AIL Ping-Pong #1: Liquidity

alumni in residence
Manuel Cyrill Bachinger, Bartosz Dolhun, Annika Eschmann, Karina Fernandez, Miloš Vučićević

Drawing on the history of the ‘Postsparkasse’ as a former bank, AIL invited five artists to engage with a concept known for its economic context.

While primarily an economic term, ‘liquidity’ can be interpreted in various ways and across many contexts – from reflections on fluidity and adaptability to explorations of the shifting nature of social structures, relationships, or identities, as well as interpretations of transactions and value.
Presented in the small vitrine of the Otto Wagner Postsparkasse five graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna open a window into the diverse artistic practices and languages of Angewandte alumni, offering a range of perspectives that explore parallels, contrasts, or extensions within the given thematic framework.

In his work Manuel Cyrill Bachinger deals with auditory and visual forms of expression and often with transformative processes that manifest themselves in experimental and installation-based ways. In doing so, our perception and understanding of phenomena and technologies are challenged and encouraged to reflect on our interaction with them. Manuel Cyrill Bachinger is alumni of the department of Digital Art and graduated in 2024.

Bartosz Dolhun graduated 2016 in Drawing and Printmaking, and now focuses on object-oriented work. His sculptures combine materials, especially wood, starting with found objects and developing intuitively. His work emphasizes processes, using diverse techniques. The use of ‘low-cost’ materials contrasts their value with craftsmanship. This focus on process extends to his installative works, where the production journey becomes integral.

Annika Eschmann studied Transdisciplinary Arts and Drawing & Printmaking at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and graduated in 2020; and also studied Contemporary Art Practices at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore. Annika’s artistic practice is rooted in drawing and printmaking, exploring processes of translation and abstraction in images. It investigates their influence, limitations, and potential as well as the meanings generated and transformed through these reproductive processes.

Karina Fernandez holds a Master’s degrees in Fine Arts and Visual Arts (UNA, Buenos Aires), and graduated at the department of Digital Art in 2023. Born in Buenos Aires, she lives and works in Vienna today. Her transdisciplinary practice addresses global issues such as environmental degradation and consumerism, operating at the verge of bio and multimedia art through site-specific, kinetic, and interactive works. Her installations feature plants, fibers, light, water, sound, bioplastics, motors, and microcomputers.

Miloš Vučićević is an artist and researcher whose work explores the intricate intersections of ecology and migration. With a passion for understanding the delicate balance between human movement and environmental change, and its impact on people, he delves into the stories and experiences that shape his own perspective and the world he documents. Most of his interests are associated with the political and social paradigms that exist in society, where he endeavours to express his ideas through performative, object-oriented, and video-based works. Miloš Vučićević graduated at the department of Art&Science in 2023.

A project by AIL, supported by ARTist.

Concept and production:
Nora Mayr, Eva Weber (AIL)

Jury:
Elisabeth Falkensteiner, Nora Mayr, Eva Weber (AIL)