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In Absence of Stone

Sebastian Koeck, Luīze Nežberte, Marlene Posch
01.-14.09.2025
Dokumentation
BRUX / Freies Theater Innsbruck
© (Artists)
© Sebastian Koeck
© (Artists)
© Sebastian Koeck

    It has been half a millennium since the Tyrolean mining industry had its heyday. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it gained a reputation that extended far beyond its borders, promising limitless wealth. Today, all that remains are forgotten tunnels, looted caves, and abandoned shafts—empty spaces hidden within the mountainous landscapes surrounding Innsbruck. One must know where to look to find these so-called Knappenlöcher (abandoned mining tunnels). Only a handful of these sites are widely known. While some have been chronicled as legends, most exist only in the memories of past generations. Their vague locations are shrouded in mystery—as if revealing them would mean losing the hidden treasures intended only for those in the know.
    Though the gold has long vanished, the legends remain.

    Sebastian Koeck

    (*1990 Innsbruck / AT), He lives and works in Vienna / AT.
    He studied Transmedia Art as well as Sculpture from 2015 to 2021 with Brigitte Kowanz (VIE), Hans Schabus (VIE), and Michael Stevenson (NUE).

    2024
    Giddy Flames, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
    bmkoes Studio in Seoul
    2023
    Cave Wars (Solo), Ve.Sch, Wien
    2022
    Keyring Shuffle (Duo), Spouse, Wien
    Handover, GUIMARÃES with Laurenz, Wien
    2021
    Teufel, Parallel Vienna, Wien
    Haus Wien, Oststation, Wien
    Ladder To A Poem, Kunstverein Klagenfurt
    Upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned, KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD, Wien
    2020
    Three Rooms (Solo in collaboration with Juan Vera), Laurenz, Wien
    GORETEXIAN (Solo), Platform 6020, Innsbruck
    The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies), Fonda, Leipzig

    Luīze Nežberte

    (*1998 Riga / LV), lives and works in Vienna / AT.
    Since 2020, she has been studying Sculpture and Space with Hans Schabus (VIE). In 2021, she participated in the Summer Academy Salzburg with Cäcilia Brown.

    2024
    Sunpoles, Kim? Contemporary art Center, Riga
    A SIMULTANEITY OF STORIES-SO-FAR, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna
    2023
    Clump Spirit (Solo), 427 gallery, Riga
    2022
    TIME, Spouse, Wien
    Around the horizon, corners implode, AG gallery, Riga
    2021
    Under arched ceiling, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
    CHAMBRE D’AMI·XES, Laurenz, Wien
    In conversation with places, Quellenstrasse 2A, curated by Fanny Hauser, Vienna
    inframince infra-mince infra mince, Heiligenkreuzerhof, curated by Franz Thalmair, Vienna

    Marlene Posch

    (*1994 Wien / AT), lives and works in Vienna / AT.
    She studied Transmedia Art as well as Sculpture from 2017 to 2023 with Brigitte Kowanz, Jakob Lena Knebl, and Hans Schabus (VIE).

    2024
    PASSAGE, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
    A SIMULTANEITY OF STORIES-SO-FAR, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna
    2023
    i look up, i look down from my human height, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
    Vienna Seduction, SPOILER, Berlin
    2022
    cmd + G, Georg Kargl Permanent, Wien
    head for the bright sun, PARALLEL VIENNA
    Soft Machine, Phileas, Wien
    2021
    CHAMBRE D’AMI·XES, Laurenz, Wien
    Revolving Doors, Aware Festival, Berlin
    2020
    Overstrained, KS Room, Riegersburg

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