One could call it a perfect storm. The art world seems untenable, embroiled in a deep crisis that can only be understood as something with multiple causes and articulations. The search for an exit from these impasses was one of the intentions behind The Way Out, the 2021 edition of the interdisciplinary festival steirischer herbst. The Way Out of... features texts by contributors to the festival's discussion program, with some additions. They search for ways out of intractable problems that have been long approaching but are now becoming as urgent as ever.Every year for a month, STEIRISCHER HERBST, the oldest interdisciplinary festival of contemporary art in Europe, turns the city of Graz and the province of Styria in Austria into a parcours of installative and performative works. Since 1968, the festival has offered a platform for public debates, critical positions, and dialogues between the arts.weiterlesen