Guest Room:
Alfred Weidinger

Guest Room aims to spark collaboration. Alfred Weidinger, managing director of OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, has chosen to collaborate with the artist and curator Maria Venzl.

The two have developed the following framework for your submissions: Identities in times of…

Photography is still – perhaps even more than ever – one of the central media in the visual representation of identities. But what does this mean today, when stable social positioning is less and less based on traditional social and cultural foundations?

Selection

    • Jonas Hafner, Mirror view, Berlin, DEU, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Jonas Hafner, Mirror view, Berlin, DEU, 2021
    • Brisilda Bufi, Kohlrabi, Graz, AUT | DER GREIF
      Brisilda Bufi, Kohlrabi, Graz, AUT
    • Mandula Naren, Untitled, London, GBR | DER GREIF
      Mandula Naren, Untitled, London, GBR
    • Mandula Naren, Mama’s Underwear, Beijing, CHN | DER GREIF
      Mandula Naren, Mama’s Underwear, Beijing, CHN
    • Jonathan Michael Castillo, Maribel and Maya, La Michoacana Paleteria, Chicago (Kimball), USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Jonathan Michael Castillo, Maribel and Maya, La Michoacana Paleteria, Chicago (Kimball), USA, 2018
    • Oksana Veniaminova, Olga, Vitebsk, BLR, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Oksana Veniaminova, Olga, Vitebsk, BLR, 2017
    • Max Lee, Antonio, London, GBR | DER GREIF
      Max Lee, Antonio, London, GBR
    • Maxime Michelet, The tradition, Kinzig valley, DEU, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Maxime Michelet, The tradition, Kinzig valley, DEU, 2021
    • Alina Simmelbauer, WTA_Simmelbauer_3, Berlin, DEU, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Alina Simmelbauer, WTA_Simmelbauer_3, Berlin, DEU, 2021
    • Jianing Li, Farm at 8, Amherst, USA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Jianing Li, Farm at 8, Amherst, USA, 2022
    • Nadine Milzner, back to back, Berlin, DEU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Nadine Milzner, back to back, Berlin, DEU, 2020
    • Gareth Wyn Owen, 1, Player Unknown Battleground, GBR, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Gareth Wyn Owen, 1, Player Unknown Battleground, GBR, 2021
    • Shubhra Dixit, After a dip, Kargil, Ladakh, IND | DER GREIF
      Shubhra Dixit, After a dip, Kargil, Ladakh, IND
    • George Tatakis, Bouboulina costumes of Spetses, Spetses island, Saronic Gulf, GRC, 2021 | DER GREIF
      George Tatakis, Bouboulina costumes of Spetses, Spetses island, Saronic Gulf, GRC, 2021
    • Leslie Shang Zhefeng, STUDYING IDEOLOGY, Shanxi, CHN, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Leslie Shang Zhefeng, STUDYING IDEOLOGY, Shanxi, CHN, 2021
    • Kristina Knipe, Jeremy_with_Broken_Goblets, New Orleans, USA | DER GREIF
      Kristina Knipe, Jeremy_with_Broken_Goblets, New Orleans, USA
    • Leafy Yeh, Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Leafy Yeh, Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
    • Teva Cosic, Untitled (self portrait), AUS, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Teva Cosic, Untitled (self portrait), AUS, 2021
    • Samet Durgun, The tattoo, Berlin, DEU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Samet Durgun, The tattoo, Berlin, DEU, 2020
    • Gabi Magaly, Abuelita looking at her younger self, San Luis Potosi, Abuelita’s House, MEX, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Gabi Magaly, Abuelita looking at her younger self, San Luis Potosi, Abuelita’s House, MEX, 2021
    • Teva Cosic, Untitled (baka, dedo), AUS, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Teva Cosic, Untitled (baka, dedo), AUS, 2021
    • Wizard Tang, Black metal musician who rescues stray dogs, Beijing, CHN, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Wizard Tang, Black metal musician who rescues stray dogs, Beijing, CHN, 2019
    • Julia Gunther, The Newlyweds, Leeuwarden, NLD, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Julia Gunther, The Newlyweds, Leeuwarden, NLD, 2021
    • Mandula Naren, Eva and Adele, Paris, FRA | DER GREIF
      Mandula Naren, Eva and Adele, Paris, FRA
    • Samet Durgun, Two friends from Iran, Berlin, DEU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Samet Durgun, Two friends from Iran, Berlin, DEU, 2020
    • Jiang Feng, U.S. (Unwholesome Shelter) 「美」國, New York City, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Jiang Feng, U.S. (Unwholesome Shelter) 「美」國, New York City, USA, 2019
    • Fabian Berg, fabian-berg.com_UA_HPR_4679, Nikopol, UKR, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Fabian Berg, fabian-berg.com_UA_HPR_4679, Nikopol, UKR, 2022
    • Armin Amirian, Iranian People, Islamic Republic of Iran, IRN, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Armin Amirian, Iranian People, Islamic Republic of Iran, IRN, 2020
    • Carol Rahal, Solus, São Paulo, BRA, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Carol Rahal, Solus, São Paulo, BRA, 2015
    • Cihan Demiral, İstanbulite #4, İstanbul, TUR, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Cihan Demiral, İstanbulite #4, İstanbul, TUR, 2021
    • Kristina Knipe, Auryn’s Shack, New Orleans, USA | DER GREIF
      Kristina Knipe, Auryn’s Shack, New Orleans, USA
    • Facundo Alegre, Europa S.A., Barcelona, ESP, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Facundo Alegre, Europa S.A., Barcelona, ESP, 2020
    • Maehrlein von Perfall, Mariana, Santa Tereza, Rio de Janeiro, BRA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Maehrlein von Perfall, Mariana, Santa Tereza, Rio de Janeiro, BRA, 2022
    • Eler Waters, Self Portrait As Normalized Fear, San Francisco, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Eler Waters, Self Portrait As Normalized Fear, San Francisco, USA, 2020
    • Adam Gara, Postcards from the Tatras., HUN, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Adam Gara, Postcards from the Tatras., HUN, 2022
    • Claudia Gschwend, Artists of Sencirk 3, Dakar, SEN, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Claudia Gschwend, Artists of Sencirk 3, Dakar, SEN, 2021
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Alfred Weidinger

Alfred Weidinger, born 1961, studied art history and archaeology at the University of Salzburg. Since April 2020 he has been managing director of OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH. Before that, as director of the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, he focused his research and exhibition activities on East German art. In 2007 he joined the Belvedere in Vienna as Chief Curator and Deputy Director, having previously worked as Deputy Director for the Albertina. His research focuses on classical modern and contemporary photography and media art.

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Maria Venzl

Maria Venzl is Artist and Curator of Photography and Media Arts at Francisco Carolinum and OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz.cur