schwarzescafé by Heimo Zobernig
gta Exhibitions
Thursday, 12 May 2016 to Sunday, 18 September 2016
Location: LUMA Westbau, Löwenbräukunst
LUMA Foundation is pleased to announce schwarzescafé, a new café by Heimo Zobernig.
Opening:
Wednesday, 11. May 2016, 6 – 9 pm
LUMA Westbau, Löwenbräukunst
With an introduction by architectural theorist Mark Wigley and concert by Florian Hecker. Free admission.
Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig, has been commissioned for a new café located in the LUMA Westbau, part of the Löwenbräu arts complex in Zurich. schwarzescafé is primarily a coffee house and bar with an interior by Zobernig; it is an ideal place to meet and relax. As an architectural intervention, the café serves multiple functions: hospitality, screening and lecture hall, display setting for future exhibitions and reading room, hosting Kunsthalle Zurich’s library.
Coinciding with Manifesta 11 in Zurich, schwarzescafé’s first phase is open to the public from 12 May – 18 September 2016.
Photos: Stefan Altenburger
