Finissage: Katrina Daschner

We cordially invite you to join us for the finissage of the exhibition The Borrowed Eye of a Needle by Katrina Daschner.

Saturday, April 27, 11.00-16.00
Guided Tour by the artist at 14.00

Katrina Daschner’s multimedia work, which encompasses film, performance, painting, sculptural objects, drawing and installation, as well as community practice, is performative at its core. It addresses and performs modes of being and non-being that arise from questions of queer (in)visibility, the liberation of the body from heteronormative codes, and the joyfulness found in acts of solidarity and resistance. While rooted in the self and the autobiographical, resistance for Daschner is always collective. The longing for perceptibility, the desire to deeply feel all aspects of our lives is visually manifested in the use of different (textile) materials through embroidery, sewing, crochet and knitting techniques, in bright, bold colours, shining and tactile surfaces and in a close dialogue with the space. Whether in her films or when working with exhibition formats, Daschner approaches the space as a stage, creating environments, inhabited with her lively, mutable characters. For this exhibition at Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Daschner decided to forego cinematic works in favour of sculptural and textile bodies of work (all works 2023–2024) in an environment of colourful, watery coloured wall-paintings, corresponding with her watercolour drawings. Walking through the spaces, one can notice the rainbow colours of the LGBTIQ+ community.

Excerpt from the exhibition text by Hana Ostan Ožbolt