16 November 2007 – 16 March 2008

Haus-Rucker-Co. Live again

With the exhibition HAUS-RUCKER-CO LIVE again the Lentos Art Museum shows the centerpiece of the exhibition staging of LIVE from 1970*.

The exhibition centers around a giant billiard ball, a white pneumatic cushion 15 x 15 meters large and one meter high with three inflated balls made of PVC. Museum visitors are invited to engage in playful, childlike behavior: the cushion works as a stage, on which the people become actors in the scene. Within the framework of this intervention, the point is to break open the perspective immanent to the museum and to playfully question the status of the recipient at the same time. The museum as a playground'

In the 1960s the young architects and artists left their studio with the intention of changing society. With the first moon landing, technical progress seemed boundless. This development led to a sense of setting out for new horizons, loudly attracting attention, evincing a joy in experimentation and an interest in new materials, and resulting in a transregional response from the media.

The group Haus-Rucker-Co (LAURIDS, ZAMP, PINTER) became active in the space of the museum and in public space: it was a time of expanding consciousness and arranging urban space. Prototypes for new ideas for living were created, influenced by new building materials, and proposals for redesigning peoples living space.

Address

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1
4020 Linz
phone +43 732 70 70 36 14
http://www.lentos.at

Opening Hours

Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Thursday till 9 p.m.

Description of the Museum

The collection of the art museum contains works from the areas painting, sculpure and object art, works on paper and photographies (e.g. A. Rodtschenko, Man Ray, H.Bayer).

opened 2003; architect: Weber & Hofer

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