Two organic structures appear to morph into one another, joined by a makeshift umbilical cord. Constructed
from a variety of cardboards, tape, and glue, this life size object which recalls both the intimacy of a womb and
the uniform structure of a honeycomb labyrinth, appears neither stable nor fragile. Talk to me stranger, a new
installation by Fabian Seiz, specially created for the Austrian Cultural Forum London, invites you into these two
anonymous spaces where sounds can be exchanged between one visitor and another. This experiment with
communication, not sacred enough for a confessional, yet too claustrophobic for trivial conversation, becomes
a fragmented metaphor for language itself.

Materials and their interaction with space is the tension that pervades Seiz’s energetic practice. Effortlessly
switching from cardboard, to painting, to video, to photography, sometimes within the space of a day, Seiz’s
work highlights both the fragility and possibility of materials. Constructing cryptic objects to resemble functioning
machines, these sloppy assemblages from what appears to be scraps of wood and cardboard, always
remain purposeless. Even when using the accurate lens of a camera, such as in his installation “one room” at
gallery layr:wüstenhagen in Vienna, Seiz utilises the photographic images to distort the surrounding space, and
create a fractured experience.

Fabian Seiz, born 1975, lives and works in Vienna, and is one of the most prolific artists of his generation. He
studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and has had numerous international shows, including the recent
“Oben ist wie Unten” at Spielhaus Morrison Gallery in Berlin and “Sauber Malen” at Neue Galerie Studio, Graz.
Talk to me stranger will be Seiz’s first solo show in London.