SAMUEL
SCHAAB












The exhibition RAUW. Das Zittern der Teile [RAUW. The Trembling of Parts] deals with the material of the things in our world; things that seem to be made up of an infinite number of individual parts and processes. As an unmanageable amount of particles, parts and raw materials – from a grain of sand to an iPhone, from petroleum to a yoghurt cup – they circu- late in a constant process of composition and dissolution around the globe.
A swarm of objects that moves and deposits itself in every conceivable way.
They accumulate in cargo planes and truck convoys or are pumped into the earth, consumed by fire and travel as microparticles through the wind and sea, animals and people. A glowing blue-green hybrid of rock and plastic was discovered on the island of Trindade by Brazilian
geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos. This constant transformation from raw material to object, from object to ruin, from ruin
to particle is at the center of the exhibition.
The temporary composition of different states questions their material origins and their imminent disintegration.
The artists criss-cross this sea of raw materials, objects and particles with their sculptural arrangements. Agglomerations form from former things: wool, raw iron or fragmented plastic. Throughout its dura- tion, this also changes again and again through spatial interventions by the artists.
Artists Albert Mayr, Thea Moeller, Samuel Schaab, Benjamin Tomasi, Hella Gerlach
Performances with Alex Zehetbauer, Melanie Maar, Maja Osojnik, Karolina Preuschl, Violetta Parisini, Matthias Lenz, L.Twills, Albert Mayr