Fifteen sculptural forms made from old skis rise from the landscape like silent sentinels. Their colourful surfaces still bear the traces of speed and movement. Yet what once glided effortlessly across snow is now firmly anchored in the ground, inviting the landscape to tell a new story.
The internationally active Brenner-Havelka-Plessl Art Collective, with roots in Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic, combines conceptual precision with interdisciplinary dialogue and experimental material research. In “Goliath”, these approaches converge in a quiet reflection on our relationship with the Alpine landscape. The installation echoes the form of anti-tank obstacles – historical structures once used to control, divide and confine the Alpine region. In “Goliath” their meaning shifts: instead of blocking the passage, the objects mark, create rhythm, guide the eye and open up new perspectives. They remind us that every intervention leaves a trace, and that every landscape carries a cultural memory. The installation invites us to understand boundaries not as barriers, but as an opportunity to continually reassess our own position – in the way we think, the way we see and the way we relate to one another.