H13 Lower Austria Prize for Performance 2024
It's been decided: The H13 Prize 2024 goes to the artist Katharina Ernst! Ernst convinced the jury unanimously with her performance project metrics.
H13 jury 2024:
“In her post-minimalist performance concept metrics, Katharina Ernst opens up extraordinary complexity through a set of clear gestures and formal language: at the core is a percussion instrument that she uses to explore variants of polyrhythm and acoustic chaos. In collaboration with other performers, Ernst translates these musical structures into a choreography and spatial concept as if based on a score. With these translation processes, between disciplines such as music, choreography, and architecture, the artist unravels the question of how an abstract composition could be a mirror or even a model for social togetherness. In this respect, metrics not only underlines the importance of listening in a time of increasing social polarization, but also makes a substantial contribution to the discourse on the role of live arts in the exhibition context.”
This year´s jury included:
- Tom Engels (Artistic director of Grazer Kunstverein and curator of the 15th Baltic Triennial)
- Clémentine Proby (Assistant curator at Mudam Luxembourg)
- Frederike Sperling (Artistic director of Kunstraum Niederoesterreich)
- Miriam Stoney (Artist, author, translator)
In 2024, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich awards the H13 Lower Austria Prize for Performance for the 18th time. With the intention to increase the international visibility of the local performance art scene and to make a lasting contribution to its promotion, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich awards this year’s H13 Prize again in cooperation with a renowned institution abroad: Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art moderne Grand-Duc Jean. In addition to the prize money and the presentation at the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Katharina Ernst receives a multi-day, individual tutoring with Clémentine Proby, assistant curator at Mudam.
Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean is a museum for contemporary art in Luxembourg. As one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in Europe, the Mudam is known for its pioneering work in the field of performative practices within the museum context. The tutoring program initiated as part of the H13 Prize will include studio visits, curatorial dialogue and individually tailored offers. It is intended to offer the winner the opportunity to further develop their own practice and enhance their international visibility.
Ernst will present her performance metrics on Fri, 22.11.2024, 7pm as part of the festive H13 award ceremony at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich. In addition to the performance, the project also includes an exhibition, which will be on display at the Kunstraum from Sat, 23.11. - Sat, 07.12.2024.
The H13 program 2024 will be rounded off by a two-day symposium with international performance experts: Performance Besides Itself. Infra- and Parastructures of a Contemporary Liveness, on Fri, 06.12. and Sat, 07.12.2024.