Arnold Estefan
with Anca Benera
“The residency at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture had a deep impact on our practice. It was there that our investigation into landscape as an extension of the military imagination first took clear form, setting the tone for much of the research we have pursued ever since.”
Arnold Estefan and Anca Benera have collaborated as an artist duo since 2012, working between Vienna and Bucharest. Their practice spans multimedia installation, sculpture, and drawing, exploring how the military imagination shapes landscapes, climates, and communities, including its ties to extractive industries.
Their work has recently been exhibited at: Manifesta 15, Barcelona (2024); 1st Klima Biennale, Kunst Haus Wien (2024); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); n.b.k. (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein), Berlin (solo, 2023); Biennale Jogja XVII, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2023); Kyiv Biennial (2025, 2023, 2015); Museum Tinguely, Basel (2022); Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (2021); Migros Museum, Zurich (2021); EVA International | Ireland's Biennial (2021); Art Encounters Biennial, Timișoara (2019, 2017); and MUMOK, Vienna (2017).
JURY
Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche
FINAL PROJECT
