Milica Tomić

We are opening a walkable landscape memorial by the artist Milica Tomić. Connecting history, memory and the present, the memorial is located in Aflenz near Leibnitz, at the historical site of a former sub-camp of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Going forward, the history of the area can be experienced via paths following the camp’s former borders, markings outlining the former barracks and parade ground, as well as special vegetation. The ground itself is made to act as a carrier of memory; an archive which preserves historical traces and uncovers the past.

11:00 a.m.: Opening ceremony with

• Marko Mele, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
• Gabriele Mackert, Institute for Art in Public Space in Styria, Graz
• Bernhard Schrettle, ASIST
• Milica Tomić, artist
• LR Claudia Holzer
• LR Karlheinz Kornhäusl
• Peter Stradner, mayor of Wagna
• Wili Merny, Mauthausen Committee
• Herwig Hösele, Austrian Future Fund

Program:
10:00 a.m.: Free bus ride to Aflenz and back in cooperation with steirischer herbst '26, meeting point: Graz Central Main Station (bus terminal)
11:00 a.m.: Opening and welcome address
12:30 a.m. to approximately 3:00 p.m.: Guided tours on the memorial in Aflenz by guides of the Mauthausen Memorial
3:00 p.m.: Return by bus from Aflenz to Graz