8 Billion.
Can you imagine 8 billion or 8,000,000,000 people? Probably not.
More than 8 billion people have been living on this planet since 2022 and the number continues to rise incessantly. However, no one can imagine 8 billion people. Our brains are wired in such a way that we cannot perceive more than 5 (!) things at the same time. For larger numbers, we need tools such as mathematics. Or art.
This exhibition in the Berchtoldvilla Salzburg aims to be such a tool that helps us to imagine this unimaginable number of people on earth with all its consequences. I am taking part in the exhibition with my largest work to date, which I created especially for it. The considerations began last year, followed by various calculations. It was only after I received the curators’ approval that I spent more than two months working on the realization.
Now that the vernissage and award ceremony are over, I can show you my work. Photos and more details, background information and the history of its creation can be found on the following page: Like Sand by the Sea.
Participating Artists
Axel Becker • Irene Bergner-Oberndorfer • Silvia Bischof • Jutta Blühberger • Jutta Brunsteiner • Waltraut Chimani • Constanze Gugg • Johanna Hartung • Gerlinde Hochmair • Danja Katzer • Elisabeth Krenner • Wolfgang Kropfitsch • Karin Küstner-Pohl • Andrea Lacher-Bryk • Guggi Lukarsch • Johanna Merlingen • Ursula Minarik • Lidia Molinski • Gabriele Oberleitner • Christiane Pott • Paul Raas • Bettina Ribisch • Edith Richter • Christina Salamon • Zsolt Salamon • Maite Schmidt • Christine Todt • Simon Wallmann • Monika Maria Weiß • Reinhard Wieser • Franz Wolf • Rauthgundis Zieser
Opening on July 4, 2025
Welcome: Renate Lukasser, Board of Directors art bv Berchtoldvilla
Introduction: Andrea Lacher-Bryk
Presentation of honorary membership to Gerlinde Hochmair and Monika Maria Weiß
State Sponsorship Award 2025:
Honorary patron: Stefan Schnöll, Deputy Governor
Presentation: Dr. Brigitta Pallauf, President of the Provincial Parliament
Curatorial team: Andrea Lacher-Bryk and Rupert Gredler
Vernissage: Friday, July 04, 2025, 19:00
Exhibition duration: July 05 – August 14, 2025
Further details about additional events – see the German version.
P.S. In case you are not aware – the German word “Milliarden” is billion in English, and the German word “Billionen” is trillion in English.