Utopia Planitia – MATTHIAS BUCH – Micro Space for Art – November 7 – December 4, 2026

Fotocredit: photo courtesy of Matthias Buch

Utopia Planitia – MATTHIAS BUCH – Micro Space for Art

Micro Space for Art · Mariazell Wiener Straße 13

Opening: Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 4–6 pm

Exhibition on view until Friday, December 4, 2026

Curated by Alexandar Peev & Art Collection Schlichtner

Utopia Planitia is a vast plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, with a diameter of around 3,300 km.

Utopia Planitia literally means "the plain of nowhere" (after Thomas More's wordplay: Greek "ou" = not, "topos" = place). For science, it is a topography of ice and sediment; for science fiction, the birthplace of visionary starships.

"I try to find such a plain within the sediments of painterly processes; it must still remain a non-place, rushing past like a series of numbers, letters, or the landscape outside a train window. It does not come to rest until the gaze catches, crosses the horizons, and puts a halt to the frenzy."

Matthias Buch *1979 studied painting at the University of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Various exhibitions in Austria and abroad.

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