Exploring the Collaborative Exhibition "Break it / Fix it" by Monica Bonvicini and Sam Durant at Secession

This exhibition is the first collaboration between artists Monica Bonvicini and Sam Durant, exploring their shared interest in architecture and art since 1991. It features an architectural intervention creating a 'CAGE'-like structure from building materials, engaging with language, spatial experience, and the deconstruction of modernism.

The exhibition 'Break it / Fix it' marks the inaugural collaboration between Monica Bonvicini and Sam Durant, artists who have shared an interest in architecture and art since meeting in 1991. Bonvicini's work delves into gender dynamics and the political, social, and historical power of architecture through video and installations, while Durant examines popular culture and the historical reception of architecture. Together, they aim to demystify modernism, encouraging critical reflection through language and imagery drawn from literary and cultural sources. Their site-specific installation for the Secession, conceived as an architectural intervention, transforms the exhibition space into a structure spelling out the word 'CAGE' using wood, metal, and glass. This design challenges the historical context of the Secession as one of the first 'white cubes' by creating a confined corridor system that offers selective views through permeable sections. The installation references Ludwig Wittgenstein's aphorisms on language as not being a cage, and the futility of running against the boundaries of our cages. A video component within the installation further explores language as an object, depicting a sculpture of the word 'FEAR' being broken down and rebuilt, thus examining the interplay between sculpture, movement, and the concept of the artwork itself.

Ticketing information is available via a provided link. The exhibition is located at the Secession, Vienna, and general visitor information regarding opening hours and admission would typically be found on the museum's main site or a dedicated visitor information page. Specific exhibition ticket details are directed to an external booking platform (eventjet.at). Access to the space is described as a confined corridor system with limited entry and exit points, guiding the visitor experience through the installation's architecture itself. The page implies that standard museum opening hours apply ('heute geöffnet', 'di-so / 10-18 uhr'). No specific pricing details are provided on this page beyond a link to purchase tickets.