“Positioning Myself Between Stools”—Hannes Seidl Interviewed by Christian Grüny

Seidl discusses with Christian Grüny the limitations of the New Music institution today through the lens of some of his recent work. His approach bears similarities to Reinholdsten’s artist institution, creating ad hoc coalitions of curious collaborators rather than rely on existing customs and defaults, which lead to creating works that mostly re-actualise the structures they are contained within. In doing this, Seidl discusses how much of his artistic practice unfolds in between the institutional norms and expectations of the venues that host his work, revealing further complex puzzles of audience expectations, working methods, and affordances of spaces themselves.