With the statement, “I had to make this work because it could not be written,” the artist, activist, and writer Kate Millett summarized the driving force behind her installation Terminal Piece. This sentiment serves as the point of departure for the eponymous exhibition and sets the stage for the vision of the upcoming program at mumok.

Like a play, Terminal Piece is divided into several acts, each addressing different forms of perception. Works from the mumok collection are placed in dialogue with newly conceived pieces. Each act is developed around a specific mode of seeing. Across the exhibition, this approach takes shape as an exploration of embodied attention and the encounter between artwork and viewer as an active form of participation.

The 700-square-meter entrance area, staged by by the German scenographer and costume designer Anna Viebrock, presents works from the mumok collection in an extraordinary setting and will be open to all visitors free of charge until September 30.