Loch (Hole)

That holes exist is an undisputed fact. However, mankind is still grappling with the definition of the hole itself. We all recognise holes as shapes that are defined by the presence of their surroundings. We recognise holes without actually seeing them. They are empty, they are immaterial. The definition of the German writer Kurt Tucholsky sums this up. In architecture and art, but also in language and music, the hole is a marker where information is bundled. The hole in a doughnut, for example, defines it as such. The part of the doughnut that is removed from the dough and leaves a hole is ultimately not the hole. The relationship between the cut-out and the donut itself, between the positive and negative, comes closest to the definition of the hole.

In this year's three-dimensional design course, we are focussing on the design of where something is not.Behind every hole there is always a space.The hole frames it, it gives us insight and
and directs our perception towards it.The hole selects and thus concentrates
impressions on this place, sometimes serving as a stop-off point.Holes inconspicuously guide our perception and movement through space.This year we will produce holes, enter them and measure them, we will fill them and geometrise, abstract and translate them.And finally, we will take a collective look at what we define in all its variety and diversity as the place where something is not: the hole.

Christian Kern

Efstathia Eleni Baseta

Christoph Meier

Marie Reichel

Lukas Thaler

Gregor Titze

Martina Kögl

Jakob Neulinger

Christoph Bruckner

Markus Bauer

Lazar Lyutakov

Cosma Grosser

Nora Fröhlich

Monika Georgieva

Elisabeth Kofler