ANNETTE TESAREK // Performance hike Heuberg / Neuwaldegg, 1170 Vienna / Saturday April 1, 2023 / 2 p.m. – 5 p.m / Performance in 4 acts

Fotocredit: photo courtesy of Art Collection Schlichtner and Annette Tesarek © Bildrecht Wien 2023

Annette Tesarek

Performance hike Heuberg

Neuwaldegg, 1170 Vienna

Saturday April 1, 2023

2 p.m. – 5 p.m

Performance in 4 acts

Idea / realization: Annette Tesarek

Concept / Organisation: Art Collection Schlichtner, Annette Tesarek

Assistance: Peter Trimmel, Norbert Unfug

Performance photos: Viktor Metyko, Pat Chan,  Norbert Unfug, Andreas Schlichtner, and others.

During the 3-hour performance hike led by Annette Tesarek, the participants became more and more part of an artistic perception experiment.

The artist carries out performative interventions at 4 stations in the mountain forest. In each of the 4 acts, she uses large format photographs that she took at that location at an earlier point in time and cuts, stages and attaches these to her clothing on her body. Unusual images are created that make the artist appear as a temporary, walking sculpture.

In this direct, ephemeral outdoor experience of perception, nature and art seem to merge into an event that can be experienced with all the senses and that captivates everyone present.

Text: Annette Tesarek