Chronicles of my time: anti-archive of tabloid newspapers Heute and Österreich/oe24

2021, 96 books, metal bookshelf, MDF table and bench, headphones + player and recorder

Over the years, a collection of tabloid newspapers such as Heute and Österreich/oe24 has been created. The free newspapers were sorted chronologically and bound over a period of months. Missing newspapers are replaced by blank sheets of paper, which provide space for thoughts, research and narratives in the form of handwritten texts and illustrations. Daily exploration is a constant attempt to understand myself and my surroundings. As the documentation of these two questionable newspapers becomes my diary, the gaps are filled and I recognise my own fears, struggles, desires, principles and prejudices. When the media reflects our society, I don’t like that reflection and it remains my daily motivation to be part of a change.

CHRONIKEN MEINER ZEIT

Opening hours: Access to the chronicles invited visitors to leaf through the books and express themselves acoustically, to become part of the anti-archive with their voice and to contribute their own thoughts to an open narrative. Outside these hours, during the exhibition period, visitors have two books to leaf through and headphones to listen to the comments of previous visitors.

Photos: Em Schwarzwald, Manuela Picallo Gil