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As part of the 54th International Art Exhibition- la Biennale di Venezia, Personal Structures, presents 28 artists from 5 continents, representing 12 countries. The exhibition in 24 rooms, brings together an extraordinary combination of established artists next to artists whose oeuvre is less known. What they have in common is a dedication to the concepts Time - Space and Existence. The exhibition is curated by the Dutch curators Karlyn De Jongh and Sarah Gold. Personal Structures is held at Venice's prestigious Palazzo Bembo, by Rialto Bridge on Canal Grande. Each artist in the exhibition presents recent artworks, either site-specific, especially made for this exhibition, or coming directly from the artist's studio. Each room in Palazzo Bembo is dedicated to one single artist. Their strong statements give each of the rooms a very specific atmosphere. The exhibition features a broad variety of artistic media, such as: videos, sculptures, paintings, photos, installations with light, wallpaper and performance. The exhibition 'Personal Structures' is part of an international art project. It was initiated in 2002 by the Dutch artist Rene Rietmeyer, who noticed that even in the most distant corners of the world, there are artists working with Time - Space and Existence, thereby expressing themselves in a very personal way. This observation led to the idea of bringing several of these artists together in publications, exhibitions and symposia.

Während seiner Frankfurter Lehrtätigkeit erarbeitete Hermann Nitsch von Ende der siebziger bis Anfang der neunziger Jahre in vielen Seminaren „farb- und formversuche“ mit seinen StudentInnen. Im Zusammenhang mit den Vorbereitungen zum künstlerischen Jahresthema „Spektrum Farbe“ 2006 im Niederösterreichischen Landesmuseum erinnerte sich der Künstler wieder an die damals erarbeiteten Mauskriptunterlagen.

Hermann Nitsch war im Wintersemester 2004/05 Gastprofessor am Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft an der Universität Wien. Der vorliegende Band von Maske und Kothurn ist das Ergebnis seiner Vorlesungen zur „Theorie des Orgien-Mysterien-Theaters“. Nitsch erklärt in zugänglicher Form die Grundkonzeption des Orgien-Mysterien-Theaters und seine historischen Vorläufer. Besonders aus den Gesprächen mit den StudentInnen wird die/der LeserIn vieles erfahren, was sie/er „schon immer über Nitsch wissen wollte“.