schmaler Grat

What's it about?

"schmaler Grat" is the contribution of the Kunstverein Kärnten to the IVKärnten 2026 Triennale. The connection between the Triennale theme "schwach.šibko.debole" and schmaler Grat lies in the idea of vulnerability: those who balance on a narrow ridge are susceptible to disturbances – they are "weak" to external influences. But this very state reveals a special quality of being. We are rooted in the here and now – and at the same time floating. Art can serve as an in-between place, reaching out with the senses into another reality. Like a faint shimmer that passes through the membrane that seems to separate the worlds. This border experience is also omnipresent in artistic creation itself: in the intuitive decision whether a work is already complete or better discarded in acknowledgment of its imperfection.

Where?

Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt
Goethepark 1

Organiser: Kunstverein Kärnten