[Arresting Time and Sprouts] 2/2 by Juliana Herrero
Performative Scenes in context of her show ONE OF A KIND

Glass box, Bezirksmuseum Brigittenau, Jägerstr. 47, 1200 Wien
2.9.2024, 7 pm

The glass box of the 20. district museum in Vienna displays an installation with oversized butterflies from the Series „PlanetAzul“. On the floor, a terrarium landscape from lacquered kiwi shells grows over time. It is a sort of microcosm with sound – like a collage in space that envelops it. The idea refers to Kafka and metamorphosis as well as to the climate changes of our era, for which butterflies are a beautiful metaphor. These butterflies are abstract organic sculptures made from cut juice and milk cartons. Some are left natural, others are lacquered in blue color. The sound is a new soundscape, which incorporates acoustic backgrounds from nature, in a fusion composition unifying field recordings, strings and voice. The discrete engraved glass plates record silhouettes, as a transparent dissection or blue print of the sound of the kiwis and butterflies, which come into synchrony with the passer-by scanning the interface-like surface. It opens with a happening for peace celebrating the harvest season on August 1st and continues until the end of September, with performative scenes.