Mag. Gerhild Resch Project: Austria Cliches and Generalisation During my time in Amsterdam I got confronted many times with the stereotyped picture of Austria and I realised how stable this cliches are. The treedimensional conversion of my work can be explained in twofolds: The first part is that of five busts which are created as an overlifesize selfportrait (multiple) from ceramics. Each bust has the face of a famous Austrian projected on it. (Which are: Mozart, Maria Theresia, Oskar Kokoschka, Thomas Bernhard, Arnold Schwarzenegger) The idea was to visualise the many austrian cliches that were projected onto me. The second part consists of five sculptures that represent five friends of mine. I chose them on account of their similar livestory. Not only are they Austrian and either now living or have lived in Amsterdam, but also work within the art area themselves. Can they represent a nation ? The endresult is five completely different sculptures when presented together only represent the person´s individuality, which does not conform to any generalities of the nation. The object for: Karin Krautgartner: Karin works as an industrial designer; her work is thus functional. Her products, which are typical of straight forms, fulfil the practical function but her working process is quite chaotic. The object is a stool that is created from waste products of her creative process casted into synthetic resin. The result shows a straight design product and documents her way of working. Size: 30 x 30 x 35 cm Gisela Stiegler: Giselas medium is photography. The subject in her pictures is mostly herself. The two Venuses opposite each other represent the contradiction of her personality. Size: 82 cm Rainer Pacher: Sculptures and installations from Rainer are mostly made from waste products and refuse; his creative process starts by choosing the material. Playfulness and unconcern is an important feature in his way of working, which is the concept I used for the object. I started with collecting refuse and combined geometrical forms with technical parts. The result associates function that makes it difficult to assign the object and raises the question: machine or toy? The playful part stands for unconcern and the non-functional machine refers to the question of legitimacy of his concept. Size: 35 x 35 x 53 cm