THEME PARK ›ERDLOCH‹ (= Hole in the Ground)

Miniature landscape + accompanying booklet

The theme park was realised in two versions: as part of ›ICH BIN VERGÄNGLICH 1-3 (I am transient 1-3)‹ – a project by Wagner-Feigl-Forschung/Festspiele (together with Florian Feigl) as part of the ›Graspiloten‹ festival, Bröllin Castle, 2005, and as part of the exhibition CABINET OF EXHAUSTION at Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna, 2022

Concept / Model-making / Text development: Otmar Wagner
Support with model-making and set-up (Vienna): Sophie Eidenberger, Mathias Lenz

At Bröllin Castle (2005), the theme park was set up directly on the ground floor of one of the stables. Visitors were able to walk through the 13 numbered stations. An accompanying booklet contained various texts and stories about the stations.

For the exhibition at the Kunsthalle Exnergasse (2022), the themed park and the accompanying booklet (see text files in the image gallery below) were revised, and two more stations were added. The landscape was constructed on a specially designed, angled platform at table height; the soil used for this came from earthworks at Seestadt Aspern.