Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022
BOYNCIANA
by Johanna Bruckner
das weisse haus, September 23 – November, 2022
curatorial support: Katja Stecher
Unruly Desires for Cataclysmic Affects
by Johanna Bruckner
SULUV, November 21 – December 02, 2022
curatorial support: Rebecca S. Schmidt
The Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022
In 2022, the prize was presented in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade and carried out by its partner SULUV, a gallery based in Novi Sad, the European Capital of Culture 2022.
In addition to a solo exhibition at das weisse haus and at SULUV, the award carries with it a one-month residency in Novi Sad, as a source of inspiration and to expand one’s own network.
Dedicated to artists who have been included in the program of Kunstverein das weisse haus, the prize was presented again in a two-stage competition.
Finalists 2022
Guadalupe Aldrete, Luiza Furtado, Anna Frida Jonsdottir, Larissa Kopp and Florian Aschka, Marko Markovic, Marlies Poeschl, Catherine Sarah Young
Recipient: Johanna Bruckner
Born in 1984 in Vienna, Johanna Bruckner teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts. She has studied Fine Arts, Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology in Vienna, Berlin, New York, Stockholm and Hamburg. The artist is interested in the conditions of labor that have been emerging in response to the technologies of communicative capitalism. Her work has been shown internationally, such as Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Mediterranea Biennial 19, 57th Venice Biennale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, transmediale 2020, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Her work was awarded by numerous grants, most recently, she received the re:humanism prize for Art & Artificial Intelligence, and in 2020 she received the recognition award for Fine Arts of Lower Austria.
Participation in the program of das weisse haus
connections undplugged, bodies rewired, group exhibition 2021/22
Jury Statement
Johanna Bruckner‘s body of work convinced the jury in its complex aesthetic and thematic diversity. The artist often works with topics of queer post pornography, net porn data, transitions, irritation of pre-defined views, and uses the combination of video, sound, performance and installation for creating worlds of abstract corporeality with illogical intimacies and desires under the contemporary surveillance of data. The jury believes that her timely, multilayered approach and her unsettling, thought provoking messages will resonate both in Vienna and in Novi Sad, inspiring the audience to reflect on the human body, intimacies and emotional worlds produced by the ongoing transformation of technology with the imagination for new temporalities and political agencies.
The submitted concept, of experiencing her digital works in both exhibition spaces together with „non normative“ sculptural organs proposes her idea of the „Other Europe” as a metabolic system, through which hegemonic orders are challenged and space is created for the affective and the sensible. A multi-layered dissolution and presentation is to be expected, which will not only create pleasant connotations in the minds of the spectators and which must lead to ethical questions.
Jury Members
Jelena Glišić (Project manager for Fine Art, ACF Belgrade), Ruth Goubran (Head of Community Affairs & Sponsoring Erste Bank), Alexandra Grausam (Director das weisse haus / studio das weisse haus), Eva Oberhofer (Director Galerie Thoman Vienna), Andrea Palašti (Artist and lecturer at the Academy of Art in Novi Sad, Arts council member of SULUV)
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The ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022 facilitates
––a thematic solo exhibition at das weisse haus (exp. Sept./Oct. 2022).
––a thematic solo exhibition at SULUV, Novi Sad (exp. Nov./Dec. 2022).
––a one-month residency in Novi Sad (exp. Nov./Dec. 2022).
The ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022 is endowed with 3.000 euros
––The prize money includes the travel and living expenses.
––The accommodation in Novi Sad is free of charge and will be provided by ACF Belgrade.
––A production budget of 1,500 euros is provided for each exhibition.
––The transport of the artworks from Vienna to Novi Sad and back is organized via the diplomatic post, and therefore free of charge.
The ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022 is carried out in a two-stage competition
––Application Period I: December 21, 2021 to January 17, 2022
––Application Period II: February 7 to March 7, 2022
About
As part of the long-term cooperation between (studio) das weisse haus and the sponsoring program of Erste Bank, the ExtraVALUE Art Award is presented annually since 2016. In 2022, the prize will be presented for the first time in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade and carried out by its partner SULUV, a gallery based in Novi Sad. The city holds the title of European Capital of Culture in 2022 and dedicates its program to the idea of building new bridges of cooperation and exchange between artists and organizations from Serbia with the European cultural scene. The artistic concept is based on the fundamental values of the European Union, such as human rights, multiculturality, intercultural dialogue, environmental awareness and peace policy. These values promote the idea of an open democratic society built on the foundation of contemporary humanism. Therefore we kindly ask you to submit artistic projects addressing these topics.
Participation Requirements
Proposals may only be submitted by artists, who have already participated in the program of das weisse haus / studio das weisse haus. Additionally, applicants must have a connection to Austria in the form of citizenship, current or past residency (at least three months), or artistic studies.
Step 1
Artists who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit the application form, a professional CV as well as a portfolio with selected works of the past five years, that relate to this years’ themes and values. From all the submissions received latest by January 17, 2022 a jury – including Jelena Glišić (project manager for fine art, ACF Belgrade), Andrea Palašti (artist and lecturer at the Academy of Art in Novi Sad / arts council member of SULUV) The Union of Association of Fine Artists of Vojvodina – SULUV), Alexandra Grausam (director das weisse haus / studio das weisse haus), Ruth Goubran (head of Community Affairs & Sponsoring Erste Bank) and Eva Oberhofer (director Galerie Thoman – will meet on January 31, 2022 to select a short list of 10 candidates.
Step 2
The short listed applicants are asked to submit an initial concept for the exhibitions centred around this years’ themes by March 7, 2022. A precise description of the project and detailed documentation of the suggested works on display is requested; however, a thorough spatial concept is not mandatory. On March 21, 2022 the ten finalists are invited to present the submitted proposals at das weisse haus. Based on these concepts, the jury will then select the awardee 2022.
Application Guidelines
Artists, who have been included in the program of das weisse haus / studio das weisse haus and meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit the following documents in English, exclusively in digital form (PDF/doc) latest by January 17, 2022 with the subject “Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Art Award 2022” to applications@dasweissehaus.at
1) The fully completed application form (download)
2) A professional CV (maximum 2 pages)
3) A digital portfolio, containing works of the past five years, that are centred around this years’ topic The size should not exceed 8 MB – otherwise, we kindly ask you to send the material by Wetransfer or the like.
Please note, that only submissions that meet all the aforementioned criteria and are received not later than January 17, 2022 at 5 pm CET can be accepted. For more information, please contact: Katja Stecher, studio@dasweissehaus.at