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Rubber Souls is an exhibition by Viennese artists Anny Wass and Wolfgang Obermair. The two come together in the Salzburg art space Periscope to explore shared aspects of their work: materiality, surface, environment, and animism. Their positions materialize the handling of things as physical and social presence, countering modern alienation with a “Parliament of Things” (Bruno Latour). The title “Rubber Souls” connects the flexibility of rubber—a stretchable, cartoon-like material—with the profoundly anti-modern concept of the soul. The secret subtitle of the exhibition is the cover image of the invitation, a work by Anny Wass: it depicts a plastic bottle with the inscription “Universal Solution.”
The artists work with materials including rubber and plastic, as these stand like no others for the hybrid and fast-moving creatures of our time. The nature of these materials can be both virtual and physical. Their ambivalence ranges from the...More
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Rubber Souls is an exhibition by Viennese artists Anny Wass and Wolfgang Obermair. The two come together in the Salzburg art space Periscope to explore shared aspects of their work: materiality, surface, environment, and animism. Their positions materialize the handling of things as physical and social presence, countering modern alienation with a “Parliament of Things” (Bruno Latour). The title “Rubber Souls” connects the flexibility of rubber—a stretchable, cartoon-like material—with the profoundly anti-modern concept of the soul. The secret subtitle of the exhibition is the cover image of the invitation, a work by Anny Wass: it depicts a plastic bottle with the inscription “Universal Solution.”
The artists work with materials including rubber and plastic, as these stand like no others for the hybrid and fast-moving creatures of our time. The nature of these materials can be both virtual and physical. Their ambivalence ranges from the...More
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