Gertrud and Dieter Bogner began collecting in the late 1970s, after inheriting Schloss Buchberg, which is located in Kamptal in Lower Austria. The castle was set up over several centuries during the Renaissance with numerous extensions. Those who wander through the many rooms, courts, towers, corridors, and exterior spaces, located on several levels, feel as though they are wandering through a village, or getting lost in an enormous house. The sheer variety and sizes of the spaces raised the question to the new owners of how they could be sensibly utilized. More than thirty years ago, it was decided that the building would be used for contemporary art, at which time Gertraud and Dieter Bogner also began collecting art. This podcast was realised with the kind support of UNIQUA ArtCercles.

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In the meantime, the castle was christened Kunstraum Buchberg, and, in contrast to other art spaces, has been housing permanently integrated, site-specific art since 1983. The arrangement of the collection was geared at first towards the geometrical-constructivist field, but then Monika Brandmaier took it in a more conceptual-associative direction when the collectors realized that each attempt towards an all-encompassing designation of its collection encountered disapproval from the participating artists. more »