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Ernst Logar: Reflecting Oil Petroculture in Transformation
October 3 – November 15, 2024, opening: October 2, 2024, 7 pmAIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Oil constitutes one of the most important resources of the modern age in our global society. In light of increasing planetary warming, we are on the brink of a radical transformation into a post-fossil era. For…
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Artistic Research & Petroleum Science
DISCUSSION: Crude oil is one of the most important fossil resources of modern times. To guarantee a sensibletransition to sustainable energy sources, it is crucial to comprehend the extent to which this omnipresent substance has shaped our modern culture. Artist Ernst Logar’s interdisciplinary projectReflection Oil: Arts-Based Research on Oil Transitionings at…
Der Standard, 24 November 2021
Alois Pumhösel – Fakten und Fiktion im Klimawandel Die Klimaerwärmung wird zunehmend Thema künstlerischer Auseinandersetzung. In vielen Projekten kooperieren Kunstschaffende und Forschende, um Erkenntnisse neuer Art. [article in German] Standard_24 11 2021_Fakten und Fiktion_A Pumhoeseldownload
Die Presse, 7 August 2021
Cornelia Grobner – Unsichtbare Verführung mit fatalem Ausgang Erdöl ist tief in unsere zivilisatorische Identität eingeschrieben – im Alltag dennoch wenig präsent. In einer ungewöhnlichen Kooperation erforschen Künstler und Erdöltechniker die Substanz neu. [article in German] download
scilog, Project of the Week, FWF, 25 May 2021
Reflections on an oil culture Mineral oil is a substance with ambivalent properties: on the one hand, its use destroys the environment and negatively impacts the climate. On the other hand, it shapes people’s daily lives in many ways and gives them an immense amount of power. In a joint project…
Statement #11 | Ernst Logar — Crude Oil Experiments, 2021
Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (AT), presentation and performance, 6 May 2021, 12–8 pm (performance at 6pm) Oil drastically changed the world in the twentieth century. This transformation affected all areas of life, from mass mobility and food production to the application of polymers and plastics in consumer articles such as cosmetics and…
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UNDERSTANDING – ART & RESEARCH, 2019/2021
The University of Applied Arts Vienna presents exemplary approaches to its artistic research under the title UNDERSTANDING – ART & RESEARCH, it is about understanding as the very creative impulse. Through examples from research and teaching, science and art the transformation of society can be viewed, examined, sensed, discussed and experienced.…