EXHIBIT COLLECTION

DEATH IN VENICE

DEATH IN VENICE

Waltraud Münzhuber, DEU, 2015

Magnetic tape, hundreds of metres of it, a medium for images and sounds. Fine, shining strips like paper streamers, anthracite coloured, with a silver glow. Fragile, but stable when densely woven. Memory turned into product.

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“The Bugs Bunny Show”, Container, 2015
Videotape, cotton
H 25, Ø 19 cm


“Death in Venice”, Container, 2015
Videotape, cotton
H 38, Ø 24 cm


“Forrest Gump”, Container, 2015
Videotape, recycled, polyester
H 52, Ø 28 cm


Series: Weave Your
Favourite Film

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Waltraud Münzhuber

Waltraud Münzhuber works in Munich. Her vocation is textiles, both as a trained and qualified weaver and as an artist and costume painter. In 1997 she was awarded a special master’s prize for her graduation piece. She received a second important prize in 2012, when she gained a 3rd place RecyclingDesignpreis for her work Weave Your Favourite Film. Since 1999 her work has focused on the theme of reuse. She weaves used plastic bags, music cassettes and audio- and videotapes. The designer has participated in numerous exhibitions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Waltraud Münzhuber *1968

Studies: Hand weaving Master since 1996
Lives/works: Munich, Germany

Contact: www.wally-huber-kunststoff.de