Heidi Horten Collection Vienna: Light Sound Senses

The exhibition Light Sound Senses explores light as a physical-natural and aesthetically usable phenomenon and aims to stimulate our diverse sensory perceptions. Visitors are invited to engage with multi-sensory works of art in order to heighten their own awareness of space, time, light, sound, taste and touch. Light in particular is explored as an indicator of technological development and as a cultural construct with symbolic meaning. Through works from the Heidi Horten Collection as well as works on loan from TBA21 and site-specific and immersive installations - realized exclusively for the exhibition by invited artists - Light Sound Senses conveys a deeper understanding of the nature of light, sound and our five senses.

In the exhibition, which extends over two floors, visitors will get to know a pioneer of light art, László Moholy-Nagy, or encounter immersive light installations by Olafur Eliasson, Brigitte Kowanz and Siegrun Appelt. Among other things, the latter deals with light pollution and the scientific background of daylight research.
Neon as an artistic and conceptual material is used by Tracey Emin and Joseph Kosuth. A room-filling sound installation by Austrian artist Bernhard Leitner will encourage visitors to see sound; other artists will use sound to achieve a stronger perception of their own bodies. Finally, works by Lena Henke and Ernesto Neto will stimulate the senses of smell and taste.

Ernesto Neto, A candle to earth, 2015, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection

A special feature of the exhibition is that visitors are encouraged to interact with the works in a participatory way. One example of this is Carsten Nicolai's work Bausatz noto, in which visitors themselves act as sound artists: At a table with four record players, different colored vinyls with different timbres can be combined. Carsten Nicolai will create a light and sound installation exclusively for the exhibition.
The aim of the Light Sound Senses exhibition is to take a look at our sensory perceptions that is as scientifically critical as it is humorous and artistic/aesthetic, to challenge them and play with them.
With works by: Siegrun Appelt with Constanze Müller, John M Armleder, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Cerith Wyn Evans, Dan Flavin, Ceal Floyer, Peter Friedl, Gelatin, Helga Griffiths, Lena Henke, Carsten Höller, Krištof Kintera, Edgar Knoop, Brigitte Kowanz, Joseph Kosuth, Bernhard Leitner, Paul McCarthy, László Moholy-Nagy, Iván Navarro, Ernesto Neto, Carsten Nicolai, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Tony Oursler, Finnbogi Petursson, Ugo Rondinone, Christine Schörkhuber, SUPERFLEX, Iv Toshain and Martin Walde.
September 20, 2024 to March 23, 2025
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