Pavilions

Schloss Eggenberg was built during turbulent and contradictory times. The country was on the brink of collapse under the impact of various crises. The Thirty Years’ War drove streams of migrants through Europe; epidemics and diseases plagued the population, as did the disastrous economic situation. We are currently experiencing similar occurrences when we think of the current theaters of war. The global world order is changing, nationalism is on the rise, and fear is growing. Economic aberrations and the accompanying social issues are becoming more and more pressing. Climate change caused by humans as an expression of the Anthropocene is leading, like armed conflicts, to enormous migration flows.

These crises and parallels are taken up by the artists in their works in the three pavilions – the Music-Pavilion, the Styria Pavilion and the Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion.

The curatorial concept is guided by the architecture.

All three pavilions will be presented together at Heldenplatz in Vienna in March. The exhibition can be visited free of charge from 13 to 30 March. 

After the joint presentation at Heldenplatz in Vienna, they will travel separately to Graz to the park at Schloss Eggenberg, to Mariazell, Leoben and beyond the national border.