Press release
OPEN CALL (till 1st March 2010)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (Poster: Lilly Panholzer, Laurenz Feinig)
Subject matter and aims
Elections both in and outside Austria have shown just how much anti-Semitism continues to be politically instrumentalised by parties and social groups. Anti-Semitism is usually a part of a more extensive racist rhetoric that attempts to make cheap populist points.
The statue to former mayor Karl Lueger (1897-1910) was unveiled in 1926 and dominates a square in the centre of Vienna which also bears his name. The statue in honour of Karl Lueger glorifies him as politician and mayor. It conceals the information that he was elected Mayor of Vienna because of his populist anti-Semitic agitation.
Later Adolf Hitler expressed his admiration for him, devoting a number of pages in “Mein Kampf” to him.
Despite decades of discussion and numerous interventions the statue still stands there in its full glory. All petitions to re-name Lueger Square and the Lueger Ring have been rejected by the City of Vienna.
Politicians who play on anti-Semitism should not be honoured with statues. The fact that it has happened in the past should not be concealed. For this reason the pressure group demands that the Vienna statue of former mayor Lueger should not simply be removed, it should be re-structured into a monument against anti-Semitism and racism in Austria.
In March 2010 an international jury will select the winning design. A crucial element of the open call will be a publication and an exhibition in which all entries will be presented. The working group will attempt to implement the winning design.
Conditions of Entry
The Monument Against Anti-Semitism and Racism in Austria will thematise Karl Lueger as a historical person. The monument to be located in Lueger Platz should stand for opposition to any form of anti-Semitic and racist agitation. This is understood to include historical circumstances as well as the current situation as appropriate subject matter.
Send your contributions in digital form (300 dpi / size A5 / jpeg / no larger than 5 MB / or as pdf) to:
opencall@luegerplatz.com
or by mail to: University of Applied Arts Vienna, Klasse Kunst und Kommunikative Praxis, c/o Univ.-Lekt. Mag. art. Martin Krenn, Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Along with the proposal, the submission should contain the following information: Submitted by (individual or collective); Title of project; Address; Phone/Fax; E-Mail; Website; Contact person; Estimate of realisation costs; Please enclose/attach a declaration of consent so that we will be able to publish the sketches and texts from your submission on our website, in the publication as well as present them publicly in the exhibition.
Further information/questions to:
opencall@luegerplatz.com
Jury
Aleida Assmann, Professor at the University of Constance in literature and cultural sciences
Gerald Bast, Rector of the University for Applied Arts, Vienna
Eva Blimlinger, Historian
Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Head Curator of the Jewish Museum, Vienna
Johanna Kandl, Artist, professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Lisl Ponger, Artist
Doron Rabinovici, Author, essayist and historian
Martin Krenn with representatives of the pressure group (one vote)
Pressure group
The pressure group for “Redesigning the Lueger Statue Site” was formed by Martin Krenn together with students of the University of Applied Arts/Department of Art and Communication Praxis and consists of the following people:
Ruben Demus, Sabine Duschnig, Lukas Frankenberger, Jakob Glasner, Iris Hummer, Jasmina Hirschl, Veronika Kocher, Mona Liska, Ursula Malina-Gerum, Lilly Panholzer, Elke Elisabeth Reiserbauer, Michaela Scheiflinger, Peter Schlager, Daniel Stuhlpfarrer, Elena Waclawiczek, Paul-Lukas Wagner, Maria Wambacher
Pressure group to transform the Karl Lueger statue into a monument against anti-Semitism and racism in Austria
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Wien
http://en.luegerplatz.com
opencall@luegerplatz.com
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