You cannot step into the same river twice

The group exhibition runs between 12th and 16th of March featuring artworks and performances on the topic of the FLUX in the Wasserturm.

Everything is in FLUX – the river you step into one moment is not the same river a moment later, because the water has moved on. Heraclitus believed that the universe is constantly changing. Flowing between past and present, erosion and sediment, the exhibition mirrors the restless nature of water itself. The river’s flow and its constant renewal illustrate how stability and change are intertwined. Just as rivers carve landscape, our memories and identities are shaped by the currents of time, leaving traces even as they shift and dissolve. Memory behaves like water – sometimes clear, sometimes murky, sometimes eroding the edges of the past – reminding us who we are, and what we remember is never fixed.

This exhibition unfolds like a river in motion, tracing currents of time, memory and transformation. The river moves, never still, its waters slipping through time like grains of memory. Each moment is fleeting. Yet, in its restless motion, the river holds a quiet continuity, a mirror of life’s own passage – always changing, always the same. Here, in the flux of the river, we are reminded that nothing remains fixed, and that beauty emerges in the transformation.

What is seen and unseen forms a constant tension, driving our body of water forward, turning memory into a collective movement. Beneath the surface of the obvious, currents breathe viscosity into the soil, pulling and grounding, a force met by an equal and opposing force that pushes back against the surface. Undercurrents stay invisible to the observer, but redirect or absorb force once entered.
The international background of the selected artists gives the opportunity to interpret the topic from many different angles and personal experience. 

Combining transdisciplinary mediums across painting, printmaking, video, textile works and installations, the exhibition aims to expand on the multitude of the topic itself. The exhibition aims to celebrate diversity and coexistence within communities, highlighting their significance and richness – thus our reason for fascination towards Favoriten's historical and social landmark Wasserturm.