Did I really say that?

Peter Rosegger had many faces. He commented, criticized, praised and condemned, only to reject everything he said. He discussed everything, often several times and often contradictorily. But who has a homogeneous world view today? No two people always think the same. No one always remains the same. Because we are all many things. You and I, and those over there too.

KLANGLICHT 2018

Michael Bachhofer, born in Friesach and raised in the district of Murau, now lives in his adopted home of Vienna. He is an artist whose work focuses on perception, reality and something like truth. Karl Wratschko is a curator, film and radio producer who also grew up in Styria. In addition to other works, he made the films ‘Index’ and ‘I have seen the future’ in 2017. On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of his birth and 100th anniversary of his death, the two artists shed light on Peter Rosegger’s journalistic work. Actors and actresses from Next Liberty lend their faces to the Styrian writer and bring him to life. The audiovisual installation illustrates the imbalance of human opinion using Peter Rosegger’s words as an example.

“Whether young or old, male or female, we humans are always multi-layered in our views, sometimes even contradictory. In theater as well as in literature, this characteristic serves as a source of inspiration.”

– Michael Schilhan, Managing Director Next Liberty

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