For my artists this was an adventure over seas, however for me it was going home.  Part of my dream when I first founded lust gallery was to create a culture bridge between Vienna and NYC. Hopefully one day I will conceder it an early sketch. For now curating an NYC exhibition of Austrian artists is the best I can do. At least for the artists in the exhibition this was enough and of course I’m satisfied. This project went beyond just being an exhibition because everything form finding miscellaneous parts, a flooded exhibition room, artistic differences, going to parties, making new friend were behind the scenes but later defined the project for those who took part. The building where the exhibition took place was of high sentimental importance to me. Not only was it my studio building for six years but also the legendary 5-PTZ the only legal graffiti education facility/community center. When arriving there I learned that the building itself has been sold and scheduled to be demolished with in a year. This would be the last of countless memories of a place that was once my second home. It reminded me of who I was before moving to Vienna and how much I’ve changed.

BTW the pink flamingo glasses is an inside joke.