Kunst / Spur (Art / Track)
Federal Ministry of Education and Arts
Department IV/1, Visual Arts
1010 Wien, Freyung 1, 3rd floor
A 25m track on a fitted carpet in the Ministry of Education and Arts is cause for and subject of thoughts, associations and examinations of the phenomenology of contemporary art.
As the carpet is to be removed, the track is dissected in to 26 pieces each 1m by 0.7m and stored for further examination.
A restorer and a cultural philosopher are commissioned to give their expertise. Photographic reproductions of the 26 pieces are copied onto felt and bound as a carpet-book.
After the new PVC floor is finished in the Ministry the original pieces of carpet are place in their original spot once more and the ART/TRACK is illuminated with halogen spotlights.
The carpet-book and its individual pages are exhibited and subsequently bought by the Ministry.
