In our large summer exhibition \u201cLooking at Graz!\u201d, 426 photographs describe the current state of Graz as an urban space shaped by society. The task of the photographer Franziska Schurig was to produce documentary photographs that were as neutral as possible. This laid the foundation for a theoretically sound \u201clayout\u201d of these photographs from the points of view of urban planning, spatial anthropology and urban sociology. The aim of the \u201cLayout\u201d\/interpretation of the pictures was to uncover the historical, cultural, environmental, symbolic, economic and social deep layers of the city of Graz with the help of experts.
\nThrough specific questions, the exhibition \u201cLooking at Graz! 426 Views on the State of the City\u201d also invites museum visitors to get an idea of the diverse actual forces that \u201cdesign\u201d and transform the city, and to gain an understanding of the complex structures, problems and \u201cmoral orders\u201d of a European and at the same time post-European city like Graz.<\/p>\n
An accompanying publication summarising a selection of photographs and texts by experts will be published to accompany the exhibition. The authors contribute to a comprehensive view of Graz’s urban space through their different subject-specific perspectives.<\/p>\n