Shadow whispers

Animal voices could be heard in the archway at the foot of the Schlossberg; acoustically, nocturnal amphibians, insects and owls were cavorting in initially homogeneous color spaces. For the artist Martina Tritthart, a work of art is constituted by the relationship between color, light and shadow, space and human perception. This project was also constantly changed by the interaction of people and thus became a unique field of experimentation with light and sound. The resulting, artistically designed space was a sensory experience that appealed to different levels of perception and encouraged reflection on the relationship between man and nature.

KLANGLICHT 2023

Schlossberg staircase (Paulustorgasse 1)

Biography:
Martina Tritthart is a media artist, filmmaker and curator working at the interface of visual art, moving image and architecture and lives in Vienna. In her mostly site-specific works, the artist uses light as a medium and artistic material to explore the subjective perception of space. In addition to her active exhibition presence in Austria, the artist is represented at international light and media art festivals, both alone and as part of the artist collective mutual loop. Martina Tritthart completed her doctorate in architecture at Graz University of Technology with her thesis “Lichträume – Raummodelle der Wahrnehmung” and is a board member of the association Künstlerhaus, Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Österreichs. www.spacelab.at

Credits:
Concept, direction, lighting: Martina Tritthart
Sound, digital media: Michael Strohmann
Assistance and set-up technology: Holger Lang
Work shadowing: Raika Dittmann