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In cooperation with Conner Contemporary Art
Die Vettern: Wir packen in  unseren Koffer… / Packing our suitcase...

The art quartet DIE VETTERN (engl.: the cousins) was founded in 2009 by the visual artists Lina Vargas De La Hoz, Iris Christine Aue, Evi Leuchtgelb, and Christina Aistleitner. The four women were former classmates at the University of Performing Arts in Linz and friends with a curiosity for each other’s techniques. All of them are winners of various scholarships and/or prices.
At the moment, the art quartet is working on a joint project entitled Packing our suitcase… (Wir packen in unseren Koffer…). This project is dedicated to the analysis of the everyday cultures that are prevalent in the cities of Linz, Vienna, and Washington, D.C.

Christa Aistleitner was born in 1971 in Freistadt/Austria and lives and works in Tragwein. She defines the goal of her work as the offering of a new perspective on existing structures and phenomena.
Iris Christine Aue was born in Vienna in 1983 and still lives and works there. She studied Art in Linz and Oslo.
Evi Leuchtgelb was born in St. Pölten/Austria; she lives and works in Dunkelsteinerwald, Austria. Her work can be described as a mixture of photography, installation of art objects, (inter)action, and video material.
Lina P. Vargas de la Hoz was born in Cartagena, Columbia and pursued her studies in Washington, DC and Linz, Austria. The main motif of her work is the concept of space located somewhere between our perception and our subjective interpretation of it.

Saturday February 4 | 6:00 pm | Conner Contemporary Art | 1358 Florida Ave, NE | Washington DC 20002
Admission free, no RSVP required