IF - THEN - ELSE. Welcome to Transciency
Addressing
possible configurations of art and nature, Margit Busch, corecipient of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2016 and graduate of the
University of Applied Arts Vienna, created a laboratory-cum-experiment that included mealworms and beetles that consume, and
thus recycle, polystyrene plastic. By generating insights into the discipline of “transciency”—devoted to perspectives, research
methods, and representations operating through and beyond science—Busch’s project sheds light on the meeting points of scientific,
philosophical, artistic, and practical discourses. The catalogue contains an essay by art critic Roland Schöny and a conversation
between the artist, curator Lucas Gehrmann, and Kunsthalle Wien director Nicolaus Schafhausen, along with installation images
and a supplemental “transmap.”
Margit Busch IF—THEN—ELSE. Welcome to Transciency
ISBN: 978-3-95679-293-9
Herausgeber: Kunsthalle
Wien, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Verlag:
Sternberg Press
Sprache:
Englisch
Preis:
EUR 10
In cooperation
with the Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Applied Arts, the Kunsthalle Wien Prize is awarded for outstanding final
projects at the two universities of art in Vienna.