Hans Schabus

Hans Schabus - “Das letzte Land” (2005)

Installatie Oostenrijks paviljoen, Biennale di Venezia 2005

"Instead of the pavilion building, visitors will be confronted with a huge barrier rising in front of them like a massif with the pavilion only looking out at its far corners. The outside is as rejective as the inside is accessible: along labyrinthine staircases, the way leads up to the summit where viewers will finally be granted a look at the sea and the city through skylights. With a bold gesture, Hans Schabus’ work “The Last Land” transfers the myth of the mountain enveloping Austria to the city on the lagoon built on water." (Hans Schabus °1970 Oostenrijk)

http://www.biennale-schabus.at/thelastland.htm