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Curated by architect Christian Dummer, the exhibition at the Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe from 6 August offers a look behind the scenes of craft businesses in Tyrol.
When we talk about Tyrolean craftsmanship, images of traditional craftsmanship quickly spring to mind. But the term encompasses much more. The plumber is just as much a part of it as the traditional costume tailor, the roof tile maker and the gilder.
The exhibition "Alles Handwerk. Between cliché and everyday life", Netzwerk Handwerk explores the question of how authentic and genuine craftsmanship is - and can be - in times of globalisation and cheap production. Using nine objects that seem unusual at first glance - such as a pressure vessel, a stuffed marten or a lump of clay - it tells the story and development of specific trades. Video installations show five protagonists at work and offer insights into their values, their corporate philosophy and their attitude to their profession. The view of their work is reflected in the "work collage" with newspaper cuttings, quotes and book excerpts on the various professions, craftsmen and craftswomen. Materials can be experienced visually and haptically - from clay and concrete to Swiss stone pine, flax and marten hair.
Curated by architect Christian Dummer, "Alles Handwerk. Between cliché and everyday life" takes a look behind the scenes. The special exhibition explores the question of what connects such different craftsmen and women - such as the gilder Maria Birbamer-Zott, whose craft has hardly changed over the last few centuries, and the plumber Anton Pletzer, who runs a company with 170 employees and several locations in Tyrol. What about the Milchbuben, who successfully occupy a niche with their cheese products, and Peter Bucher, who now exports his handmade roof tiles all over the world? What about the traditional dressmaker Helene Mayr and the interior decorator Anton Buchmayr or the painter Rainer Höck?
In their approaches and in their daily work, they and craftspeople such as tanner Martin Trenkwalder, confectioner Reinhard Hacker, spectacle maker and optician Bernhard Bichler, carpenters Klaus Misslinger, Max and Markus Schlemaier and restorer Johannes Schroll show what qualities craftspeople today have and must have in order to survive in a globalised world.
All craftsmanship. Between cliché and everyday lifeExhibition duration: 06.08.2022 - 31.10.2022Opening times: MO - SO / 9 am - 5 pm (last admission 3.30 pm)Location: Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe, Angerberg 10, 6233 Kramsach