Céline Condorelli . Harry Thaler

Things That Go Without Saying

Céline Condorelli . Harry Thaler . Grazer Kunstverein . photos: © Christine Winkler . + domus

The Grazer Kunstverein has expanded its premises with a new venue entitled The Members Library, which concentrates on language display and production through the notion of publications, which also double as a space for social encounters

It will therefore also function as the venue for all discursive programming.
The Members Library consists of two elements:
a library (including a small bookstore)
an exhibition space (dedicated to publications)
The library’s structure is “furnished” with books recommended by each member. These books (either bought or donated) have played an important part in the member’s lives (by ways of thinking). The Library organizes monthly evenings in which members are invited to present or organize something around the books they have recommended. The purpose of these evenings is to engage the audience in the member’s interests and fascinations. It is a way of both conveying information and allowing participants to introduce themselves to the other (potential) members.