Peripherie
Detouring with Traction
22./23.10.2022

Lukas Marxt, Circular Inscription, 2016, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Sasha Pirker, John Lautner, The Desert Hot Springs Motel, 2007, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Marie Menken, Glimpse of the Garden, 1957, Courtesy of The Filmmakers Coop’, New York
Sasha Pirker, These Walls were built by Donald Judd (One chapter in Texas), 2015, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Eileen Myles, The Trip, 2019, Courtesy of Eileen Myles
Charlotte Prodger, Passing as a Great Grey Owl, 2017, Courtesy of Charlotte Prodger and LUX, London
Stanya Kahn, Video still, Sandra by Stanya Kahn, ©2009, Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Charlotte Prodger, LHB, 2017, Courtesy of Charlotte Prodger and LUX, London
Maria Lassnig, Baroque Statues, 1970–74, © Maria Lassnig Foundation / Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Mariah Garnett, Open Letter, 2017, Courtesy of Mariah Garnett and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
Ulrike Müller, Mock Rock, 2004, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna

With initially two film programs, Detouring with Traction presented works by Mariah Garnett, Nancy Holt, Stanya Kahn, Maria Lassnig, Lukas Marxt, Marie Menken, Ulrike Müller, Eileen Myles, Sasha Pirker, and Charlotte Prodger. The working methods of the artists, whose approaches lie in the fields of film, poetry and art, have in common that they deliberately deviate from normative paths. The first part of the film series featured historical and contemporary films that predominantly deal with working in remote places and, in addition to engaging with landscape, time, architecture, and territory, address genres such as Land Art and the road trip. The second part of the program took up the relation to city, nature, landscape, and wilderness via different movements and narrations. In connection with material and body, questions arise as to the constitution of societies and their fringes, to an outside of society and to intentionally stepping out of society. The artists’ own involvement is revealed throughout and included in the films by the use of voices, songs, texts, and narrations.

Program 1
Lukas Marxt, Circular Inscription, 2016, 7 min
Sasha Pirker, John Lautner, The Desert Hot Springs Motel, 2007, 11 min
Marie Menken, Glimpse of the Garden, 1957, 5 min
Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1978, 27 min
Sasha Pirker, These Walls were built by Donald Judd (One chapter in Texas), 2015, 6 min
Eileen Myles, The Trip, 2019, 17 min

Program 2
Charlotte Prodger, Passing as a Great Grey Owl, 2017, 6 min
Stanya Kahn, Sandra, 2009, 31 min
Charlotte Prodger, LHB, 2017, 20 min
Maria Lassnig, Baroque Statues, 1970-74, 15 min
Mariah Garnett, Open Letter, 2017, 9 min
Ulrike Müller, Mock Rock, 2004, 3 min

Kathrin Wojtowicz is an artist based in Vienna. She works with sculpture, image and text and is interested in the relationships between social conditions, body politics and media. Her works have been shown at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz/Tyrol, Sala Terrena/Heiligenkreuzerhof and in the exhibition space Schleuse/Vienna. She currently teaches at the University of Arts Linz.

Lukas Marxt, Circular Inscription, 2016, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Sasha Pirker, John Lautner, The Desert Hot Springs Motel, 2007, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Marie Menken, Glimpse of the Garden, 1957, Courtesy of The Filmmakers Coop’, New York
Sasha Pirker, These Walls were built by Donald Judd (One chapter in Texas), 2015, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Eileen Myles, The Trip, 2019, Courtesy of Eileen Myles
Charlotte Prodger, Passing as a Great Grey Owl, 2017, Courtesy of Charlotte Prodger and LUX, London
Stanya Kahn, Video still, Sandra by Stanya Kahn, ©2009, Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Charlotte Prodger, LHB, 2017, Courtesy of Charlotte Prodger and LUX, London
Maria Lassnig, Baroque Statues, 1970–74, © Maria Lassnig Foundation / Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna
Mariah Garnett, Open Letter, 2017, Courtesy of Mariah Garnett and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
Ulrike Müller, Mock Rock, 2004, Courtesy of Sixpackfilm, Vienna