Moss Helmet (Mooshelm)
2024

The installation “Moss Helmet” is a new a new work by artist Markus Jeschaunig, developed for the exhibition „Into The Woods” at the KunstHausWien (AT). The installation constructed in the form of a helmet-like walk-in shell invites you to experience a micro-forest in a minimal space in the city. A micro-forest vegetation of mosses and ferns forms a screen at head height when you enter. It stimulates the bodies senses and organs with the smell of the forest and fresh oxygen. The installation offers a “portable forest”, a permanent cooling solution for take away into the endless urban heat island of an overheated city in summer.

In Framework of the exhibition:
“Into the Woods – Perspectives on Forest Ecosystems”
6.4. – 11.8.2024
KunstHausWien
Untere Weißgerberstraße 13, 1030 Wien / AT

Klima Biennale Wien https://www.biennale.wien

Curator: Sophie Haslinger / AT
Artists: Rodrigo Arteaga, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán, Eline Benjaminsen & Elias Kimaiyo, Alma Heikkilä, Monica Ursina Jäger, Markus Jeschaunig, Isa Klee, Susanne Kriemann, Jeewi Lee, Antje Majewski, Richard Mosse, Katie Paterson, Oliver Ressler, Abel Rodríguez, Diana Scherer, Rasa Šmite & Raitis Šmits

Event:
Fr, 12.4.2024, 18:00 Future Talk zum Thema “Der Wald in der Krise” im Kunst Haus Wien statt. With Markus Jeschaunig an other Experts on the theme of forests.
Info: https://www.kunsthauswien.com/de/ausstellungen/into-the-woods/

Photo credit: (c) Markus Jeschaunig