Tennengau becomes Supergau:
Projects Selected for 2027
The first artists for the Supergau Festival, taking place May 13–23, 2027, in Tennengau have been selected: Twelve projects were chosen from 270 submissions.
Following editions in Flachgau (2021), Lungau (2023), and Pinzgau (2025), the Supergau Festival—initiated by the State of Salzburg—will continue in Tennengau from May 13 to 23, 2027. Artists from all disciplines—regional, national, and international—were invited via an open call to submit their project ideas for the Tennengau.
An expert panel selected submissions that take their inspiration from the region and engage with its specific context. Interdisciplinary approaches were particularly welcome, as were formats developed in collaboration with local initiatives, associations, institutions or residents, or those that specifically involve children, teenagers and young adults. These will be staged at various venues or as mobile festival events in the Tennengau region.
Supergau 2027: Selected projects
Between folk culture and high culture: in Beate Ronacher’s work, a kebab skewer several metres high becomes a ‘Folk skewer’ and a monument that raises more questions than it answers.
The Fagerstein, a place of worship in St. Koloman, travels through the region as a true-to-scale mobile model in Wouter Osterholt’s ‘Der Schöne Stein’ (The Beautiful Stone) and becomes the site of a communal ritual.
In the Adnet quarry, the project ‘Marmor Zement Wasser’ by Christian Göthner (lfm2) and Kai-Hendrik Windeler creates a temporary workshop where terrazzo can be produced.
In ‘Unterwegs im G(r)au _ analoge Pritschenporträts’ by Markus Guschlbauer and Daniel Hill, a homemade large-format camera becomes a place of encounter.
The ‘Soiltude’ project by Maria Nalbantova and Antoni Rayzhekov makes the ground and everything hidden beneath it audible, transmitting the sounds live to festivalgoers’ headphones.
In collaboration with the Kuchl Wood Technology Centre, Harald Scherz transforms wood into a meeting place: using regional timber, ‘HOLY WOOD’ creates an organic, ring-shaped structure that invites visitors to sit or lie down.
Drawing on the collection of the Museum Kuchl, Ana de Almeida and Lena Rosa Händle, together with young people from Kuchl, are developing ‘Fossilien der Zukunft’ – a counter-archive that tells of a past that never actually existed, but which might perhaps have done.
Alpine rock carvings from the Hagen and Tennen mountains meet the exposed concrete walls of the Golling railway underpass in Roswitha Weingrill’s ‘(Hier könnte deine Meinung stehen)’, where a house stood until recently.
In collaboration with the Abtenau Theatre, the Theater im Bahnhof Graz asks, during the investigative walk ‘APRÈS SCHNEE’, what remains of a place when the snow fails to fall.
With ‘FOREVER JUNG’, the interdisciplinary and international Von Null Collective transforms Abtenau’s market square into a brightly coloured gathering place with splashing fun for everyone.
In ‘COLLAGIERTE WIRKLICHKEIT’, Hannah Jorinde Dörr explores the history of the village using old photographs and stories in the abandoned roadmender’s hut in Oberscheffau.
In the special project ‘KLammer’ by Leon Bernhofer and Hélène Dal Farra, too, the old roadmender’s cottage in Oberscheffau is being transformed into an open space for work and socialising. Artists, craftspeople, students and local residents are working together to explore what might be created here and how the building should be used in future.
In addition to the selected projects mentioned, there will be an artists’ residency at the Leierhof in Abtenau during the festival in May 2027, to which a further four artists from the open call will be invited. There will also be an accompanying programme of workshops, concerts, performances and festivals, where people can come together, get involved, listen, celebrate and become part of the festival themselves.
Selection Panel
The following people were involved in the selection process for Supergau 2027: Theresia Kaiser-Gruber and Heinz Kaiser (Schloss Goldegg Cultural Association), Astrid Peterle (Chief Curator, Museumsquartier Wien), Sarah Riebler (Kultkantine Golling, Head of Kultteens, the cultural association’s youth club), as well as Haiko Pfost and Thomas Hörl (Supergau).
About the selection process
The selection process took place in several sequential stages:
Firstly, the members of the selection panel were given the opportunity to nominate, from among all the submissions, those projects which they considered suitable on the basis of the tender criteria.
In the next stage, a shortlist was drawn up from these nominations. To ensure greater objectivity in the process, a points-based system was applied, following which a shortlist was compiled.
On the basis of this list, enquiries were sent to the applicants to clarify any outstanding issues and obtain further information. Following review of the responses received, a budgetary assessment of the projects was carried out.
On the basis of the resulting overall assessment, the selected projects were recommended for funding by the artistic director, subject to their financial and organisational feasibility, or were granted funding by the Province of Salzburg.
Supergau 2027: List of artists and projects (working titles)
Ana de Almeida und Lena Rosa Händle: „Fossilien der Zukunft (‘Fossils of the Future’)“
Ana de Almeida, born in Prague in 1987, lives and works between Lisbon and Vienna. As an artist and writer, she explores archival methods, the intersection between personal and collective history, and processes of memory from a socio-political perspective, frequently working with sculpture, photography, installation and performance. A central focus of her work is the activation of informal archives. www.anadealmeida.com
Lena Rosa Händle, born in Berlin in 1978, lives and works in Vienna. Her artistic practice ranges from photography and collage through installation and sculpture to participatory art projects, with a keen interest in social and personal relationships, which are often linked to an examination of normativity and identity. Her works critically reflect on social, political, historical and ecological realities with a view to a liveable future. Since 2023, she has realised numerous participatory ecological art projects with children, young people and adults. www.lenarosahaendle.de
Hannah Jorinde Dörr: „COLLAGIERTE WIKLICHKEIT” (‘COLLAGED REALITY’)
Born in Berlin in 1990, video artist and director. Alongside her own films, Hannah Dörr works as a freelance video artist for theatre productions, including at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin, Theatre Basel and Zurich Opera House. Since 2019, she has also been increasingly active as a theatre director, working at venues such as the Ballhaus Ost and the Volksbühne Berlin. www.hannahdoerr.com
Christian Göthner (lfm2) & Kai-Hendrik Windeler: „Marmor Zement Wasser (‘Marble Cement Water’)“
Christian Göthner, born in 1986 in Grimma, Germany, lives and works in Leipzig. He investigates – amongst other things, as part of the lfm2 collective – the architecture, history and social use of a place, and develops artistic interventions based on these findings. www.lfm2.de
Kai Hendrik Windeler, born in 1985 in Neuss, Germany, lives and works in Leipzig. In his research-based works and projects, he explores the construction and transformation of information, architecture and spatial structures. He primarily translates this exploration into conceptual, multimedia and site-specific spatial installations. www.khwindeler.de
Markus Guschlbauer & Daniel Hill: „Unterwegs im G(r)au _ analoge Pritschenporträts“
Markus Guschelbauer, born in 1974 in Friesach, Carinthia, lives and works in Vienna. The interdisciplinary works of this visual artist and photographer lie at the intersection of photography, video, performance and land art. He engages conceptually and poetically with space, nature and their perception, using photography not as a purely documentary medium but as an active, performative tool that translates his temporary interventions in the landscape into autonomous visual works. www.markusguschelbauer.com
Daniel Hill, born in Florida in 1980, lives and works in Vienna. Through photography, moving image, performance, installation, text and curatorial formats, his artistic practice explores how bodies are shaped by the spaces, images and social structures in which they are situated. In his projects, he moves between highly staged images and site-specific research, frequently linking historical or theoretical material with lived bodily experience. www.studiodanielhill.com
Von Null Collective: „FOREVER JUNG“ (‘FOREVER YOUNG’)
Von Null (founded in 2022 by Jannis Schiefer, Ines Abreu, Lucia Neumann and David Biegl) is an interdisciplinary and international collective whose projects and concepts explore the essence of a place and reveal the potential of spaces. The creation or redesign of spaces is intended to raise questions and stimulate reflection. www.vonnull.eu
Maria Nalbantova & Antoni Rayzhekov: „Soiltude“
Maria Nalbantova, born in Sofia in 1990, lives and works there. The visual artist’s artistic practice and multimedia installations are characterised by a long-term exploration of specific places and the historical, socio-political and ecological changes they have undergone. In 2026, she will be part of the Bulgarian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale, alongside Gery Georgieva, Rayna Teneva and Veneta Androva. www.marianalbantova.com
Antoni Rayzhekov, born in Sofia in 1980, lives and works in Salzburg. The practice of this artist and researcher (including at the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces at Paris Lodron University of Salzburg) lies at the intersection of sound, performance and material interaction. In his works, everyday objects, the body and biological matter become sound material. www.rayzhekov.com
Beate Ronacher: „Volksspieß“ (‘Folk skewer’)
Born in Salzburg in 1979, she lives and works in Hallein. In her installations and performances, Beate Ronacher strips everyday objects, materials and activities of their original function and context, placing them in a new context. In the process, seemingly practical actions are reduced to absurdity. www.beateronacher.com
Harald Scherz: „HOLY WOOD”
Born in Salzburg in 1978, he lives and works there. The artist and filmmaker’s body of work encompasses video and film, installations, drawings and sculptures. www.haraldscherz.com
Theater im Bahnhof Graz: „APRÈS SCHNEE“ (‘APRÈS SNOW’)
The Theater im Bahnhof Graz (the Supergau Festival team: Johanna Hierzegger (born 1965), Gabriela Hiti (born 1968), Christina Helena Romirer (born 1982)) is a collective of theatre practitioners that sees itself as a contemporary form of folk theatre. Its focus is on so-called Austrian identity, which encompasses self-perception, self-image and how others perceive us, as well as points of agreement and disagreement within current social reality.www.theater-im-bahnhof.com
Roswitha Weingrill: „(Hier könnte deine Meinung stehen)“ (‘(Your opinion could go here)’)
Born in Styria in 1984, she lives and works in Vienna. As a visual artist, she is interested in experiments with materials, sociological phenomena, fringe areas of science, and the deconstruction of major global issues into manageable and regional aspects. Her works include multimedia installations, interventions in public spaces and experimental sound objects made of ceramics. www.roswithaweingrill.com
Wouter Osterholt: „Der Schöne Stein“ (‘The Beautiful Stone’)
Born in 1979 in Leiden, the Netherlands, he lives and works in Berlin. In his site-specific and interdisciplinary practice, he uses the tools of art to contribute to the social and ecological reinterpretation of exploited places. In doing so, he initiates a process in which local cultural and archaeological objects and/or social phenomena such as rituals are used to rekindle a sense of belonging. By uncovering hidden historical layers and recontextualising local materials, his works point to a spatial connection and a sense of temporal continuity. www.wouterosterholt.com
Special project: Leon Bernhofer & Hélène Dal Farra: „KLammer“
Leon Bernhofer (artist name: Leon Himmelbauer), born in Klagenfurt in 1999, lives and works in Scheffau and Weimar. He works as a visual artist at the intersections between art, society and other systems of knowledge and practice. His projects are often collaborative in nature and span various media, disciplines and contexts. He focuses primarily on interdisciplinary and participatory projects in public spaces. www.leon.bernhofer.net
Hélène Dal Farra (artist name: Hummingbird), born in 1992 in Nantes, France, lives and works in Weimar. The cultural mediator, musician and interdisciplinary project developer combines language and cultural mediation with art and social participation in participatory projects. Through projects in public and rural spaces, she aims to encourage people to get involved as active co-creators of artistic processes.
