The Great Pose

Who are the "normal" Salzkammergut people? What's real, and can a Viennese woman wear lederhosen?

The art action “Die Große Pose” explores the question of currently much discussed identities. It is a boulevard piece, in the middle of Bad Goisern – a surprising street spectacle.

(Original title: Die Große Pose)

Subject to change
Tarek Leitner
Programline
Contributors

Bettina Gangl, Klaus Krumböck, Veronika Scharinger (photographers)
Peter Brugger (Audiovisualization)
Tarek Leitner (Artistic direction)

Simone Barlian (Head of Programme Visual Arts)
Teresa Kranawetter (Assistance Visual Arts)

When
June 2024

About the project

As tourists, we often look for the authentic, the original in the Salzkammergut. Identity politics can be absurd at times and is sometimes highly emotional. It stands for the protection of power as well as for making minorities visible. With his campaign, Tarek Leitner makes the people of Goisern visible as they lived a generation ago – and those who visit the European Capital of Culture 2024.

Portrait photos from the 1980s and 1990s from the Fettinger studio in Bad Goisern were exhibited in Bad Goisern as part of the project. Visitors were able to find out in advance which portraits are planned.

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