Transborders is a transdisciplinary art project themed around “Fluxus on the River” 100 years after the drawing of the border in the Treaty of Saint-Germain that examines and expands on the situation, histories and myths along the border with Slovenia up to the border triangle (Austria/Slovenia/Hungary).
In the form of a 72-hour happening, the exhibition format consists of a sequence of events in various places on the Austrian and Slovenian side. Permanent and temporary installations, interventions, performances and actions with and by residents will be enacted successively along the rivers Mur and Kutschenitza. Artists from various disciplines (visual arts, performance and music) will examine the situation in southern Styria and the fundamental social effects associated with drawing borders.
From installations that overgrow borders, a performance on Wittgenstein and the power of language, cruises on the Mur ferry, circling helicopters directed by a tattoo, bilingual workshops on language and music, graffiti workshops, lances rammed into the ground with a claim to ownership, art that floats on the border, to a short film competition and much more!
Language plays another key role, running through the musical programme. Music in particular is defined by transcultural influence based on the interaction of people and sound inspirations from all over the world.
The whole 72 hours can be viewed on YouTube ‘Transborders TV’. A documentary film about the many different histories of the region will be shot in the course of the project.
Full programme at www.transborders.at
With the municipalities:
Apače; Bad Radkersburg; Cankova; Gornja Radgona; Halbenrain; Klöch; Mureck; Sentij; St. Veit in der Südsteiermark; St. Anna; Murfeld; Weitersfeld
Art Line-Up:
Ren Aldridge (AT/GB)
Nataša Berk (SI)
Anita Fuchs (AT)
Christian Eisenberger (AT)
Edith Payer (AT)
IRWIN (SI)
Victor Kégli feat. Steinhauser Teréz (DE/HU)
Slobodan Kajkut (BIH)
Kleft (AT)
Resanita (AT)
Maja Smrekar (SI)
Renè Stessl (AT/DE)
Mark Požlep (SI)
Markus Waitschacher (AT)
Markus Wilfling (AT)
Music Line-Up:
alllone (AT)
Andreas Spechtl & Saba Alizadeh (AT)
Balans (SI)
Binder & Kriegelstein (AT)
Booty Carrell (DE)
Mäuse (AT)
DJ Ozef (AT)
Feelipa (AT/HR)
Four Elements (AT)
Jigsaw Beggars (AT)
Klitclique (AT)
Mavi Phoenix (AT)
Meta Morelli (DE)
Nicolai von Schweder-Schreiner (DE)
Nightwave (SI)
Patrick Wurzwallner (AT)
Petrol Girls (UK/AT)
Titus Probst (AT)
Puschmann (AT)
Tobec & Lumen (DE)
Top*S & Alfred Schwarzbauer (AT)
Uschi Ultra & Zvonko (AT)
YGT (SI)
Music curated by Elevate and Ment Ljubljana
Other artistic performers:
Chris Jagger:Slovenian-German film project
Julia Jost, author, final round Bachmannpreis 2019: Kelag-Preis
Natascha Geier, Filmmaker and editor; Manfred Geier, Philosopher; Wolfram Koch, actor (Tatort-inspector)
Temp.tc: Student collective with participants from Slovenia, Austria, Serbia, Germany and other European countries