Lois WEINBERGER
Garden, 1994–2025
Plastic buckets, poor soil collected in situ, spontaneous vegetation
Dimensions variable
Courtesy Salle Principale, Paris

“On a concrete surface, plastic buckets filled with soil from the open ground are placed. Since seeds are already present in the soil, the work will develop on its own. Over time, the containers will only appear as brittle, colorless plastic fragments on the overgrown surface. These too will dissolve, and only the blossoms will still recall the initial colorfulness. Later, my work will no longer be perceived; the author has vanished.”
—Original text by Lois Weinberger, written in 1994 and translated into English

Lois Weinberger (b. 1947 in Stams / Tirol – d. 2020 in Vienna) lived in Vienna and Gars am Kamp, Lower Austria. Weinberger worked on a poetic-political network that drew attention to marginal zones and questioned various hierarchies. Seeing himself as a field worker, he began his ethno-poetic practice in the 1970s—laying the foundation for his decades-long exploration of natural and human-made environments.

Presented as part of the fifth edition of Autostrada Biennale titled Unfolding Currents: The Pulse of Time, curated by Erzen Shkololli

July 5 – October 5, 2025, Prizren, Kosova

In partnership with ITP Prizren and supported by the Allianz Foundation, Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit, Prizren Municipality, and the Austrian Embassy in Prishtina.

Video: Erza Bata, Media Team of Autostrada Biennale