The seen person

The seen person

Rumplmayr sawmill / Neukirchen am Traunsee
28 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Opening date: July 27, 2025 11:00 am

About

Opening: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Rumplmayr Sawmill, Aurachmühl 3, 4813 Neukirchen-Altmünster (Austria)

We humans carry within us the longing to capture our existence and immortalize ourselves. The Renaissance view of humanity was and continues to shape our contemporary perspective, yet social media has managed to challenge our enlightened self. The flood of multimedia images doesn't seem to sharpen our focus on ourselves, but rather focuses it purely on the external. Yet it's what's inside that defines us.

In our exhibition, we want to explore the question of whether the visual arts, with their time-consuming, analogue techniques, can counteract the fast-paced digital age and create an image of humanity that defies transience and endures. In philosophy, the term "image of humanity" stands for the essence of humanity, its characteristics, the meaning of its existence, and its values. Contemporary art, too, continues to be a medium for capturing intuitions of humanity as individuals and as social beings. It can illuminate the question: Who are we today?

Participating artists:

Jo Børg

Denesh Ghyczy

Xenia Hausner

Liv Jung-König

Gudrun O'Neel

Beate Passow

Hans Pfrommer

Alexander von Schlieffen

Eberhard Schwarzenbach

Attila Szűcs

ccompanying program:

Gong bath to recharge your batteries with Sophie Grandval

Immerse yourself in the state of universal connection.

Hear and experience the inaudible, the sounds and the silence become one.

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Entrance: 7 pm with guided tour of the exhibition

Start: 7:45 p.m. / Duration: 60 min.

Contribution 20,- Euro (reduced 15,- Euro) / max. 20 people

Please bring a soft mat, blanket and head cushion

Location: Rumplmayr Sawmill, Aurachmühl 3, 4813 Neukirchen-Altmünster

Sophie Grandval completed gong playing training with Slavomir Sowka, singing bowl training with Doris Scheinast and overtone singing training with Paul Freh.

Children's workshops with Annette Philp

As part of the exhibition “The Seen Human Being,” children are invited to a deeper understanding of art and humanity.

The intensive workshop is divided into a knowledge section with viewing, describing and interpreting the works of art, as well as a practical section with elementary artistic techniques.

1. Workshop for children aged 5-7 / Tue, July 29 , 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (€45)

2nd workshop for children aged 8-11 / Wed, July 30 , 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (€45)

Please register at info(at)walderdorff.net (max. number of participants 12 children)

Location: Aurachmühle Sawmill Rumplmayr – Aurachmühl 3 – 4813 Neukirchen-Altmünster