Sööt/Zeyringer
Invisible Collection
The interactive audio performance Invisible Collection uncovers artworks by women artists that have been misattributed to men in the course of history either mistakenly, accidentally or willingly. With wit, warmth and sharp eye for injustice, Sööt/Zeyringer guide you through a collection of invisible artworks that begin to slowly take shape in the listener’s imagination. Between past and present stories, fact and fiction, Tiina Sööt and Dorothea Zeyringer raise the question of how much stealing in art is okay? They gossip about personal experiences and encourage visitors to think about ways in which we ourselves want to shape history.
At the exhibition space on Vienna’s Exhibit Eschenbachgasse, the artists take the audience on a tour of a collection of invisible artworks that begin to slowly take shape in listeners’ minds. Between fact and fiction, they propose visitors embody a sculpture, tune into a song or follow their own thoughts. Based on their research, Sööt/Zeyringer draw attention to notorious cases such as the controversy surrounding Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven’s Fountain (misattributed to Marcel Duchamp for a long time) or Camille Claudel’s figurative sculptures (that were overshadowed by the work of her partner Auguste Rodin). Also featuring: Yoko Ono’s works (often eclipsed by John Lennon) and the groundbreaking abstract art of Hilma af Klint.
Amidst past and present stories about stolen or misinterpreted authorship, the two artists also relate personal experiences and ask how much stealing of ideas is okay. The Invisible Collection invites its visitors to think about the history of art and how individual stories and societal narratives tend to get intertwined. With their usual wit, warmth and acuiy eye for injustice, Sööt/Zeyringer encourage listeners to find out, step by step, how we ourselves want to shape history.
Tiina Sööt and Dorothea Zeyringer presented their first performance together in 2012, when they were both studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Since then, they have as the duo Sööt/Zeyringer devised performance pieces for exhibition spaces, stages and the public realm. At the intersection of visual art, choreography and theatre, their performances poetically and humorously tackle personally and socially relevant themes. For their most recent pieces, they did research on mothers that deviate from the norm of motherhood, analysed female rage and documented forgotten heroines of slapstick.
Sööt/Zeyringer’s work has been shown at, among other places, brut Wien, mumok, Kunsthalle Wien, Tanzquartier Wien, the Wiener Festwochen, Sophiensæle Berlin and Schwankhalle Bremen. Sööt/Zeyringer received the ImPulsTanz TURBO Research Residency and the Performing Arts Award issued by what was then the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office. In 2019, they were part of the FREISCHWIMMEN producing platform; in 2024, they received the City of Vienna’s Fine Arts. www.sootzeyringer.com
Timeslots
Admission every 10 minutes
The respective timeslots can be booked in the webshop. One timeslot is for one visitor. Please arrive 10 minutes before your booked timeslot. There is no late admission.
Tickets for the same day are available in the webshop.
Accompanying programme
Tue. 18.02.2025, 20:00
Authorship and gender
Panel discussion
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Sat. 22.02.2025, 20:00
I thought I had an original idea
Performative intervention and artist talk with Sööt/Zeyringer
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Credits
Concept & research Sööt/Zeyringer Text & voice performance Tiina Sööt, Dorothea Zeyringer Recording, editing & sound design Matthias Peyker Outside eye & voice consulting Nora Jacobs Visual artistic consulting & graphic design Daniela Grabosch Assistant dramaturgy Claudia Lomoschitz Research assistance Alisa Beck Production management & PR Alisa Beck
A co-production by Sööt/Zeyringer with brut Wien and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Funded by the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs (MA 7) and by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
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Dates & Tickets
February 2025
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
Set price: € 14
brut at Exhibit Eschenbachgasse
Eschenbachgasse 11 / Ecke Getreidemarkt, 1010 Vienna
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Content notes
The performance addresses domestic and violence and quotes sexist remarks.
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Eschenbachgasse 11 / Ecke Getreidemarkt, 1010 Vienna
U-Bahn: U4, U1 (Karlsplatz), Tram: 1, 2, D, 71 (Burgring), Bus: 57A (Getreidemarkt)