Rolling Stars and Planets

Rolling Stars and Planets is an Austrian visual art project of exhibitions and performances with sphere objects. The project mastered by Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky is joined by about 25 artists who come mostly from Austria, but also from Hungary and Germany.

First performance of Rolling Stars and Planets in front of Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Exhibition in Szombathely, Ungarn
Dance performance in Baden, Lower Austria
Exhibition in Piber Castle, Styria
Garden and Art; bellabayer - the Gardenatelier, Hartberg, Styria
Exhibition in Reutte, Tyrol
Exhibition in St. Veit an der Glan, Carinthia

Design

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The Rolling Stars and Planets are spherical art objects, standardized in size and basic material, but individually designed by each artist. The globes are painted, or designed as objects. The circumfluent frame, concepted by Ledersberger-Lehoczky, consist of ring-shaped Aluminium-hoops with a diameter of about 100 cm. This frame is associated with the orbits of Celestial bodies. It provides the reservation of the artworks and alleviates the moving.

The inner Parts with a diameter of about 75 cm have been designed by the artist individually using themes like Astronomy, Astrology, Mythology and Legends.

Development

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In Autumn 2008 Ledersberger-Lehoczky and István Jankovics organized a Symposium in the Gothard Observatorium of Astrophysics of the Eötvös Loránd University in Szombathely.[1] The main Theme was "Men in space". During this event sculptures of five sculptors have been shown. During the "Planetra Science Congress" 2008 in Münster Ledersberger-Lehoczky presented an art project which was decided to accompany the Year of Astronomy 2009.

A collective action with individual designed sphere-objects was arranged during a meeting in Vienna between Günther Frank and Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky. Günther Frank suggested the moving of the globes in public spaces.

In the Year of Astronomy 2009 25 visual artists, many of them members of the Austrian association of professional art in Vienna and Graz, designed spherical paintings and objects. The artists used techniques like Painting, Collage or Object Art.[2]

Adapted to each globe painting the executing artist made a description, in which he declared his technique and the matter of his artwork.

The first event started on April 4, 2009 in front of the Kunsthistorischen Museum in Vienna.[3] The artists rolled their artworks around the Maria Theresia-monument.[4][5]

In May 2009 the BiondekBühne Theater- und Tanzwerkstatt in Baden near Vienna created a choreography for a group of 14 dancers, the "Ladies-First-Ladies". This choreography concerned with the Rolling Stars and Planets was shown in Baden and in Linz while this City was European Capital of Culture. The performancers SF - SlowForward showed the choreography "Breath of the Cosmos", which had been especially created for the Rolling Stars and Plandets.[6] Linz September 3, 2009[7]

Participating Artists

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Artists and titles

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  1. Johannes Angerbauer: Golden Star - Back to Earth
  2. Lisa Bäck: Seelen-Welt
  3. Ulrike Chladek: Per Artes ad Astra
  4. Günther Frank: Meine kleine Welt
  5. Susanne Fruhwirth-Nievoll: Sonne
  6. Edeltraud Führer: Von der Erde bis an den Rand der Ewigkeit
  7. Silvia Gröbner: Lichtgruß der Libellen
  8. I.FLOW: Braucht es noch einen Titel?
  9. Christine Kertz: Himmel und Hölle
  10. C.F.J. König: Himmelskörper
  11. Gerhard Kramer: Hinter dem Mond
  12. Milan Jan Krkoska: Eine Vision
  13. Beate Landen-Karlhuber: Don't make it happen
  14. Elisabeth Ledersberger-Lehoczky: Alles dreht sich
  15. Johannes Lehner: Sonne
  16. MACON (Maria Consuelo des Speis Vargas) (seit Sommer 2009):Boot People I
  17. Edda Mally (Seit Anfang 2010): Das Auge des Kosmos
  18. Claudia Mezzina-Macher: Il Punto in Piu
  19. Tamara O´Byrne:47.487BG/10.732 LG
  20. Oroszy Csaba (HU): o.T.[8]
  21. Renate Polzer: Blue Moon Blues
  22. Christian Reichhold: Rolling Stars
  23. Martina Schettina: Die Sonne
  24. Michael Schlapschy: Fire Star
  25. Uwe Schwarz (D): Urmutter
  26. Anga Sterrenberg: Schach
  27. Heidi Tschank: Die Blaue Venus

Schools

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  • Students of the College Neunkirchen: Vernetzung
  • Pupils of the primary school Köflach: Planet Erde aus der Sicht der Kinder

Dancing and Performance-Groups

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  • "Dancing Planets" „Dancing Planets“ – eine wissenschaftliche und mythologische Reise durch das Sonnensystem / Das Universum, die verschiedenen Planeten – eine Faszination, die niemanden kalt lässt. Erstmals werden in einer multimedialen Tanzperformance Wissenschaft und Mythologie unseres Sonnensystems verbunden. Eine Wissensvermittlung der besonderen Art. Urs Scheifele, Astrophysiker vom Zürcher Planetarium und die Tänzerin Maya Farner nehmen die Zuschauer mit auf eine Reise ins Universum.[9]
  • "SlowForward" - conducted by Franz Sramek.[10]
  • "Ladies-First-Ladies" BiondekBühne Baden. Choreography: Magdalena Wiesmann[11]
  • "SlowForward" - conducted by Franz Sramek.[12]

Exhibitions and events 2009

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Events 2010

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References

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  1. ^ GAO Szombathely Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Austrian association of professional art Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ TV-report in ORF-Vienna
  4. ^ Rolling Stars and Planets event in front of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
  5. ^ Report in ORF, April 4th 2009
  6. ^ Slow Forward: Breath of the Cosmos (Dancing Planets) April 4th 2009
  7. ^ SlowForward in Linz September 3rd 2009 Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Hier wurde die ungarische Schreibweise Nachname Vorname verwendet
  9. ^ "Home". planetarium-zuerich.ch.
  10. ^ SlowForward
  11. ^ BionedkBühne Baden, Dance 2009 Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ SlowForward
  13. ^ Bezirksblatt Wiener Neustadt 1. Juli 2009[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Szombathely Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ TV report ORF May 4th 2009
  16. ^ House of art Baden near Vienna
  17. ^ Event Baden[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ Event in Baden, report of Lower Austria official press Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Exhibition Haus der Kunst Baden
  20. ^ Garten und Kunst; bellabayer - das Gartenatelier Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine(accessed 21 December 2009)
  21. ^ press release Garden and Art Hartberg
  22. ^ Niederösterreichische Nachrichten issue Korneuburg/Stockerau 28/2009 Juli 7th 2009
  23. ^ Stardust Ars Electronica Center Linz
  24. ^ „Stardust“ page 5
  25. ^ Starnight/ Opening of the Ars Electronica Festival 2009 in Linz
  26. ^ of the Art Electronica Festivals 2009 with the Ladies-First-Ladies
  27. ^ Press release starnight Linz 2009 Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ Index Reuttener 2009/08
  29. ^ Rollaktion am 27. November 2009 am Hauptplatz von St. Veit an der Glan[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ Christmas in St. Veit, Kleine Zeitung
  31. ^ Christmas Market St. Veit an der Glan[permanent dead link]
  32. ^ Rolling Stars and Planets am Kulturserver Graz Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine (recalled at April 11, 2010)
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