In 2003 Carmen Brucic was invited by Christoph Schlingensief to accompany him on a research trip for his Bayreuth "Parsifal" production. Brucic tells of this exotic search for clues to Parsifal in film sequences shot with a Nikon F2 35mm small-format camera. From Kathmandu to Bhaktapur via the Himalayan Mountains, Bangkok, Ko Samui, back to Bayreuth. 17 years later, these photographs not only recall fascinating cultural areas that were destroyed by the terrible earthquake in Nepal in 2015, they also provide a previously unknown insight into the work of Christoph Schlingensief.

Carmen Brucic, born 1972, lives and works in Vienna and Tyrol.
Brucic is known for her participatory approach. She works on emotional topics in Media such as photography, theatre and staging of performative interventions. Since 2001 the artist conceives artistic formats for the examination of complex topics. Gnadenwald, Sehnsuchtszentrifuge, Die Liebeskranke Gesellschaft, Symmetrien des Abschieds, Über den Mut sich zu öffnen, Degradierung eines Kusses, ... Starting from the picture, her preferred medium is at all times photography. The fruitful combination of photography, presentation, performative intervention and a process-like, often participatory unfolding of events, characterises her work.

Vienna 22. – 31.10.2020
as part of VIENNALE 2020

INNSBRUCK 2.11.– 24. 12.2020
as part of IFFI – Internationales Film Festival Innsbruck 2020