House of Transition is an art installation consisting of several large mechanical objects ready for operation. It was developed and built by the Dutch artist studio Atelier Van Lieshout from Rotterdam. The installation consists of two parts: the towering Hammer House and Phoenix, a cluster of kilns and ovens.
Inspired by the history of the former Viennese working-class district Favoriten, Atelier Van Lieshout recall the mechanical working processes that once took place here. The studio consider the machines metaphors. The both destructive and constructive powerful potentials of the equipment stand for changes that the district is currently undergoing.
The massive drop hammer of the Hammer House has formed cars and other objects into compact metal blocks elsewhere. Destruction creates new resources. Phoenix contains various elements that deal with the enormous powers of fire. As with the Hammer House, these forces are creative and constructive as well as deconstructive and destructive. Metal has been smelted, ceramics fired, meat smoked, grilled or cremated, and bread baked with this very force. The installation presents the equipment in an inactive state. The destructive and productive transformation processes are highlighted on monitors and posters
Location
Sonnwendplatz, Favoritenstraße 76, 1100 Wien
Gallery
Further Information
Joep van Lieshout (*1963) is an artist and sculptor and has worked with a team since 1995 as Atelier Van Lieshout in Rotterdam, NL.
Time Period
21. September 2019 until 20. September 2020
Education - Events
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 2, 2019 / from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 2, 2019 / from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 16, 2019 / from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 16, 2019 / from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Monday, November 18, 2019 / from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 30, 2019 / from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, November 30, 2019 / from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, February 15, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, February 29, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, May 9, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, May 23, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, June 6, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, June 20, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, July 4, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, July 18, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- "House of Transition" in action - grilling, baking, smoking Saturday, July 18, 2020 / from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Friday, July 24, 2020 / from 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, August 1, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Friday, August 7, 2020 / from 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, August 22, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- "House of Transition" in action - grilling, baking, smoking Saturday, August 22, 2020 / from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, September 12, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- Open "House of Transition" Saturday, September 19, 2020 / from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- "House of Transition" in action - grilling, baking, smoking Saturday, September 19, 2020 / from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM