May 29 – August 1, 2026 & August 24 – September 5, 2026
Performances and opening ceremony: May 29,2026 @ 18h
<rotor> Center for Contemporary Art
Volksgartenstraße 6a
8020 Graz
Artists: Aliz Farkas • Elisabeth von Samsonow • Vanja Krajnc • Edda Strobl • Daily Rhythms Collective (Daniela Brasil, Otto Oscar Hernández Ruiz, SHIN Hyo Jin) • Lala Raščić • Catrin Manoli • Catherina Jarau, Anna Mora Moll, Laila Reichenpfader • Dominika Trapp • Ernst Koslitsch • AYOCOTL Seed Library for All: Forum of Urban Gardening • Andreas Motschiunig • Daniela Brasil • Florian Perl
Curators: Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer
This is the first exhibition in a series focusing on mythological creatures appearing across different eras and cultures. They accompany transformation, challenge the familiar and invite us to embrace uncertainty and change.
The series is inspired by a lecture by the philosopher and founder of The Emergence Network, Báyò Akómoláfé. The first part takes its starting point from the Giant Bird—in Akómoláfé’s work, this is Ziz, who is associated with air and the atmosphere but also establishes a connection to the earth. This encourages to look upwards, whilst at the same time critically questioning the cycles we live in and what sustains us.
As part of the exhibition, the AYOCOTL Seed Library for All will also begin operations. And just outside, on Orpheumgasse, a parklet—a small green island—invites to pause.
work in show FRAU RITTER
MORE ABOUT PART 1: THE GIANT BIRD
Lala Raščić 