Projekt 2 for Erste Campus

On Wiedner Gürtel in the 4th district, an art project by Erste Bank is on display. Opposite the Erste Campus, which opened in 2015, the bank invited artists to design the row of houses there near the Belvedere under the motto „The Canaletto View“.

In the end, the „Project 2 for Erste Campus“ by Vienna-based Swiss artist Marcus Geiger prevailed to design the facades in the pastel colors of euro banknotes. The transfer of the colors to architecture is reminiscent of the design of the banknotes themselves, which in turn contain symbolic images of archetypal buildings.

The artist, born in 1957 and a graduate of the Akademie für bildende Künste in the master class stage design, is known for projects in the (semi-)public space, which have already been seen in various exhibitions in Vienna, Zurich, Munich and Ljubljana.

Tip: On 19.02. the World Day of Guides takes place again, where I will also make a tour around the main station from about 12:00h – registration www.guides-in-vienna.at/welttag/fuehrungen/