56. international stone sculptors' symposion
14. 07 - 13. 08. 2023
DICHOTOM
The link between dichotomy and stone carving lies in the ability to express contrasts and ambiguities with the hard,
robust material of stone. By working the stone and choosing the forms, artists can explore and depict duality
in different aspects of life.
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55. international stone sculptors' symposion
09. 07 - 06. 08. 2022
SYNERGY
In the synergy, in togetherness, one embarks on a creative path and encounters questions such as:
Who am I in this temporary community? What comes to light? Where am I going? Through the place,
the stone, the energy of the space, in the freer choice of means, a fictional/real self is discovered:
created, a self-portrait that develops in the togetherness. Who else am I under the gaze of others?
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54. sculptors' symposion [kunstwerk] krastal
01. 07. - 31. 07. 2021
Resonance
As part of a “Sociology of world relations”, Hartmut Rosa drafts a counter-concept to the current spreading alienation. It's about a new relationship with the world, which she describes as a “resonance”. In this state, people do not try to control things and handle them quickly and efficiently, but allow themselves to be touched by encounters with others, by places, by music or nature and allow them to make something vibrate in them.
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symposion [kunstwerk] krastal 2020
01. 07. - 31. 08. 2020
OPEN SPACE
In the German language the word public (~ öffentlich) is derived from the word open (~ offen). The symposion “open space”, intends to investigate the rapport of the open and the public, the use of public space, and the forms, the place and the function of artistic and non-artistic expression in it.
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symposion bergstein in collaboration with [kunstwerk] krastal
modre stonequarry - Bergstein, Völkermarkt
15. 07 - 28. 08. 2020
symposion bergstein
time journey and perspectives
Ten artists, five from Slovenia and five from Carinthia will hold a perspective journey in time
through stone, sculpture and sound in Bergstein stone quarry and will further develop their artistic
visions and cultural identity…
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52. sculptors' symposion krastal
07. 06. - 30. 06. 2019
über oberfläche zur struktur
Structure exists over a body. It forms the basis that defines itself through the materiality and thus gives the texture of the surface. Certain expressions can be so typical of an epoch, a place, or a single artist that they are used to determine their origin. Structure in the modern sense can be considered "universal" and is defined by its diversity.
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51. stone sculptors' symposion krastal
10. 06. - 01. 07. 2018
Formationen des Marmors
(Ein Stück in drei Wandlungsräumen)
Wie kann nach 50 Jahren noch neu mit dem Krastaler Marmor umgegangen werden? Dieser Aufgabe stellen sich heuer 8
TeilnehmerInnen beim Bildhauer symposion vom 10 Juni bis 01. Juli 2018 im Krastal.
Unter dem Titel „Formationen des Marmors (Ein Stück in drei Wandlungsräumen)“
soll eine interdisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung mit dem Krastaler Marmor stattfinden und neue
Blickwinkel der Bildhauerei eröffnet werden.
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50. international sculptors' symposion krastal
Freunde des [kunstwerk] krastal arbeiten im Steinbruch
part I - Ist alles Kunst?
01. 06. - 01. 07. 2017
Bisher sind bei allen fünfzig Sommersymposien im Kärntner Krastal seit 1967,
neben den immer wiederkehrenden Material- und Herstellungsfragen, zunehmend
auch die daraus resultierenden Fragen über die Notwendigkeit einer freundschaftlichen
Zusammenarbeit im Vordergrund gestanden. Teamwork, und die Frage: Ist alles Kunst?
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part II
01. 07. - 28. 07. 2017
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part III
28. 07. - 20. 08. 2017
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49. international sculptors' symposion krastal
02. 06. - 02. 07. 2016
Wir sind bei Herbert
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48. international sculptors' symposion krastal
01. 07. - 25. 07. 2015
denk*mal
Stone-thoughts
Krastal symposia have had always a thematic orientation. For take a reflective pause and a prudent foresight,
this year the members of [kunstwerk] krastal work with the theme denkmal (~ memorial) in an appealing form denk*mal (~ think).
The role of the sculptor as well as the values of "community", "sensibility and responsibility", "openness to the outside",
were up for discussion so far as the introductory text to the symposion.
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47. international symposion krastal
12. 07. - 02. 08. 2014
Who the f*** is Otto?
We also confronted younger artists with the work of Otto Eder, and urged them to react
to him using the means and materials available today. The Symposium in 2014 was centred around the
90th birthday of this very singular personality, who was never concerned with trying to please, who
rather always accepted challenges and pursued his own notion of sculpture without compromise of any
kind. One important aspect of his idea was the creation of a communal workshop, built by the artists‘
own hands, through which he laid the foundations for an unbroken series of - currently 47 - sculptors'
symposia.
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46. international symposion krastal 2013
27. 07. - 17. 08. 2013
gemeinsam unterwegs
Sculptors’ symposion saw this year the creation of an ensemble of sculptures, based on the idea of adding single,
individual sculptures together into a greater whole. Working communally, a new concept emerged in which several
sculptors worked together over a set period of time. The work began months before the actual symposion it self,
in deliberations, preparatory work and discussions about the possible themes, content and design for this communal
project; The individual working processes were planned ahead in detail, so that work on the stone could begin
immediately on commencement of the symposion. In our experience, the three weeks up until the final presentation
in the grounds of the symposion house at Krastal just fly by.
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45. international sculptors' symposion in lauster stone quarry and bildhauerhaus
16. 07. - 04. 08. 2012
bedrock
"Bedrock" is the lowest geological layer of rock, the naturally
grown stone in situ. It also refers to the source, the
foundation, the base-plane of reality, and what is ultimately
beneath the surface.
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44. international sculptors' symposion krastal
11. 07. - 30. 07. 2011
sound of sculpture
The 44th international sculptors’ symposion focuses on sound as an interdisciplinary project
between sculpture and sound combining the visual with the auditory.
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43. Symposion at [kunstwerk]krastal 2010
11. 07. - 31. 07. 2010
„keen on experimenting“
boulders - cuddly stones
The title of the 43rd Symposium at [kunstwerk]krastal already implies a bodyconscious
and emotionally charged approach to the subject.
While stone sculpture is usually strongly defined by formal concerns, by mass,
composition, scale and balance, the boulder offers a diferent spectrum of possibilites
for approaching the nature of a stone.
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42. international sculptors' symposion 2009 [kunstwerk]krastal
04. 07. - 24. 07. 2009
THE OTHER HALF - Focus on sculptresses
thinking in stone | sculptures in the landscape | at Dobratsch
A look at the 42 years of history of what is now [kunstwerk] krastal shows that
the contemporary generation of sculptors also regards stone as an adequate
means of expression for its artistic intentions. The Krastal Association has
established itself as an important centre of excellence, through its continuing
activity in running symposia as well as through the commitment of the
sculptors, including women, who were active in the association [kunstwerk]
krastal. Stone sculpture is often viewed as a male domain to the present day,
but a large number of international women sculptors have worked in Krastal
since 1967. Not only the list of female members of the association, but also
the list of invited artists of [kunstwerk] krastal is evidence of the number of
women internationally who work with the medium of stone, and there by
contribute to the development of contemporary stone sculpture, even
though the use of a multiplicity of media is characteristic for the artists who
are and have been active at Krastal.
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41. symposion
30. 06. - 26. 07. 2008
PATHFINDER
Stone sculpture is no longer taught at the Austrian art universities. This is not a comment, just a simple statement of a condition.
Uncomfortable conditions should always be countered with riots, even if they remain almost unnoticed in their inner impetus. It is curious in deed that there is already quiet a kind of insurrection within the art-world attempting to be up to date with the stone sculpture.
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40. international sculptors' symposion and congress
09. 07. - 11. 08. 2007
WORLDPOOL
The "Symposion of European sculptors" was founded in 1959 by Karl Prantl in St. Margarethen,
Friedrich Czagan, Peter Meister, Jacques Moeschal and Erich Reischke. The sculptor Karl Prantl
subsequently became the founding father of further symposia in Austria, and abroad. At the end of the 1950s,
working directly in nature, outside of the studios or academy rooms, was a novelty. It made possible to
Karl Prantl “a new relationship with the material.” The idea of the symposium
became a movement that quickly spread and worldwide. The "symposium of European sculptors" received already in
1963 the "German Critics' Award". In the reasoning, particularly the outbound impulse of Sankt Margarethen was emphasized....
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participating symposia:
symposion Horice - Tschechische Republik
symposion Aswan - Ägypten
symposion Steine ohne Grenzen - Deutschland
Iwate symposion - Japan
Rachana International Stone sculptors' symposion - Libanon
symposion Øs - Norwegen
Simppetra - Portugal
Hualien Stone Sculpture Festival - Taiwan
Indiana Limestone symposion - USA
symposion [kunstwerk] krastal - Österreich
international sculptors' symposion
2006
Krastal - Wolfsberg
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sculptors' symposion
2005
Krastal
Geschlossene Gesellschaft – offenes Haus
ein Vereinssymposion
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symposion/exhibition of visual arts
07. 08. – 21. 08. 2004
Krastal
Raum I+II
Kunst Sprache Klang
Was heißt Raum?
Außenraum, Innenraum, Freiraum
Lebensraum und Raumerleben
Raum lassen, Raum geben, Raum schaffen
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international sculptors' symposion
2003
Krastal – Öhringen
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35. international sculptors' symposion
2002
public view, Krastal
Sculpture : Landscape : Enviroment
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international sculptors' symposion krastal
2001
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symposion for visual arts krastal
2000
Materie stein
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international sculptors' symposion
1999
Großglockner Hochalpenstraße
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participants:
international sculptors' symposion
1998
Krastal
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30. international sculptors' symposion krastal
1997
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sculptors' symposion
1996
Krastal – Völkermakt
Bürgerlust
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international sculptors' symposion
1995
Krastal – Klagenfurt
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sculptors' symposion
1994
Krastal – Klagenfurt
Stein–Spiel
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sculptors' symposion
1993
Krastal – St. Paul/Lavanttal
Schöne Steine
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sculptors' symposion krastal '92
1992
Krastal – Villach
Steine · Steinbruch · Stadtpark
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sculptors' symposion krastal '91
1991
Krastal – St. Paul/Lavanttal
Unterwegs
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sculptors' symposion krastal '90
1990
Krastal – Villach
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symposion krastal
1989
Krastal – Villach
Skulpturen und Malerei
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symposion krastal
1988
Steine Bilder Objekte
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symposion krastal
1987
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symposion krastal
1986
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symposion krastal
1985
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symposion krastal
1984
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symposion krastal
1983
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symposion krastal
1982
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symposion krastal
1981
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symposion krastal
1980
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Steinbildhauersymposion in Innsbruck
anlässlich der 800-Jahr-Feier der Stadt Innsbruck
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symposion krastal
1979
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symposion krastal
1978
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symposion krastal
1977
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teilnehmern der Sommerakademie:
symposion krastal
1976
Skulptur Malerei Grafik
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symposion krastal
1975
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symposion krastal
1974
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symposion krastal
1973
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symposion krastal
1972
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symposion krastal
1971
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symposion krastal
1970
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symposion krastal - Europapark, Klagenfurt
1969
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symposion Europapark, Klagenfurt
1968
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I. Symposion of European sculptors in Krastal/Charintia
1967
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