Open Day Hallein

Visitors to the Alte Saline Hallein were greeted by a calm, almost solemn atmosphere as rooms awash in paintings and photographs invited them to step into the picture. This experience was heightened by an film being projected in the room we normally have our lunch talk.The accompanying piano piece flooded the room upstairs where the paintings from Milena Dragicevics were hung all across the room.

All in all, this years students were quite tame in the way they presented their works, most of them even virtuously sticking to their classrooms and staying away from crazy installation experiments, the stairs and off-limit areas. The works themselves were far from tame, though. Some all raging colours, others calm black and white photographs just to name some examples, it was possible to discover a lot of unique works. The students, most of them wearily showing around visitors or lounging on chairs and couches, seemed on the one hand glad that they could go back to a more peaceful life, on the other hand sad about their impending departure, some already voicing wishes to return. We

hope that for now, they can carry new inspiration and a plethora of ideas back with them. [mp]