European Heritage Days #3

Another federal sculpor's studio was assigned to Hannes Mlenek.

European Heritage Days #2

The two former world's fair pavillions with a total net floor area of 3.500 sqm house 23 studios from 45 up to 435 sqm. The studios are intended for aspiring artists who have already achieved a certain life's work in the field of sculpture and object art. The artists have to apply for a studio at the Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Chancellery. An independent jury then decides who can move in for seven years. Austrian sculptor Ulrike Truger is one of the lucky few.

European Heritage Day #1

Last Sunday was "Tag des Denkmals", the Austrian version of the European Heritage Days. The aim of this day is to widen access and foster care for architectural and environmental heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites many of which normally are not accessible to the public. I went to see the federal sculptors' studios in the Prater. The two buildings, designed by Austrian architect Carl Hasenauer, are the only remains of the 1873 Vienna World's Fair.