I Didn't Promise You a Fourth Sun
- Eva Petrič
- 12 hours ago
- 2 min read
– my site-specific installation and exhibition at RaxworX continues | Holes in Light performance returns July 18 & Sept. 19
Thank you to everyone who joined the opening of my site-specific installation I Didn’t Promise You a Fourth Sun and the performance Holes in Light at RaxworX, the new art and culture centre in Hirschwang / Reichenau an der Rax.
RaxworX, a project by Dr.Maria Rennhofer and Walter Asmus by CityLoftArt GmbH, is housed in a former church that has now entered a new chapter as a space for contemporary art, performance, music and literature. The transformation of this building — once a spiritual gathering place, now a cultural one — gives a very special resonance to my installation, which was conceived specifically for this site.
I Didn’t Promise You a Fourth Sun transforms the former church into a contemplative universe woven from recycled handmade lace, plexiglass sculptures, light, sound and video. Conceived as a poetic database of emotions, the installation reflects on textile memory, our interconnected existence on Earth, and the acceptance of human mortality.
Throughout the exhibition, the sound installation Angel of Passion accompanies visitors like an invisible thread, while Holes in Light extends these reflections through live action, analogue photography, shadow imagery and satellite observations of Earth’s “tender zones.”
For those who could not attend the opening, I warmly invite you to visit the exhibition during the summer and to join one of the next performances.
ExhibitionI Didn’t Promise You a Fourth Sun
Open Fridays and Saturdays in the afternoon until 20 September 2026
PerformanceHoles in Light
Saturday, 18 July 2026, 18:00
Finissage performance: Saturday, 19 September 2026, 19:00
RaxworX
Richard von Schoeller Straße 1
2651 Hirschwang – Reichenau an der Rax, Austria
Performance / Video: Eva Petrič
Sound: Hayato Nakao
Curator: Joachim Lothar Gartner
With heartfelt thanks to Maria Rennhofer and Walter Asmus for inviting me to present this first exhibition in their new cultural space, to Joachim Lothar Gartner for his curatorial advice and support, and to the wonderful technical team — Christoph, Felix, Jimmy and Florian.
Special thanks also to the photographers Gero Ager. Florentine Helbich, Clemens Kneringer and Branko Orasche who captured the opening, installation and performance so beautifully.
If you don't have a chance to come to Hirschwand and der Rax, you can glimpse at my installation here: https://vimeo.com/1207196771?fl=pl&fe=cm
Copyright © Eva Petrič, Bildrecht Vienna,2026, All rights reserved.
