The exhibition “Touch Nature”, curated by Sabine Fellner and Alex Radu, with an exhibition design by Justin Baroncea and Maria Ghement, can be explored at /SAC @ Berthelot (Str. General H. M. Berthelot no. 5) and at /SAC @ Malmaison (Ateliere Malmaison, et. 2, Calea Plevnei 137C).
The “Touch Nature” project, initiated by the Austrian Cultural Forum, with a concept proposed by the curator Sabine Fellner, is an itinerant exhibition approach presented in 11 countries in Europe and the United States. It proposes an exploration of the role of art in questioning the increasingly severe ecological crisis through works by contemporary artists from Austria and each host country, always in an original, site-specific format adapted to each individual cultural context.
In “Touch Nature” at /SAC, the works of Austrian and Romanian artists enter into dialogue with each other, proposing a critical look at the profound modification of our planetary ecosystem in the Anthropocene. Through their own artistic modalities, each formulates their opposition against the exploitation of man and nature on a global level or projects hopeful visions of new human-non-human dynamics/compositions.
Introspectively, the exhibition-installation becomes an immersion in the spectral diversity of attitudes, experiences and psycho-emotional reactions in relation to the devastating effects of the Anthropocene: from activism to climate anxiety, solastagia, melancholy, shadowtime, depression, abandonment, and back to imaginings of innovative sustainable solutions. Proving through documentation, formulating protests and conceiving possible scenarios that may seem utopian are the fundamental tools of this artistic confrontation in the /SAC space.
Artists: Uli Aigner, Matei Bejenaru, Floriama Candea, Codruța Cernea, Adriana Chiruta, Ciprian Ciuclea, Larisa Crunțeanu, Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, Michael Endlicher, Thomas Feuerstein, Peter Hauenschild, Barbara Anna Husar, Nona Inescu, Kitty Kino, Aurora Kiraly, Alexandra Kontriner, Ana Maria Micu, Nicoleta Mureș, Klaus Pichler, Monika Pichler, PRINZpod, Oliver Ressler, Gregor Sailer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Hans Schabus, Ramona Schnekenburger, Marielis Seyler, Paul Spendier, Oana Stanciu, Mircea Suciu, Dan Vezentan, Judith Wagner, Nives Widauer, Laurent Ziegler.
The “Touch Nature” exhibition will remain open until June 29, with visiting hours Thursday-Saturday between 4 and 8 p.m.
The exhibition is organized by /SAC Bucharest and the Austrian Cultural Forum, with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs.
