Mythos Hofer
Thu, August 27 — Sun, August 30 2009 ///
Innsbruck, Berg Isel/Andreas-Hofer-street/Spar super market Leopoldstraße/Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum ///
Following an invitation by local artists qujOchÖ savored a summer trip to Innsbruck. In symbolic exile the actual place was used as heterotopical point of insight. Focus of the project was an intense examination of and research into the mythological story of rebellion in connection with the Tyrolean freedom fighter Andreas Hofer. During the Andreas-Hofer-anniversary year qujOchÖ set out interventions and reinterpretations in public space, asking what characterizes the role of rebels. Therefore qujOchÖ randomly chose four different rebels from Wikipedia (RAF, Pippi Longstocking, Abdullah Öcalan and Bob Marley) and exchanged symbols of the rebel Andreas Hofer in Innsbruck with symbols of those rebels.