The Golden Sausage / Die Goldwurst / Zlata klobasa
The Golden Sausage / Die Goldwurst
Reinhold Bidner
2019, Austria, 1’10”
Created for an exhibition in Linz Upper Austria, which played with the myth that Upper Austria once was an El Dorado, a country of unbelievable wealth, in which gold was commonplace. -> How did it come from the former wealth of El Dorado, which also promoted and inspired art, to the current poverty with which the artists, apparently so important for society, are compensated for their achievements? The work The Goldwurst is looking for a plausible and comprehensible explanation. It succeeds in doing this in a foreseeable painful and humiliating way: the once golden sausage falls by the wayside and turns into hard bread.
Kako je od nekdanjega bogastva El Dorada, ki je spodbujalo in navdihovalo tudi umetnost, prišlo do sedanje revščine, s katero so umetniki, očitno tako pomembni za družbo, nagrajeni za svoje dosežke?
Technique: Loose materials animation, Object animation, Mixed
Recommended for audiences under 14 years old: no
Script, Music & Animation: Reinhold Bidner
Other members of the film crew: Sausage and Bread Production & Distribution: Reinhold Bidner http://subcute.servus.at/
Reinhold Bidner
Reinhold studied at University of applied Sciences Salzburg, at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (UK) and he finished his studies in Berlin. Until 06 he was key-researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab Linz for time-based media. Since 07 he has been a freelancer in animation & media art, either as an individual artist or as a member of the art collective gold extra. He received various awards, grants and residencies for his artistic work, and exhibits nationally and internationally since 2001. Currently Reinhold lives in Vienna and Salzburg, and he teaches at Art University Linz in the field of animation. http://subcute.servus.at/
