Two multi-part installations
The work *Cage without Cage* is a multi-part installation that explores the American composer John Cage and his relationship with plants. It consists of photo series, video, an embroidered poem, and more.
“I’ve recently become interested in indoor gardening.” – John Cage
“Well, I said a long time ago that if I were to live my life over again, I would be a botanist rather than an artist.” – John Cage
“I now have 200 plants, and when I’m home, they are my top priority.” – John Cage
Sabine Groschup is also presenting *MC unt des Pudels Charme*—or *MC and the Poodle’s Charm* in English— an installation about the Greek-American singer Maria Callas and her relationship with her poodles.
“Her poodles were sacred to Maria Callas. Whenever possible, they were always there—sometimes just one, sometimes two. (…) According to Maria Callas, her dogs were the only ones who would never betray her. That’s why she did everything she could to ensure that the Metropolitan Opera made an exception just for her and allowed the dogs at rehearsals. However, Maria Callas was not bothered by the fact that these poodles allegedly started howling during her Wagner arias. The poodles had to be with her always and everywhere. And if the dogs were unable to attend guest performances in London, for example, due to strict quarantine regulations, the guest performances were postponed. This went so far that the director of Covent Garden even secured a diplomatic arrangement for the poodles.” – Bavarian State Opera
About Sabine Groschup
Sabine Groschup is active in many fields, including visual arts, film, and literature. As a visual artist, she works across genres and exhibits paintings, video art, installations, textile works, and photographs both nationally and internationally. In recent years, solo exhibitions and group shows have taken her to New York, Seoul, Zagreb, Karlsruhe, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Copenhagen, Ostrava, Roanoke, Halberstadt, Amsterdam, Innsbruck, Munich, Bolzano, New Orleans, Schaffhausen, Istanbul, Venice, Bremen, Lausanne, Mdina/Malta, Augsburg, Leipzig, Tutzing, and Ismaning. As a filmmaker, she advocates for artistic animated film, though she also creates experimental films and documentaries. As a writer, she is a fiction writer, poet, and essayist. In 2012, Sabine Groschup was awarded the Preis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck für künstlerisches Schaffen. In 2020, she received the Austrian government’s grant for visual arts. She was born in Innsbruck in 1959 and lives and works in Vienna.
About this fall’s curator, Georg Weckwerth
Artist, curator, exhibition organizer, producer, and festival director are just a few of the titles Georg Weckwerth, this fall’s curator at Vita Kuben, can claim. Weckwerth is one of the leading curators in the field of sound art and is the founder and artistic director of TONSPUR Kunstverein, which has two venues in the Museumsquartier in Vienna. Georg Weckwerth received an award for his work as an art educator at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2010. He was born in 1965 in Herzberg am Harz and lives and works in Vienna, Hattorf am Harz, and Berlin.
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