Capital of Culture 2024

Bad Ischl: Doves of peace and heroines on horseback

Peace poster by performance icon Marina Abramović(Bild: The Mahler.com, Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives)

The well-known curator Peter Noever is staging the "Peace now!" exhibition in the Trinkhalle in Bad Ischl: prominent artists have created manifestos for peace. The project is "a statement against the increasing brutalization and dehumanization of our modern culture", says Noever.

Peter Noever (83) is one of Austria's best-known curators. He provided the impetus for the committed exhibition "Peace now!", which gives a voice to artists in the crisis-ridden world.

Block in the exhibition in the Trinkhalle, Bad Ischl(Bild: APA/EDWIN HUSIC)

He says: "This debate is particularly necessary in a harsh political reality. All the more so since the outbreak of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East - not to mention the immeasurable suffering and the daily, unnecessary deaths of countless people - freedom and independence are now in danger."

Artist posters available in a limited edition
In cooperation with the tourism association, Capital of Culture 2024 and Galerie Seiser, Noever has set up an expansive installation in the Trinkhalle in Bad Ischl with 28 positions and manifestos on the subject of peace. Specially designed posters are available in a limited edition.

Big names are listed, including Marina Abramović, Sergej Bugaev Afrika, Jenny Holzer and the Upper Austrian Edgar Honetschläger. The Trinkhalle in Bad Ischl has been flagged for peace for the next two weeks. The exhibition runs until September 17.