Freitagsgespräch 30. Januar 2026 , 17:00 Walter Famler im Gespräch mit Bernhard Cella , Alte Schmiede Schönlaterngasse 9, 1010 Wien
Was bedeutet Selbstpublizieren im 21. Jahrhundert? Ist der Druck auf Papier die Alternative zum digitalen Austausch? Wie lässt sich zwischen Subversionsgestus und neuem Biedermeier unterscheiden?
Bernhard Cella lebt und arbeitet als Künstler und Verleger in Wien. Initiator des Salons für Kunstbuch und von NO-ISBN on Self publishing. #selfpublishing #21 #isbn #conceptart #salon_fuer_kunstbuch
5.12.2025 – 25.1.2026 Ausstellung: In Zukunft schreibe. ICAT - Institute for Contemporary Art Hamburg.
Schreiben als Teil künstlerischer Praxis steht an Kunsthochschulen, im Kunstbetrieb und in der Kunstkritik aktuell hoch im Kurs. Sowohl in der Konzeption als auch in der Umsetzung von künstlerischen Arbeiten spielt Schreiben eine wichtige Rolle und wird auf der Bühne, im Film, bei Performances oder als Teil von Installationen und Bildwerken kenntlich. Mit Beiträgen von: Bernhard Cella, CAConrad, Anja Dietmann, Jason Dodge / Fivehundred Places, Asana Fujikawa, Jutta Koether, Lila-Zoé Krauß, Mitko Mitkov, Matt Mullican, Artur Neufeld, Joana Atemengue Owona, Gerhard Rühm, Cemile Sahin, Kinga Tóth, Annette Wehrmann
Kuratiert von: Anne Meerpohl
Writing in Future, Symposium and exhibition.
Writing as an artistic practice is becoming increasingly important at art colleges and in the art world. The symposium “Writing in the Future” and accompanying exhibition shed light on precisely this development: How do artists and authors work with language? Where do transitions, frictions, and new forms arise between text, image, technology, and institutional frameworks? #artandbooks #bernhardcella #artwork #artistcwriters
Cella is an advocate of artist books as a medium and has curated numerous exhibitions with and about artist books.[7] He has stated that a good art book can replace a visit to a museum, because it offers many possibilities for discourse and experimentation.[8]
With projects like Collecting Books, Salon für Kunstbuch or Kunstbuch*Kompass, he changes the perception of the viewer towards the books that are included in the project. He often uses unusual re-arrangements to disorient the viewers in their viewing habits.[9][10] His works shift modes of production and distribution of current forms of visual art;[11] in this way he operated as a businessman-artist, who transcends the barriers between business and art.[12] He has made artworks that operate also as a fashion studio,[13][14] a hotel[15][16] and a museum shop.
I don’t perceive any conflict between art and economy because both systems have very strong connections. It seems to be impossible to analyze both domains separately artists have always operated in both systems, which have different rules, but always are intertwined. Bernhard Cella [17] #makvienna #artandbooks
Kolumba – “make the secrets productive!” – Art in Times of Unreason (15 September 2025 – 14 August 2026): Room 21 presents three works. Bernhard Cella, A Century of Injured Men (2022, artist’s book, offset print, Vienna) shows a panorama of convalescent men and questions heroic images of masculinity. Paul Thek, Plumed Serpent (1969, coloured chalk on blackboard, three panels) addresses transformation, death and water. Ecce homo (Cologne, c. 1460–1500, limewood figure) was used as a devotional image and makes torture and humiliation visible. The deliberately open design of the room creates emptiness and silence, enhancing the impact of the three works. #injured #emptiness #transformation #convalescent #death #water
Program
12:00 Introduction by the Director of the Museum of Literature
12:15-12:45 Bernhard Cella (Austria) - Archival practice unlimited
12:45-13:15 Lubica Segečová (Slovakia) - Books to talk about
13:15-13:45 Anne König, Spector Books (Germany) - The Aesthetics of Reading - A lecture on Peter Weiss: The Aesthetics of Resistance 14:15-14:45 Petr Babák (CR) - Bookreport. 60 years of book design development in the NCCR competition 14:45-15:30 Discussion with several jury members of the current edition of the NCCR - perspectives and limits (Linda Kudrnovská, Lubica Segečová, Pavlína Smejkalová, Petr Štěpán)
Body to book is a NON-Calendar by Bernhard Cella that challenges conventional notions of time measurement. This unconventional approach, which contains neither years nor specific dates, allows the user to redefine their relationship with time.
The Non-Calendar disrupts the standard format of calendars by removing the constraints of structured time. With 23 indeterminate months, it encourages a playful, open and contemplative approach to chronology. Without fixed months or days, this publication project invites timeless reflection, subjective temporality and creative reinterpretation of time itself. Order at: www.sfkb.at/body-to-book/
#artcalendar #artprint #artandtime #bernhardcella #artandreflections #art2025 #artandlife #artvienna #artistpublication #calendar
Body to book is a NON-Calendar by Bernhard Cella that challenges conventional notions of time measurement. This unconventional approach, which contains neither years nor specific dates, allows the user to redefine their relationship with time.
The Non-Calendar disrupts the standard format of calendars by removing the constraints of structured time. With 23 indeterminate months, it encourages a playful, open and contemplative approach to chronology. Without fixed months or days, this publication project invites timeless reflection, subjective temporality and creative reinterpretation of time itself. Order at: www.sfkb.at/body-to-book/
#artcalendar #artprint #artandtime #bernhardcella #artandreflections #art2025 #artandlife #artvienna #artistpublication
„herstellen“, 2021, Bernhard Cella, Jacquard tapestry, silk and cotton, 42 x 120 cm, in artist‘s possession, (Work as a philosophical category encompasses all processes of conscious, creative human interaction with nature and society. These processes are given meaning by people acting in a self-determined and self-responsible manner with their individual needs, abilities and views within the framework of current natural conditions and social working conditions.) #work #category #humaninteraction #individualneeds #socialworking #artandcraft #artwork #artisticpractice #artoftheday
![Cella is an advocate of artist books as a medium and has curated numerous exhibitions with and about artist books.[7] He has stated that a good art book can replace a visit to a museum, because it offers many possibilities for discourse and experimentation.[8]With projects like Collecting Books, Salon für Kunstbuch or Kunstbuch*Kompass, he changes the perception of the viewer towards the books that are included in the project. He often uses unusual re-arrangements to disorient the viewers in their viewing habits.[9][10] His works shift modes of production and distribution of current forms of visual art;[11] in this way he operated as a businessman-artist, who transcends the barriers between business and art.[12] He has made artworks that operate also as a fashion studio,[13][14] a hotel[15][16] and a museum shop.I don’t perceive any conflict between art and economy because both systems have very strong connections. It seems to be impossible to analyze both domains separately artists have always operated in both systems, which have different rules, but always are intertwined. Bernhard Cella [17] #makvienna #artandbooks](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6720685735242867414224_0_33aff0f1b9895a89c7e06e9caf468e71.jpg?o=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&h=341fc61fb34c62779323803e8868ea12)
