Gallery owner Rudolf Leeb in conversation with photo artist Birgit Graschopf
Rudolf Leeb talks to Birgit Graschopf about how she came to art and especially photography. Using the writer Maja Haderlap's quote "Art is a sister of democracy" as an example of how political art should be. About the courage that the cultural sector should have, based on a statement by the director of the Salzburg Festival Markus Hinterhäuser "Culture too must find its breath". About the relevance of photography in art and the lack of a museum for photography in Austria as well as what it expects from a gallery. Birgit Grasschopf's speciality are her wall exposures. They talk about the performative aspect of them and about the significance of the materiality of the carrier medium in photography. Finally, they talk about being alone while working and the danger of slipping into loneliness as well as life as a freelance artist.