ART LAB

Kunsthaus Urhof20 sees itself as a laboratory for contemporary performance art – a place where artistic processes can emerge, be explored and developed further. Residencies, research periods and collaborative formats form a central field of artistic research at the house and regularly unfold in exchange with international artists.

At its core is performance as an open artistic field, bringing body, sound, image, live visuals, material and space into dialogue. Works evolve in real time, through direct communication between artistic media.

The historic building, its architecture and the surrounding landscape are not simply a setting, but become resources for artistic research. Working periods may lead to public presentations, performances, installations or other forms of exchange, offering audiences an insight into art as it takes shape.
 

Recurring Residencies & Research Formats

tanz&tagtool
Since 2008, tanz&tagtool has developed works across dance, live light drawing and music. Changing collaborations with musicians and composers, and a wide range of musical genres – from Melissa Coleman, Elisabeth Harnik and Gina Schwarz to pioneers of electronic music – continually open up new fields of research.

TAsten TAnz & TAgtool (TATATA)
Since 2014, TATATA has engaged with pioneers of 20th-century contemporary composition. Selected works are interpreted on piano and reimagined through their encounter with dance and live light drawing.

ECHO NATURE STAGE
This international residency explores the relationship between performance and landscape, engaging with nature as an active resource in the artistic process. Body, perception and environment become starting points for collective research.

MØNTAGE CAMP
This collaborative research festival focuses on electroacoustic and experimental music in connection with visuals and performance. Workshops, sessions and open working formats create space for exchange, collective experimentation and the sharing of knowledge.

Kunsthaus Urhof20 also regularly opens its research space to further residencies through open calls. Artists with their own projects use the house for periods of research and development, finding the time and space to experiment with and further develop new work.