I am the Grass. Let me Work
Curated by Gudrun Ratzinger, Carinthia. May - October 2025.

In the poem I am the grass. Let me work (1918) by Carl Sandberg, the grass speaks out in favor of forgetting. It offers to cover up the countless dead on the great battlefields of the last century, even if this leads to disorientation. But this forceful plea for forgetting only gains its persuasive power by reminding us of the horrors of the past.

The decentralized exhibition I am the grass. Let me Work focuses on this complex interplay between remembering and forgetting. Artworks by Rosa Andraschek, Nilbar Güreş, Tatiana Lecomte, Edith Payer, Julius Pristauz and Nika Špan show forgetting and remembering as intertwined phenomena. Instead of constructing them as a simple pair of opposites and setting them against each other, they encourage us to think about their respective effects and consequences

The seven artworks are shown in places where historical events are commemorated in the form of monuments and exhibitions, where primary and secondary sources on the past are preserved or where individuals are committed to fighting forgetting. Their encounter with the history and function of the host location is intended to enable a discussion beyond the specific Carinthian events and thus counteract today's increasing disorientation.