Siachilaba backstage

Photo installation by Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber designed to provide a visual accompaniment to the presentation of the "Five pieces / Six reflections on Tonga music". The installation also includes some of the photographic work of Ilo "the pirate" Battigelli.

Impressions of contemporary architecture in Harare, photo documents from the period as the Kariba Dam was being built during the 1950's from the archive of Ilo Battigelli, and pictures from Siachilaba during a concert in March 1997 are all used to form the optical borders and transparent reflections of a short-term, yet intensive cultural exchange. 5 color prints laminated on transparent sheets, 90 x 125 cm each, 3 b/w prints laminated on transparent sheets, 90 x 200 cm each, (slide projection).

Sabine Bitter, born 1960 in Aigen, Austria, studied at the College of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz (Master Class: Laurids Ortner); state scholarship for photography from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art in 1989; scholarship Cité des arts, Paris, 1991; promotional award for photography from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art 1992; P S 1 scholarship, New York 1994/95; since 1994 "LOT art.investigation" together with Helmut Weber and Juerg Meister; http://www.lot.at; lives in Vienna.

Helmut Weber, born 1957 in Dorf/Pram, Austria, studied at the College of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz under Laurids Ortner; since 1994 "LOT art.investigation" together with Sabine Bitter and Juerg Meister; http://www.lot.at; lives in Vienna.

Both: numerous solo and group exhibitions in Vienna, Linz, Graz, New York, Paris, London, Munich, etc. Most recently invited to participate in the 2nd Biennale Johannesburg 1997 "Transversions."

link: Siachilaba Backstage – Pictures http://www.servus.at/argezim/backstage/