{"id":40887,"date":"2022-01-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=40887"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T11:34:31","slug":"from-on-high-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/from-on-high-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"From on High photo exhibition"},"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\/2022\/01\/fromonhighsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of the UNO\" class=\"wp-image-40888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fromonhighsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fromonhighsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What could make a more apt exhibition in a construction site than an exhibition of photos of construction sites? The Wien Museum goes gloriously meta on us with the <em>From on High<\/em> exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Series of large oblique aerial photos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features major post-WWII construction sites in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makes for intriguing historical contrasts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open-air exhibition on Karlsplatz square<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Feb 24 &#8211; May 22, 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\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current &amp; future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photo exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"post-wwii-building-sites\">Post-WWII building sites<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/karlsplatz1950s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/karlsplatz1950s.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/karlsplatz1950s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/karlsplatz1950s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/karlsplatz1950s-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Karlsplatz, oblique aerial photograph, 1956; press photo \u00a9 City of Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve become blas\u00e9 about aerial views of Vienna. I can practically inspect my own sixth-floor balcony thanks to the accessibility of such services as Google Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that it was always so. So the rarer bird&#8217;s eye views from history provide an important record of urban development, but also an opportunity to indulge in fascinating games of spot-the-difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em>From on High<\/em> exhibition, for example, curators S\u00e1ndor B\u00e9k\u00e9si and Friedrich Hauer have created eleven stations with large-format oblique aerial photographs of the historical Viennese cityscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos adorn the fencing surrounding the construction site of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">Wien Museum on Karlsplatz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which brings us to the topic of those photos. They cover the post-WWII period and feature major public construction projects at a time when economic efficiency and functional modernism were the order of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection includes skeletal buildings that have since become an integral part of modern Vienna, but also infrastructure and landscaping initiatives. Think of the photos as documentation, but also a reflection of the construction site as an object of public curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos exert a particular fascination when you compare them with 21st-century Vienna. The absence of roadside clutter and traffic, for example. Or the snapshots of ongoing transformation that reminds us how the city continues to grow and develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally, a few photos give us a sneak peak at places lost to time. The S\u00fcdbahnhof railway station building, for example: now the brand new Hauptbahnhof. Or the Danube as it once was before extensive hydrological engineering changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your bird&#8217;s eye view of post-war Vienna from February 24th to May 22nd, 2022. As an open-air site in a public park, access is 24\/7 with no ticket needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna has various photography exhibitions running concurrently to <em>From on High<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/when-the-wind-blows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41954\">When the Wind Blows<\/a> exhibition at the always-excellent Kunst Haus Wien (from March 12th), the Michael Schmidt retrospective at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">Albertina<\/a> (from April 1st) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/ouriel-morgensztern-photos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37715\">Ouriel Morgensztern&#8217;s photos<\/a> at the Jewish Museum (until March 27th).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-photos\">How to get to the photos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An open-air exhibition on Karlsplatz has the advantage of sitting more or less on top of a major subway station. Karlsplatz has the U1, U2 and U4 lines. Take the Resselpark exit from below and head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/karlskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22144\">Karlskirche<\/a>. Look for the photos on the construction fencing to the left of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Karlsplatz, 1040 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1NMqkks0X31kXFcGlJhOYbfticeDu8Nk4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What could make a more apt exhibition in a construction site than an exhibition of photos of construction sites? The Wien Museum goes gloriously meta on us with the From on High exhibition. Post-WWII building sites (Karlsplatz, oblique aerial photograph, 1956; press photo \u00a9 City of Vienna) We&#8217;ve become blas\u00e9 about aerial views of Vienna. 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