ART & INSTALLATION

Commissioned work | Initial presentation

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the military sandbox has been an important tool in tactical training and situation briefings. It is part of the discourse machine that creates war in the first place. War has often been described not as an exception but as the normality of the modern world. What is war? What knowledge can be gained by transforming a military sandbox into an installation object in Kunsthalle Krems? Which simulation games does it enable with phenomena generally considered as civilian and previously unsuspected of warfare potential?

Julian Warner: The Kriegsspiel (2022) | Space: Julian Dostmann | Sound: Nico Sierig | Musik: Markus Acher und Julian Warner | Voice: Beverly Patricia Daley | Research: Boygar Alpaslan | A production by Julian Warner commissioned by donaufestival and Kunsthalle Krems.