On Wednesday the Alte Saline in Hallein was the scene of a remarkable session featuring the diverse, yet complementary, talents of Christopher Roth, Harald Trapp, Mathieu Wellner. Christopher Roth is a writer, director and artist. He presented parts of h… more »

On Friday, renowned sculptor Manfred Perince discussed his approach to, and ideas concerning, art. His sculptures are made from simple, everyday materials - plywood, one of his favoured materials, appeals to him precisely because of its low quality textu… more »

Katrin Plavcak is an artist who is prepared to ask difficult questions. Throughout her talk yesterday, she posed questions which were both rhetorical but also highly relevant: “are you an artist or a painter?”, “do you feel outdated being a painter?”, an… more »

The series of studio visits continued last night, with a tour and discussion at periscope, a project space comprising work and display spaces. Two of periscope’s founders, Elisabeth Schmirl and Stefan Heizinger explained the ideas behind the spaces, and… more »

Martin Schmidl is an artist, curator, writer and art historian from Aachen. Yesterday he spoke to us about his work spaces and elements of his work both within, and beyond, the studio.Several of Schmidl’s work spaces have had multiple functions: the stud… more »