This is a journey to the mountains of Austria to find a unique Art Festival! Created by a close friend Tina Heine (artistic director of Supergau, Hamburg). These are impressions of the festival shown at public exhibition in Salzburg in 2024.

The Supergau is a landscape in which art finds new spaces. Forest and meadow landscapes, mountain and lake landscapes, landscapes of houses, asphalt and concrete landscapes become the stage in the Supergau. For 10 days, these spaces will be redesigned and used by artists.

Artists from various disciplines are invited to demonstrate with their works that rural regions can be exceptional sites for contemporary art. The landscape will become an art space that complements the existing art spaces in the city. This is not about competing with the city, but rather about expanding the artistic field of activity. Through the collaboration of municipalities, residents, and artists, Supergau, a new artistic district in the state of Salzburg, will be created for a period of 10 days.

The biennial festival premiered in Flachgau in 2021 and transformed the Lungau region into a mega-meets-global hub for contemporary art in 2023. The festival will continue in Pinzgau in 2025.

Supergau is organized by the State of Salzburg and is a key measure within the framework of the Salzburg Cultural Development Plan (KEP). The State of Salzburg is thus explicitly committed to promoting contemporary art production, through which new ideas are conceived, developed, implemented, and presented.

organizer

State of Salzburg

Festival management

Matthias Ais (Salzburg State) | Tina Heine (Atelier for Contemporaries)