KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG
KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG

KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG | BUCHBERG CASTLE ON THE RIVER KAMP

KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG
KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG
KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG
KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG
KUNSTRAUM BUCHBERG


The Kunstraum Buchberg in Buchberg Castle on the river Kamp is a vibrant microcosm of rural, architectural, historical, artistic and art theoretical spaces. The rural space is comprised of steep, densely wooded hills. The Kamp river structures the space with a meander that can easily make you lose your sense of direction. It frames the castle grounds in a semicircle, brushes past the towering castle rock, accumulates behind a weir where it is surrounded by meadows and riparian forest, and then feeds a small modern hydroelectric power station on the site of an old mill. The result of many centuries of anonymous construction, the architectural space consists of expansive garden terraces, courtyards laid out on various levels and a variety of spatial constellations in the irregularly arranged wings of the building. The historical space is palpable in the walls and towers that have been built and converted countless times since the mid-12th century, in the portals adorned with coats of arms and stuccoed vaults, in the carved doors and not least in myriad traces of everyday life left by its inhabitants. The artistic space has engraved itself in the castle’s landscape, architecture, history and surroundings over the past three decades thanks to the permanent integration of contemporary artistic spatial concepts in its interiors and exteriors, the amassing of a related art collection, as well as the hosting of exhibitions, workshops, seminars and research projects. The fusion of these heterogeneous elements into an overall ensemble – probably the castle’s defining characteristic – has given rise to an interpretive space that facilitates reflection on a multitude of levels.


At the heart of the Kunstraum Buchberg are thirty art projects that react to the space. For their works the artists made use of the wide range of different spatial settings in the gardens, courtyards, towers, rooms and hallways of the expansive site. Their artistic interventions react to the existing context and simultaneously alter the starting point for subsequent concepts. A considerable impact on the character of the Kunstraum Buchberg is exerted not least by the restoration work and above all its restrained style – even when it is carried out in emphatically slow and unobtrusive stages.


The dynamism that keeps the Kunstraum Buchberg going is not a homogenous theory that has been set in stone. Rather, the secret is to constantly revisit the question of which phenomena in contemporary art draw on historic approaches and reinterpret them from a modern-day perspective, bring them up to date or simply cast them aside and develop radically new techniques to produce art constructively, analytically and conceptually.


The Kunstraum Buchberg is not a museum! Buchberg Castle’s unique character is more a contradictory formulation: it is a private site that is open to the public and characterized by a seamless fusion of living and art spaces, of artistic production and artistic reflection, of art display and art research, where visitors are welcome – not as an anonymous crowd but as guests.


Picture credits: (1) Roof shapes: square, circle, cross. Photo: Joerg Burger (2) Ornamental garden, DAN GRAHAM, Star of David. Photo: Rita Newman (3) Blue salon with works by THOMAS KAMINSKY. Photo: Rita Newman (4) Pergola, HEIMO ZOBERNIG. Photo: Joerg Burger

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