The job description for Marten Spangberg encompasses many terms. He got his start as a dance critic, writes on theory, is active as a performer, dance dramaturge, a curator, and a choreographer, and is considered a stage producer in quite a positive sense. Spangberg has been collaborating with the Swedish architect, Lindstrand Tor, since 2004 under the name International Festival.

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Their collaborative work explores perceptions of concepts related to body and space, and has gained international attention. At the present and in the last year, they have been invited to the European Arts Center in Cologne, the PERFORMA 07 in New York, and the Steirischen Herbst 07. For the festival in Graz, they developed “The Theater”, a multi-faceted enterprise which simultaneously describes a venue for stories, characters, and illusions, the performances that take place there, and the actual spatially-adaptable theater that was constructed from freight containers. more »

As opposed to other media like film or music, in principle, painting does not lend itself to as many possibilities, explains the painter, Thomas Reinhold. Throughout history, there have been painters who have tried to expand the range of the medium of painting time and time again. Take the case of Viennese Actionism, for which action painting or happenings—for example, fluxus art is not meant to extend the possibilities of the painting—always become something else instead.

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In the mid-seventies, Thomas Reinhold studied at the University for Applied Art in Vienna, when Actionism was still determining the current artistic climate. For many, the medium of painting was still not performative enough, hence, it only held a small part in the curriculum as opposed to other media. Reinhold was doing photography at the time. His work was successful—shown at the Graz Forum City Park as well as in art fairs in Basel and New York. more »

Rudolf Budja owns pictures which are usually only available to most of us in the form of cheap reproductions. He is an art collector, owner of the Artmosphere Galleries, and an internationally renowned dealer of Pop art. CastYourArt was interested in how one can become so successful in the art trade. After our four-part interview with Rudolf Budja, we learned a bit about his path to success, as well as the following: an art collector is not only an art collector. Rudolf Budja considers himself to be a kind of psychotherapist and “soul surgeon” for the wealthy who are seeking meaning in their lives. Art therefore provides not only a way of seeking, but also of healing. If the price of a piece of art is so high that even the rich and ruthless can feel its sting, it can plant the seed of an emotion on which that they had almost given up—the joy of discovering some kind of meaning in life. (wh/jn)

Rudolf Budja - Business and Passion, Part 1

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Rudolf Budja - Business and Passion, Part 2

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Rudolf Budja - Business and Passion, Part 3

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Rudolf Budja - Business and Passion, Part 4

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