Points of Passage
Catalogue and Reader
Stift Melk (ed.): Points of Passage. Kunst, Literatur, Tanz und Film im Stift Melk. Stift Melk, 2014
17 x 22 cm, 194 pages, 45 illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket, thread-bound, ribbon page marker. German language. Graphic design by Bettina Scheiber.
ISBN 978-3-9502328-9-9
Moussa Kone and Erwin Uhrmann curated the arts program Points of Passage at the Melk Abbey in 2014: Visual Arts, Literature, Dance and Film. The artists and authors explored the history of the famous historic spot in Austria's cultural landscape, with its influence on religious, economical and political issues over one thousand years.
The book is not only an extensive documentation of the site-specific interventions, it is a major part of the project itself.
The book contains articles, essays and short novels written especially for this publication by Martin Rotheneder, Nina Schedlmayer, Erwin Uhrmann, E.G. Thormassi, Jakob Deibl, Josef Kleindienst, Alexander Peer, Gabriele Petricek, Magda Woitzuck.
It includes a documentation of artworks by Katharina Gruzei, Ines Hochgerner, Bernhard Hosa, Manuel Hölzl, Moussa Kone, Stephan Lugbauer, Rainer Prohaska, Markus Proschek, Bianca Regl, Corinne L.Rusch and Yusimi Moya Rodriguez.
Documentation of the installation of two drawings by Ines Hochgerner in the abbey’s library on a double-page spread.
“A kaleidoscope-like volume that lends duration to the iridescent complexity of this temporary art project.”
Ewald Baringer, Austria Press Agency, Feb.21, 2015
(translated from German)
