Austrian pavilion, 53rd Venice Art Biennale 2009 Gabu Heindl's space-within-space architecture for Dorit Margreiter's film installation "Pavilion"

The Austrian pavilion in Venice, built in 1934 by Josef Hoffmann as a white cube, poses a challenge to film projections. Dorit Margreiter's contribution to the Art Biennale 2009, the film installation "Pavilion", demanded a space within the space of the pavilion. It was planned and built as a space that filters out sunlight, while opening itself to the screen projection – with the walls adapted tightly to the light-cone – and allowing easy access for the viewers.

Exhibition: 07.06.-22.11.2009 Concept and exhibition architecture: Gabu Heindl Assistant: Florent Souly