{"id":37193,"date":"2021-09-28T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=37193"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:13:48","slug":"volkmar-klien-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/volkmar-klien-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkmar Klien installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/kliensmall.jpg\" alt=\"A clock\" class=\"wp-image-37194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/kliensmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/kliensmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Does any sound better represent the inexorable march of time and the transitory nature of beauty and power than the ticking of a clock? Volkmar Klien&#8217;s installation at Belvedere draws on this premise to produce a memorable contribution to the Carlone Contemporary art series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fascinating installation based around a pendulum clock and peacock feathers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curated by Stella Rollig<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Sept 29, 2021 &#8211; Feb 6, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Current Belvedere exhibitions &amp; info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">Art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anschwellen-abschwellen\">Anschwellen &#8211; Abschwellen<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VolkmarKlien.jpg\" alt=\"Volkmar Klien, Anschwellen \u2013 Abschwellen (Detail), 2019\/21; photo: Johannes Stoll \/ Belvedere, Wien \u00a9 Bildrecht, Wien, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-37197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VolkmarKlien.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VolkmarKlien-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Volkmar Klien, Anschwellen \u2013 Abschwellen (Detail), 2019\/21; photo: Johannes Stoll \/ Belvedere, Wien \u00a9 Bildrecht, Wien, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a disturbed relationship to peacocks, thanks to spending the night camping just yards away from a bird whose early morning calls would wake the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, but the beauty of the peacock&#8217;s tail still fascinates. One of nature&#8217;s wonders &#8211; a shimmering haze of blues that rises and falls and seems somehow too resplendent for our trivial lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, the peacock&#8217;s fan makes up one element of Volkmar Klien&#8217;s fascinating installation as part of the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/carlone-contemporary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"57612\">Carlone Contemporary series<\/a> at Upper Belvedere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series places one or more pieces of contemporary art in the Baroque surrounds of Belvedere&#8217;s Carlone Hall, with its ceiling fresco by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone. The resulting juxtapositions often prove remarkably intriguing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klien&#8217;s contribution involves sound, movement and colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ticking of a large neo-gothic pendulum clock increases in volume (Anschwellen) to a crescendo of sound, then fades away again (Abschwellen), accompanied by the opening (and folding) of a peacock feather display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept seems particularly resonant for the times we live in and the location. The pre-digital clock in a historical venue. The apparent striving for attention and dominance that proves ephemeral and falls away until the next turn of the neverending wheel of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Change and repetition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klien has long tackled the audible arts, exploring such areas as the listening experience beyond conventional situations like concert halls. His works have appeared in numerous prestigious locations, including Vienna&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/volksoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1083\">Volksoper<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/musikverein\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5593\">Musikverein<\/a> venues, the Frankfurt Ballet, and London&#8217;s Portabello Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An accomplished composer and performer of (electronic) music, Klien currently leads the Institute for Composition, Conducting and Computer Music at the Anton Bruckner University, where he is Professor for Composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Klien&#8217;s installation from September 29th, 2021 to February 6th, 2022. A normal ticket to Upper Belvedere gets you into the exhibition (or a suitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/city-passes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30352\">sightseeing pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of other temporary exhibitions occupy the galleries at Upper Belvedere at the same time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover the (mythical?) idyll of Biedermeier art with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/waldmuller-biedermeier-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32695\">Ferdinand Georg Waldm\u00fcller and colleagues<\/a>. Or explore three works in detail as part of the In Blick series &#8211; this time looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/hovnatanyan-raden-saleh-hamdi-bey\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36304\">paintings and painters<\/a> that straddled east and west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-exhibition\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gettingthere3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3402\">directions<\/a> for Upper Belvedere. Once inside, the first room on the right is the Carlone Hall with Klien&#8217;s work. Continue through for the medieval masterpieces, then back and up for Klimt and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Prinz Eugen-Stra\u00dfe 27, 1030 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ksawXWFMVD9bljA48Gi7_VvWSfI\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does any sound better represent the inexorable march of time and the transitory nature of beauty and power than the ticking of a clock? Volkmar Klien&#8217;s installation at Belvedere draws on this premise to produce a memorable contribution to the Carlone Contemporary art series. 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