Matthias Klos. panoramarand

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This book is published on the occasion of the
exhibition panoramarand, SALZBURG MUSEUM, November, 25th 2016 – January, 15th 2017.
For his panoramarand project Matthias
Klos walked along the entire city boundaries
of Salzburg. The route description
for his itinerary was the Umschreibung
der Stadtgrenze, i.e. the city limits as set
out in the city ordinance. Very much in
the tradition of the fl âneur, Matthias Klos
followed this written yet imaginary line
around Salzburg, keeping to public rights
of way the whole time. The idea for the
project came from the well-known 19th
century panoramic painting of the city by
Johann Michael Sattler. Projected with an
idealised 360° perspective the painting
opens up views of the city and its outskirts
from a central location on the Festungsberg
that was not publicly accessible at
the time of painting. In his wanderings
along the city limits the artist combines
the legislative order of the abstract boundary
with the image that the city of Salzburg
likes to project of itself with localities
situated along the boundary line.