Willkommen in unserer Welt.

Today is the day of storytelling. These stories are not gossip but in fact they are true. All that you will read bellow I was told and in every word I have decided to believe.

Story no.1

One day the devil got angry for missing one soul that he wanted to take for his ever hot and ever smelling world. The devil, so free in showing us his desires and needs, got angry and he punched with his big fist into the mountain. The big mountain fell underneath the mighty anger of the devil and separated in two.

The mountains I speak about are called Barmstein Mountains that are in fact to the right, just look up, from the entrance to Alte Salline in Hallein.

Story no. 2

There used to be an alternative exhibition space organized by Stephen Mathewson in Alte Saline in Hallein.Anyone was allowed to exhibit. You would just need to sign your name on the piece of paper and in the courtyard where students are gathering today, there used to be a space of show casing your work to your peers, of exchanging your ideas and music. The location of the previous gallery space was located next to the door where from the inside you can read "Today you are a king, tomorrow a slave".

Story no.3

The bridge in Salzburg with key locks and names is not a following an urban legend but in fact it dates from few years ago. Most well respected person living in Salzburg would not be caught dead writing couple of names down and closing the lock on the bridge. This idea may or may not have been brought to you by numerous tourists that you can see walking everyday in Salzburg.

Story no. 4

Sometimes life in fact is hidden in the details. The right to intimacy is still not lost. In the art world where it sometimes seems that the art market may be the new big artist, Lucy Sarneel decided to show us few moments, memories of her life. Not in a pretentious way but in the combination of something that can be considered both an object and a piece of jewelry. There is maybe one request that she asks of you and that is not to place the object in a drawer. They should not be closed off as the energy between us needs to flow. The exchange of this energy happens between the objects that she made reflecting herself and to your own being and your own consciousness so that you can give it a new meaning and a new face. There is no need to speak a lot about them. In that way they will be done and they would not have the ability to transform and be something just for you.

Story no. 5

There is much more to the town of Hallein then you may think. A river stopped running through it and few houses speak to us straight away and explain why they were created and what they have to offer us. You can also find a column where people used to spit the disobedient and a street with a narrow path in an old poor part of the town baring the name of something that glitters and shines.

Story no.6

Tonight the first week of the Summer Academy has ended. Time for sure flies really fast.