minus20degree 2024

minus20degree 2024

In January 2024 the seventh edition of minus20degree Art and Architecture Biennale took place in Flachau.

This year’s edition of minus20degree 2024 focused on the topic Plateau. The plateau is a geological formation consisting of a vast horizontal plane at a higher altitude found in a mountain range such as the Alps. Besides its connection to the biennale location, the concept of plateau also offers us a thinking model: reaching a plateau is quite different from reaching a summit. The plateau accommodates many, the summit only offers space for a few. The summit usually promises more summits, while the plateau promises vastness and boundlessness. Thus, living on the plateau is therefore more of a mental and spiritual challenge than a physical one.

The questions that arise are: Can this landscape image be applied to the current state of our western society? Does the fact that we no longer recognize heights, or rather can no longer imagine heights, worry, and unsettle us? And is it even important to reach these heights - if they do exist?

Artworks and Artists:

Andreas Trobollowitsch - Unter der Autobahn

Andreas Zißler - perfect fifth

Anouk Chambaz - The Sentinels

Liang-Jung Chen and Fabio Spink - Wind Tracing

misz SPUTNIK - Après Ski

SVUNG Research Group - Cold Comfort

Theo Deutinger - Nordpol

Participants FH Münter: Isabelle Worpenberg, Leandra Schmelter, Samantha Harbauer, Anke Langenkamp, Anna Hochstrat, Melike Toprak, Isa Zorn, Eva Bielefeld, Antonia Wittausch, Franziska Kühling, Ann-Katrin Bekaan, Vivien Margarete Schnieder, Marie Luise Teuber, Nick Geßmann, Niklas Notarp, Hannah Brink, Alina Gesing.

All pictures by halmeskobel.

Link to the m20d website.

Year: 2024
Location: Flachau, Austria
Project team: Theo Deutinger, Stefanos Filippas, Christopher Clarkson, David Cartwright, Luca Deutinger, Marlene Deutinger, Monique Leenders, Pia Prantl, Niko Görge, Mona Swiczinsky, Sem Verwey