Taking up Hermann Nitsch’s own credo that »my work is to be a school of life, of perception and feeling, and it is to be experienced with each of the five senses«, the exhibition »HERMANN NITSCH – THE SENSES AND BEING Retrospective« shall focus on the five senses in the artist’s comprehensive work, with  its conception exploiting, for the very first time, interactive methods  of presentation.

From the outset the five senses have assumed a significant place  in Nitsch’s synthesis of the arts, which since the late 1950s has  revolved around the OM Theatre (Orgien-Mysterien-Theater). The  retrospective seeks to do justice to this status in all its forms. On  the level of actual content, the importance of the senses in the oeuvre  will be traced through the selected works, the specific hanging employed  in the exhibition as well as the exhibition architecture, while  interactive installations will enable visitors to have tangible sensory  experiences.
The Ars Electronica Futurelab will join us as a  partner and take responsibility for the technological implementation of  the interactive settings. With the aid of innovative technology,  Nitsch’s work will be revealed to visitors in hitherto unknown visual  form.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events  focusing on specific aspects, enabling participants to become even more  immersed in the creative process of Nitsch’s work. Firstly, participants  from previous action performances will curate individual events, while  friends and companions of the artist will provide insights into their  individual experiences of the OM Theatre.