27.01.2023
Landesmuseum Vorarlberg
Kornmarktplatz 1, 6900 Bregenz, Austria

When: Friday 27th of January 2023 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Landesmuseum Vorarlberg, Kornmarktpl. 1, 6900 Bregenz, Austria

INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

The Mauthausen exhibition by Vorarlberg photographer Marko Zink provides the setting for a theme day dedicated to remembering the victims of the Holocaust. Programme for schools in the morning!

In cooperation with erinnern.at and Johann August Malin Society

9.00 -12.00
Programme for schools
Guided tour with artist Marko Zink, lecture by Adam Schmidtberger.
Registration under: +43 5574 46050 519 or kulturvermittlung@vorarlbergmuseum.at

3.00 p.m.
A guide from the Mauthausen memorial site reports

Adam Schmidtberger talks about his work as a mediator at the Mauthausen/Gusen concentration camp memorial. His own family history also plays a role in his tours: his grandparents' farm bordered the area of the Gusen concentration camp. How did the relationship between the concentration camp and society develop?

4.00 p.m.
Artist talk with Marko Zink

The artist Marko Zink (* 1975), who comes from Vorarlberg and lives in Vienna, approaches the horror of the Holocaust through the medium of analogue photography. His motif is Mauthausen - a place and synonym for the extermination of tens of thousands of people. Zink punches, boils or treats the films he uses with chlorine and ink before exposing them. As a result, the photographs look like historical found objects and tell of the extermination of the people depicted as well as of the eradication of memory. The photo artist reflects on the transformation from a crime scene to a memorial site and in the process conducts a multi-layered search for traces.

Followed by a signing session with Marko Zink in the museum shop.

5.00 p.m.
Fridays at 5: Mercilessly persecuted. The story of a Vorarlberg resistance group

On the page Vorarlbergmuseum you will find the complete description of the event!

Click here for the link to the exhibition Mauthausen - The Eradication of Memory, Marko Zink

Click here for the website of Marko Zink