Rolling Stars and Planets
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Rolling Stars and Planets is an Austria
n visual art project of exhibitions and performances with sphere objects. The project mastered by Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky is joined by about 25 artists who come mostly from Austria, but also from Hungary
and Germany
.
The circumfluent frame, concepted by Ledersberger-Lehoczky, consist of ring-shaped Aluminium
-hoops with a diameter of about 100 cm. This frame is associated with the orbits of Celestial bodies. It provides the reservation of the artworks and allaviates the moving.
The inner Parts with a diameter of about 75 cm have been designed by the artist individually using themes like Astronomy
, Astrology
, Mythology
and Legend
s.
in the Gothard Observatorium of Astrophysics of the Eötvös Loránd University in Szombathely
. The main Theme was "Men in space". During this event sculptures of five sculptors have been shown. During the "Planetra Science Congress" 2008 in Münster
Ledersberger-Lehoczky presented an art project which was decided to accompny the Year of Astronomy 2009.
A collective action with individual designed sphere-objects was arranged during a meeting in Vienna between Günther Frank and Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky. Günther Frank suggested the moving of the globes in public spaces.
In the Year of Astronomy 2009 25 visual artists, many of them members of the Austrian association of professional art in Vienna and Graz, designed spherical paintings and objects. The artists used techniques like Painting
, Collage
or Object Art.
Adapted to each globe painting the executing artist made a description, in which he declared his technique and the matter of his artwork.
The first event started on April 4, 2009 in front of the Kunsthistorischen Museum
in Vienna. The artists rolled their artworks around the Maria Theresia-monument.
In May 2009 the BiondekBühne Theater- und Tanzwerkstatt in Baden
near Vienna created a choreography
for a group of 14 dancers, the "Ladies-First-Ladies". This choreografy concerned with the Rolling Stars and Planets was shown in Baden and in Linz while this City was European Capital of Culture
.
The performancers SF - SlowForward showed the choreography "Breath of the Cosmos", which had been especially created for the Rolling Stars and Plandets. Linz September 3, 2009
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n visual art project of exhibitions and performances with sphere objects. The project mastered by Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky is joined by about 25 artists who come mostly from Austria, but also from Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Design
The Rolling Stars and Planets are spherical art objects, standardized in size and basic material, but individually designed by each artist. The globes are painted, or designed as objects.The circumfluent frame, concepted by Ledersberger-Lehoczky, consist of ring-shaped Aluminium
Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al, and its atomic number is 13. It is not soluble in water under normal circumstances....
-hoops with a diameter of about 100 cm. This frame is associated with the orbits of Celestial bodies. It provides the reservation of the artworks and allaviates the moving.
The inner Parts with a diameter of about 75 cm have been designed by the artist individually using themes like Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, Astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
, Mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and Legend
Legend
A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude...
s.
Development
In Autumn 2008 Ledersberger-Lehoczky and István Jankovics organized an SymposiumSymposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
in the Gothard Observatorium of Astrophysics of the Eötvös Loránd University in Szombathely
Szombathely
Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...
. The main Theme was "Men in space". During this event sculptures of five sculptors have been shown. During the "Planetra Science Congress" 2008 in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...
Ledersberger-Lehoczky presented an art project which was decided to accompny the Year of Astronomy 2009.
A collective action with individual designed sphere-objects was arranged during a meeting in Vienna between Günther Frank and Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky. Günther Frank suggested the moving of the globes in public spaces.
In the Year of Astronomy 2009 25 visual artists, many of them members of the Austrian association of professional art in Vienna and Graz, designed spherical paintings and objects. The artists used techniques like Painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, Collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
or Object Art.
Adapted to each globe painting the executing artist made a description, in which he declared his technique and the matter of his artwork.
The first event started on April 4, 2009 in front of the Kunsthistorischen Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, it is crowned with an octagonal dome...
in Vienna. The artists rolled their artworks around the Maria Theresia-monument.
In May 2009 the BiondekBühne Theater- und Tanzwerkstatt in Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
near Vienna created a choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
for a group of 14 dancers, the "Ladies-First-Ladies". This choreografy concerned with the Rolling Stars and Planets was shown in Baden and in Linz while this City was European Capital of Culture
European Capital of Culture
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by theEuropean Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension....
.
The performancers SF - SlowForward showed the choreography "Breath of the Cosmos", which had been especially created for the Rolling Stars and Plandets. Linz September 3, 2009
Artists and titles
- Johannes Angerbauer: Golden Star - Back to Earth
- Lisa Bäck: Seelen-Welt
- Ulrike Chladek: Per Artes ad Astra
- Günther Frank: Meine kleine Welt
- Susanne Fruhwirth-Nievoll: Sonne
- Edeltraud Führer: Von der Erde bis an den Rand der Ewigkeit
- Silvia Gröbner: Lichtgruß der Libellen
- I.FLOW: Braucht es noch einen Titel?
- Christine Kertz: Himmel und Hölle
- C.F.J. König: Himmelskörper
- Gerhard Kramer: Hinter dem Mond
- Milan Jan Krkoska: Eine Vision
- Beate Landen-Karlhuber: Don't make it happen
- Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky: Alles dreht sich
- Johannes Lehner: Sonne
- MACON (Maria Consuelo des Speis Vargas) (seit Sommer 2009):Boot People I
- Edda Mally (Seit Anfang 2010): Das Auge des Kosmos
- Claudia Mezzina-Macher: Il Punto in Piu
- Tamara O´Byrne:47.487BG/10.732 LG
- Oroszy Csaba (HU): o.T.
- Renate Polzer: Blue Moon Blues
- Christian Reichhold: Rolling Stars
- Martina SchettinaMartina SchettinaMartina Schettina is an Austrian artist.- Life :Martina Schettina was born in 1961 in the district Währing in Vienna. Her father was a Mathematician...
: Die Sonne - Michael Schlapschy: Fire Star
- Uwe Schwarz (D): Urmutter
- Anga Sterrenberg: Schach
- Heidi Tschank: Die Blaue Venus
Schools
- Students of the College NeunkirchenNeunkirchenNeunkirchen is a name common to multiple locales:-In Austria:*Neunkirchen, Austria, the capital of the district Neunkirchen in Lower Austria*Neunkirchen District, Austria-Bavaria:*Neunkirchen am Brand, in Forchheim district...
: Vernetzung - Pupils of the primary school KöflachKöflachKöflach is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, at the foot of the Stubalpe mountain. The town has a population of roughly 10,000 and contains a federal stud in the village of Piber that supplies the Lipizzaner horses to the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna...
: Planet Erde aus der Sicht der Kinder
Dancing and Performance-Groups
- "Dancing Planets" „Dancing Planets“ – eine wissenschaftliche und mythologische Reise durch das Sonnensystem / Das Universum, die verschiedenen Planeten – eine Faszination, die niemanden kalt lässt. Erstmals werden in einer multimedialen Tanzperformance Wissenschaft und Mythologie unseres Sonnensystems verbunden. Eine Wissensvermittlung der besonderen Art. Urs Scheifele, Astrophysiker vom Zürcher Planetarium und die Tänzerin Maya Farner nehmen die Zuschauer mit auf eine Reise ins Universum. http://www.planetarium-zuerich.ch,http://www.mayafarner.com
- "SlowForward" - conducted by Franz Sramek.
- "Ladies-First-Ladies" BiondekBühne Baden. Choreography: Magdalena Wiesmann
- "SlowForward" - conducted by Franz Sramek.
Exhibitions and events 2009
- April 4: First event in front of the Kunsthistorisches MuseumKunsthistorisches MuseumThe Kunsthistorisches Museum is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, it is crowned with an octagonal dome...
in Vienna - April 6–20: Exhibition in and in front of Vienna PlanetariumPlanetariumA planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
, Kuffner-ObservatoryObservatoryAn observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...
, old city-hall of Vienna, in cooperation with the University of ViennaUniversity of ViennaThe University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
. - College of Neunkirchen: Students workshop
- Mai 5th - 13th: Gothard Astrophysikalisches Institut der Eötvös Loránd University HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
in SzombathelySzombathelySzombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...
. . - 15.Mai: BiondekBühne Theater- und Tanzwerkstatt, BadenBadenBaden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
, dance-performance and event in public space. - Mai 16th - 30th : Exhibition of Rolling Stars and astronomic photography in House of Art, Baden.
- Juni 12th- Juli 5th: Bellabayer - the Gardenatelier, HartbergHartbergHartberg is a city in Styria, Austria, the capital of the district of the same name. As of the census of 2001, it has a population of 6,547 in an area of 21.54 km². About 68 km up the A2 is the large city of Graz....
, Gardens and art. - Juli 7th - September 2: Ars Electronica CenterArs Electronica CenterThe Ars Electronica Center is a center for electronic arts run by Ars Electronica situated in Linz, Austria, at the northern side of the Danube opposite the city hall of Linz. It has been built on the right side of the Nibelungenbrücke....
in Linz. Stardust – Astronomy and Universe. - September 3: Opening event of the Ars electronica FestivalArs ElectronicaArs Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
at the main square of Linz. - September 19: Festival of cultue in ReutteReutteReutte is a market town in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district . Reutte is located on the Lech river, and has a population of 5,738 .- Neighbouring municipalities :...
- September 22–28: Performancein Piber castle, Styria.
- November 27: Festival of illumination St. Veit an der Glan, exhibition in Ernst Fuchs-Palast, „Blumenhalle“ and "Blumenhotel" till January 2010.