steirischer herbst
No Space is Innocent
Artist Talks, discussions, performances, film


“No Space is Innocent” investigates the conditions of spaces, their political, private, identity-creating, architectural and temporal definitions.
What possibilities exist to develop models from a culturally determined reality that go beyond real life practice and enable us to extend concepts of space and their allocations?
On the basis of artistic reflection on the historically pre-formulated and utopian notions of space and the cultural practices ingrained in them, “No Space is Innocent” sets out to re-articulate spaces that are founded on social and political forms of memory, history and activism. The artistic levels of reference that result from a change or emplacement of spatial structures are interlinked in the exhibition in order to form a thematic matrix that links up with the place of the exhibition, the festival, and its geopolitical location. The exhibition will be accompanied by a special issue of the Austrian “Malmoe” magazine documenting and providing theoretical backing for the individual works.

In connection with the exhibition ”No Space is Innocent”, a series of documentary films will run through the steirischer herbst programme, dealing with political and often violent conflicts from the present and recent past.
The first block focuses on the armed conflicts in Bosnia and in Israel and Palestine. During week two, the focus is on conflicts, refugee dramas and manipulative consumerist strategies in the Fortress Europe, while the third part of the series deals with debunking terrorist myths, from the Red Brigade in the seventies to current-day Al Quaida.


Co-produced by steirischer herbst, < rotor > association for contemporary art &
Forum Stadtpark

Su 24/09, 12.00 - 23.59

Forum Stadtpark / Veilchen
By and with
Marina Gržinic (SLO), Ralo Mayer & Philipp Haupt (A), Oliver Gemballa (D), Maren Grimm (D), Tomislav Medak (HR), bankleer (D), Michael Blum (A), Ursula Mayer (GB/A), Ana Vujanovic / Bojana Cvejic / Marta Popivoda (SCG), Sefik Sekitatlic (BA), Galit Eilat (IL) & Tester

Su 24/09, 12.00 - 23.59

Forum Stadtpark / Veilchen

By and with
Marina Gržinic (SLO), Ralo Mayer & Philipp Haupt (A), Oliver Gemballa (D), Maren Grimm (D), Tomislav Medak (HR), bankleer (D), Michael Blum (A), Ursula Mayer (GB/A), Ana Vujanovic / Bojana Cvejic / Marta Popivoda (SCG), Sefik Sekitatlic (BA), Galit Eilat (IL) & Tester










No Space is Innocent
Artist Talks, discussions, performances, film


“No Space is Innocent” investigates the conditions of spaces, their political, private, identity-creating, architectural and temporal definitions.
What possibilities exist to develop models from a culturally determined reality that go beyond real life practice and enable us to extend concepts of space and their allocations?
On the basis of artistic reflection on the historically pre-formulated and utopian notions of space and the cultural practices ingrained in them, “No Space is Innocent” sets out to re-articulate spaces that are founded on social and political forms of memory, history and activism. The artistic levels of reference that result from a change or emplacement of spatial structures are interlinked in the exhibition in order to form a thematic matrix that links up with the place of the exhibition, the festival, and its geopolitical location. The exhibition will be accompanied by a special issue of the Austrian “Malmoe” magazine documenting and providing theoretical backing for the individual works.

In connection with the exhibition ”No Space is Innocent”, a series of documentary films will run through the steirischer herbst programme, dealing with political and often violent conflicts from the present and recent past.
The first block focuses on the armed conflicts in Bosnia and in Israel and Palestine. During week two, the focus is on conflicts, refugee dramas and manipulative consumerist strategies in the Fortress Europe, while the third part of the series deals with debunking terrorist myths, from the Red Brigade in the seventies to current-day Al Quaida.


Co-produced by steirischer herbst, < rotor > association for contemporary art &
Forum Stadtpark

Su 24/09, 12.00 - 23.59

Forum Stadtpark / Veilchen
By and with
Marina Gržinic (SLO), Ralo Mayer & Philipp Haupt (A), Oliver Gemballa (D), Maren Grimm (D), Tomislav Medak (HR), bankleer (D), Michael Blum (A), Ursula Mayer (GB/A), Ana Vujanovic / Bojana Cvejic / Marta Popivoda (SCG), Sefik Sekitatlic (BA), Galit Eilat (IL) & Tester

Su 24/09, 12.00 - 23.59

Forum Stadtpark / Veilchen

By and with
Marina Gržinic (SLO), Ralo Mayer & Philipp Haupt (A), Oliver Gemballa (D), Maren Grimm (D), Tomislav Medak (HR), bankleer (D), Michael Blum (A), Ursula Mayer (GB/A), Ana Vujanovic / Bojana Cvejic / Marta Popivoda (SCG), Sefik Sekitatlic (BA), Galit Eilat (IL) & Tester