A cooperation between the MAK and the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Podcast
(in English)

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Annemarie Harant and Roman Mesicek talk to the artist Martina Menegon, whose work focuses on interactive technologies and mixed reality, as part of the series “Art and Sustainability” in cooperation with the MAK. With her pop-up exhibition when you are close to me I shiver the artist gives an apocalyptic view of the climate crisis.

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Titled when you are close to me I shiver, the video of artist Martina Menegon takes place in a version of the future in which humans, out of desperation, gather in masses on the last remaining piece of land. As every square inch is occupied, some try to find space away from the crowds, up on the cliffs, where hundreds of humans fall from heights they should never have scaled.

The dystopian images and experiences confront us with a seemingly surreal scene that is all too real—a reflection of the current culture of distance and a reminder of the limited capacity of our living habitat. The work thus responds to both ecological and socio-cultural impacts in the context of the current climate and health crisis.