. The themes of this year’s edition of “flora pondtemporary” are the dialectics of city and countryside, in addition to resources as well as migration and includes a musical aspect. The artists create site-specific works that explore global issues and topics while also being situated in a

local setting. In light of the increasing polarization of society, “flora pondtemporary” tries to find common ground regarding how democratic processes should be shaped. Social issues are not regarded as solely evolving between humans; they also develop as part of an ecological, holistic context.

Also on display were works by:

Marlene Hausegger, Markus Hiesleitner, Nicole Krenn,Antje Majewski, Mother Of Pearl,Imre Nagy,

Kerstin Reyer/ Sophie Netzer, Klara Paterok, Payer Gabriel, raumbarbeiterinnen, Franz Tišek und

Stefanie De Vos

(c)Photos: Violetta Wakolbinger / Kulturdrogerie 2024