Herwig Turk & Gebhard Sengmüller: Donau:Insel

Exhibition in the basement of the Lentos Art Museum Linz. Industrial zone, local recreation area and sensitive ecosystem - the Danube is characterised by strong contrasts as an over-formed cultural landscape.

The Austrian artists Herwig Turk and Gebhard Sengmüller have taken this as the starting point for their large-scale artistic research: as part of their project Danube: Layer Change in the Gap Space, a complex of works at the interface of art and natural science was originally conceived for Vienna. In collaboration with scientists from various disciplines, this is expanded for the exhibition by the geographical, ecological and historical conditions of the city of Linz.
The works shown in the exhibition create a multidimensional, dynamic landscape image and interweave the thematic fields into a dense visual narrative. This opens up new perspectives on the Danube habitat for visitors and describes the interactions between man and nature.