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masc
foundation 39 dada are an artist group (Roland Schütz - Kurt Mayr -
Richard Schütz - Arno Schmid †2016) witch works, since its opening in
june 1999, intensively on the integration of fine arts and their
various expressions. Our artist run spaces were located vis a vis at
grundsteingasse. We were founded as artistic counterparts in this
street in Vienna Ottakring. Since the death of Arno Schmid (39dada) in june 2016 the artproject will be continued by masc foundation. For
a long time, the Brunnenviertel, the area around the Viennese
Brunnenmarkt in the 16th district, has been an ideal place of work and
living for many artists. The artists of our association have come
together here to find common possibilities of artistic expression and
presentation. The advantages of the area are innumerable: the
cosmopolitan social climate, the successful, multicultural mutual
stimulation of the most varied cultures represent an ideal nurturing
ground for the art, which always also intends to explore the human
being in its expressions, desires, hopes and capabilities. Many members
have lived and worked in this area for a long time. A dense network of
social contacts and mutual support has been created in this way, which
we now want to unite and consolidate through a basic central structure,
the MASC FOUNDATION - 39 DADA, in order also to increase the efficacy
of our art work. Artisans, cinema owners, pub owners, people of all
nationalities have among others supported our artistic activities up to
now and will continue to do so in the future.
MASC Foundation - Grundsteingasse 40:
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empty rooms showing onto the street and comprising all in all 120 m2
can be used for exhibitions, events and as a studio. The direct entry
from the street attracts many visitors who would normally shy away from
the contact with modern art. Richard Schütz and Kurt Mayrs studio is
situated in Top 1 of the same building. This location is particularly
advantageous for the construction of exhibitions and/or for use as an
art studio.
39 DADA - Grundsteingasse 39: (till 2016)
{ Vis-a-vis Arno Schmid
(†2016) worked in these premises showing his art works aswell as from various artists from austria and abroad. We
look at foreign cultures and foreign artists in the same way as we look
at different forms of artistic expression: for us, the quality of an
artwork and its message is decisive and not the medium carrying it.
Through our basic artistic approaches we are already very different
artists. This spiritual freedom and artistic variety we want to
transmit in our exhibition- and art mediation activities. Among our
friends are a lot of artists in other genres: writers, filmmakers, punk
musicians, revue singers, construction workers, actors, cooks, etc.
Their work certainly belongs to our professional environment: it is
these resources that the originality and uniqueness is nurtured from. MASC
FOUNDATION - 39 DADA places another emphasis of its activities on the
promotion of the discourse with other cultures. To this end, we intend
to invite artists from abroad at least twice yearly to present their
work here in Vienna. These stays are planned for the length of up to
two months. The invited artists are asked to produce during this time
works directly referring to their life and experiences in Vienna. This
project wants to sharpen the curiosity and openness towards other
cultures by learning from the contact with these artists. Vienna is
only a small metropolis, and it thus needs an external point of view
and impressions about itself from the outside in order not to remain
stuck in provinciality and sleepiness.
MASC
FOUNDATION - 39 DADAs projects and activities are certainly not aimed
at opening up a competition with existing galleries and institutions of
art promotion. Instead, we strive for cooperation and synergies,
wherever this seems to be fruitful for our artistic work. MASC
FOUNDATION - 39 DADA considers itself a platform for artists; it is
intended to provide possibilities for artistic presentation and wants
to cooperate with existing galleries. It is often impossible to realize
artistic projects (installations, performancesÉ), because they are not
profit-oriented. The promotion and presentation of these works exceeds
the potentialities of art promoters, who generally depend on the sale
of the artworks. Our experience shows that a large degree of
interesting and high-quality art activities can therefore simply not
take place, since the artist regards himself as a communicating human
being getting into touch with the environment in an artistic rather
than commercial way. Wherever lacking profitability prevents this
communication, MASC FOUNDATION - 39 DADA will act in addition to
existing art education and promotion practices. We offer additional
facilities, rather than opposing already existing structures! |
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