Raising flags
museum in progress has launched rising flags art intervention in Vienna
For raising flags, 26 international artists designed flags that are presented from 1 May for about six months in a culmination area near the Wien River, on the Stubenbrücke, at numerous locations in Vienna, in virtual exhibition spaces online and in media spaces of newspapers and magazines. raising flags is a Vienna project by museum in progress that remeasures urban space and cannot be overlooked by its striking presence.
The first project phase of raising flags is titled "Nation flags of Ideas" and deals with questions of social coexistence in challenging times. museum in progress has reclaimed a place for art, the Stubenbrücke, which for many years was characterised by the lemur heads of Franz West. Along the Vienna River to Oskar Kokoschka-Platz, the public space will be made visible as an art zone in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts.
The second project phase will start in August and is dedicated to movement in the wind and in the spirit. Until the end of the project in autumn, raising flags will gradually be on display at numerous other locations. Institutions, companies, but also privateindividuals who have the means to display a flag in a publicly visible way are invited to participate in the project.
Artists: Thomas Bayrle, Cao Shu, Pablo Chiereghin, Minerva Cuevas, Christian Eisenberger, Mounir Fatmi, John Gerrard, Shilpa Gupta, Wade Guyton, Peter Jellitsch, Maureen Kaegi, Gerhard Kaiser, Samson Kambalu, Peter Kogler, Agnieszka Kurant, Maurizio Nannucci, Sarah Ortmeyer, Saskia Pintelon, Laure Prouvost, Haleh Redjaian, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Christian Robert-Tissot, Hans Schabus, Eva Schlegel, Katharina Stumreich and Sun Xun.
raising flags is a project by museum in progress, curated by Alois Herrmann and Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl. Cooperation partner: University of Applied Arts Vienna.
