Press Release
The multimedia exhibition Touch Nature is a presentation of international artists who are taking a stand against the devastating political, economic, ecological and humanitarian impact of the Anthropocene. It becomes clear in the process that artists are not only documenting their grievances and formulating resistance but are also designing utopias for a respectful approach to our environment.
International ongoing exhibitions
The economic exploitation of landscapes, increasing soil sealing and the global repercussions of current consumer behaviour are also addressed, as are world nutrition, the spread of epidemics and the consequences of colonialism. In addition, the investigation encourages a change of perspective. It opens up hopeful visions for a new relationship between mankind and nature.
Touch Nature is based on the series of exhibitions of the same name, which were presented in a total of 12 Austrian cultural forums in Europe and the USA, and in which Austrian artists engaged in a creative dialogue with their counterparts from the host country concerned. The exhibition at the Lentos is a distillation of this series and presents an overview of how the climate crisis and environmental destruction are currently being addressed in art. It is in the spirit of the pioneer of ecological thinking, Alexander von Humboldt, who famously wrote to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1810: “ature must be felt.”
Artists: Uli Aigner, Iris Andraschek, Peter Bartoš Matei Bejenaru, Julius von Bismarck, Vanja Bučn, Floriama Candea, Laura Codruț Cernea, Adriana Chiruta, Sevda Chkoutova, Larisa Crunțanu, Mark Dion, Veronika Dirnhofer, Ines Doujak, Anna Dumitriu/Alex May, Latifah Echakhch, Christian Eisenberger, Titanilla Eisenhart, Michael Endlicher, İci Eviner, Thomas Feuerstein, Andrea Francolino, Dorothee Frank/Ben Fodor, Birgit Graschopf, Nicola Hackl-
Curator: Sabine Fellner
Project assistant: Laurenz Fellner
Exhibition design: wienerhalle
Exhibition 24 January -
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[1] Vanja Bučan, Sequences of Truth and Deception, 2018 (detail) [2] Ramona Schnekenburger, EGG 1, 2023 © Bildrecht, Wien 2025; Photo: Markus Gradwohl [3] Claire Morgan, The inevitable heat death of the universe, 2023. Courtesy of Galerie Karsten Greve Köln Paris St. Moritz.