{"id":1404,"date":"2018-07-23T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:30:35","slug":"linzer-hoehenrausch-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/reisen\/linzer-hoehenrausch-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Linzer H\u00f6henrausch 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know that feeling? I see an announcement for an exhibition or cultural event, think it looks really interesting \u2013 and then don't go. That's how I've felt about the H\u00f6henrausch exhibition in Linz for years. But it's actually an exhibition that's right up my street: entertaining, enjoyable and simply fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I finally did it. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my blog for motivating me to engage with culture. \ud83d\ude09 I took advantage of a wonderfully beautiful summer Friday evening to indulge in the thrill of heights \u2013 thanks to the Linzer Pflasterspektabel festival taking place at the same time, attendance was rather low, making it all the more enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00f6henrausch 2018: The Other Shore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I knew two things about this year's H\u00f6henrausch: it has something to do with water, and there's a large ship suspended in the air by steel cables at the top of the tower. All right, let's go and have some fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I start in a room with sketches by artist Alexander Ponomarev, who is also responsible for the flying ship later in the tour. The fantastic drawings are a relaxed introduction to an exhibition that will offer much tougher fare later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ausstellung<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I follow a corridor and climb a staircase, where I am surprised by an oversized, winding barrier fence. \u2018New Wave\u2019 by Didier Fi\u00faza Faustino hovers above me like something light and weightless, instead of serving its usual purpose: to keep people away from something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ein<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Right between the black columns, a film awaits me, the scenes of which are warned about at the entrance. It's not that bad; we watch the images for a few minutes and see no scenes of violence or anything similar. Nevertheless, I take with me the sombre feeling and heaviness that surrounds the film called \u2018The Leopard\u2019 by Isaac Julien. The refugee drama in the Mediterranean, which we read about every day in the newspapers, hangs in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Szenenfoto<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I continue on to installations and pictures and enter a room dedicated to the American artist Mary Mattingly, whose artworks draw attention to the vulnerability of our environment and, at the same time, to future opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Installation<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the next exhibition room, among the many pictures and objects on display, I am particularly impressed by the plans for Pier 55 in Manhattan, which are to be implemented by 2022: an artificial island made of concrete troughs is being created in the sea off southern Manhattan to support a park (visible in the lower left of the display cases in the picture below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, Mischa Kuball's \u2018Untiefen\u2019 (Shallow Waters) leads me out through a corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ein<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now it's time to climb the first staircase \u2013 the thrill of heights begins! Before I climb the roof truss and the steeple of the Ursuline Church, I spend a few minutes watching the relaxing images of the sea in the film \u2018Two Skies\u2019 by Lukas Marxt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Szene<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the H\u00f6henrausch lives up to its name! From the steeple of the Ursuline Church, I have a wonderful view over the whole of Linz and enjoy the view of St. Mary's Cathedral and down to the Pflasterspektakel. The crowds of people make it easy to see where a street performer is showing off their skills. And finally, I can see the tower and the Flying Ship!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Das<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Das<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I walk across footbridges over the rooftops. I'm afraid of heights, but I'm still doing fine here. The close-up view of Kcho's statue \u2018El Pensador\u2019 is really impressive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Die<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I approach the tower via another footbridge. It slowly dawns on me that the climb could be difficult. You can see down between the wooden steps. After climbing each staircase, I take a deep breath and consider climbing back down. But then I press on. Finally at the top, I enjoy the wonderful view \u2013 and can even look down from the railing into the depths!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Am<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Blick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Herrlicher<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Die<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bloggerin<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The stairway of death\u2019... at least for me. Going down was no problem at all \u2013 you can't see that the stairway is open at the back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I skip the open deck with the water features and go back down into the museum. There, I am once again captivated by the spiral \u2018New Wave,\u2019 the twisted barriers hanging above me. And finally, we come to the absolute highlight of the exhibition: the installation \u2018Uncertain Journey\u2019 by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. It is not without reason that an exhibition employee stands here, making sure that no one touches the web of red wool threads \u2013 it is really tempting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Die<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I leave H\u00f6henrausch 2018 \u2018Das andere Ufer\u2019 feeling very enthusiastic and listen to the rousing drum rhythms of the artist group performing here at OK-Platz as part of the Pflasterspektakel festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kunstinstallation<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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All information about the artists and all details about the H\u00f6henrausch exhibition can be found on the H\u00f6henrausch website<\/span><\/a>. H\u00f6henrausch is also an experience for children, especially because of the views over Linz and the tower with the Flying Ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you been to H\u00f6henrausch 2018 yet? How did you like it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, H\u00f6henrausch 2024 was probably the last time it took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Between art, church tower and flying ship: Linz H\u00f6henrausch 2018 fascinates with wide views, installations and magical atmosphere.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[179,31,83,195,29],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reisen","tag-europa","tag-museum","tag-oesterreich","tag-reisebericht","tag-sightseeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2925,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/2925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderhunger.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}