In EMANCIPATION OF WONDER series, the
discourse about art, which can at times be perceived as elitist or
inaccessible, aims to be expanded to include deliberately non-academic,
spontaneous codes.
As a strategy, the artists
record the comments and interpretations of children between ages 8 – 10 while
they visit the exhibition. Out of the resulting documentation material,
Navaridas & Deutinger develop guided museum tours for adults, performed by
actors acting as art mediators. The commentaries on works of art become acts of
performative art.
EMANCIPATION OF WONDER series by Navaridas & Deutinger
#7 Guided tours with Alex Deutinger at kärnten.museum in Klagenfurt, Zugzwang Festival, Sep 2025
#6 Guided tours with Alex Deutinger at "Salzburg Einzigartig" exhibition in Salzburg Museum, Sommerszene Festival, Jun 2023
#5 Guided tours with Alex Deutinger at "A War in the Distance" exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz, steirischer herbst '22, Dec 2022, Jan 2023
#4 Guided tours with Julie Eröd and Jaschka Lämmert at the Österreichischer Skulpturenpark, Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Sep 2022
#3 Guided tours with Monika Klengel at "Ladies First" exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz, Sep 2021
#2 Guided tours with Frans Poelstra at "Ladies First" exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz, Mar 2021
#1 Guided tours with Pia Hierzegger at "Ladies First" exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz, Oct 2020
Press
In the original language of eight-year-olds the tour led by Pia Hierzegger offers an examination of art that is not obscured by art-historical tidbits of knowledge, and includes spatial explorations far beyond the standardised walkaround tour. Entertaining, eye-opening, very fantastic.
Kleine Zeitung, Ute Baumhackl, 31/10/2020
It feels unbelievably good that thoughts and reactions which one tends to culture-consciously conceal, are unabashedly served here on a verbal platter.
tanz.at, Eveline Koberg, 2/11/2020
CREDITS
Concept & Direction Marta Navaridas, Alex Deutinger
Performers Julie Eröd, Alex Deutinger, Jaschka Lämmert, Pia Hierzegger, Frans Poelstra, Monika Klengel
Cameras Ulrich Reiterer, Marta Navaridas
Video editor Ulrich Reiterer
Costumes Marta Navaridas
Production Manager Sophie Schmeiser / mollusca productions
Production Performanceinitiative 22
With the support of Stadt Graz Kultur, Kultur Land Steiermark, Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, Kunstvermittlung Kunsthaus Graz und Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Österreichischer Skulpturenpark, Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, steirischer herbst '22, Salzburg Museum, Szene Salzburg
Special thanks to All the children who contributed to the creation of these tours through their participation in the workshops as well as art mediation departments of the galleries and museums.