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In April 2020, shortly after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, the Institute for Art in Public Space Styria, together with the Province of Styria and the Kronen Zeitung, announced a two-stage competition for the design of sculptures in Graz and Styria as a reflection on the Corona pandemic.
At this point in time, the Corona virus had spread across all continents at incredible speed. Municipalities, cities and states were quarantined, schools, universities and companies closed. Economic, cultural and social public life had come to a standstill. Instead of the close-up society, the long-distance society became the dictum.
As a result of the direct experience and confrontation with the Corona pandemic, works in public space were to be created in several locations in Styria as “objectified memory” and address questions about the impacts on a personal and societal level.
Following intensive consultation, a seven-member jury decided to implement three projects from the 220 submissions. The winning projects by Wolfgang Becksteiner, Werner Reiterer and Michael Schuster distinguish themselves through their commemorative potential and their look into the future. In public places in Graz and Styria they are statements on and questions to our society.
Michael Schuster
COVID192020
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15. Juni 2023
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With the installation of the Corona sculpture COVID192020 Michael Schuster sets a monument to the pandemic-related social state of emergency. It is one of three winning projects of an open competition.
Monument to the Covid Pandemic - winning project of an open call
Michael Schuster, COVID192020
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Michael Schuster, COVID192020
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Michael Schuster, COVID192020
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