Danube: Sediment Shifts in Interstitial Space

Herwig Turk and Gebhard Sengmüller joined together with experts to explore the Danube southeast of Vienna, a landscape in a field of tension between industry and national park. Situated between an industrial area, a recreational area, and the ecologically sensitive Donau-Auen National Park, this region has been heavily reshaped in recent centuries by building, river regulation, stabilization, and war; one would be hard pressed to find more greatly contrasting elements in a landscape of such compact dimensions.

In spring 2023, the artists presented the results of their first year’s work at Galerie rauminhalt_harald bichler in Vienna, bringing them together to form a multi-layered space of experience.

The exhibition was accompanied by the publication Donau: Schichtwechsel im Lückenraum / Danube: Sediment Shifts in Interstitial Space, edited by Harald Bichler and Reinhard Braun, Vienna 2023.

Exhibition at rauminhalt gallery Vienna, 2023 Invitation | Website | Press release

Exhibition documentation rauminhalt gallery

Photo selection | all photos

Video documentation rauminhalt gallery

Installation “Settlement Fluctuation” | Animation “Albern gravel bank” | Sliding Panel Object “Dynamic Landscape” | Installation “Transects” |

Further resources

Interviews with participating scientists, sorted by topic

Press reports Kurier | Parnass | Ö1 Leporello | Augustin

Ortrun Veichtlbauer – “Nature and War – The Danube and its Banks” (in: wespennest 160, 2011) pdf

Accompanying program

Conversation on March 30, 2023, with Brigitte Felderer, Severin Hohensinner, and Stefan Schmutz Photos

Conversation on April 20, 2023, with Gertrud Haidvogel, Friedrich Hauer, and Alexander Faltejsek Video