---
type: exposition
title: "21er Raum: The Grasping"
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/21er-raum-grasping-0"
---

# 21er Raum: The Grasping 

![21er Raum: Das Begreifen](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_468272293164.jpg.webp?itok=1IywJMJT) 

**Duration:** 1 December 2016 - 22 January 2017

**The term ”Grasping” describes the process of realizing something intellectually and is used as a synonym for “Understanding”. Etymologically, the word is derived from the physical and haptic activity of touching. The exhibition revolves around the relations between manual action and intellectual cognition and thereby retraces the shaping of thoughts.  

With works by Heinrich Dunst, VALIE EXPORT, Franziska Kabisch, Barbara Kapusta, Peter Weibel, Tina Schulz and Javier Téllez**

Curated by Severin Dünser.

### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21)

**Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm

**Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Belvedere 21,+Arsenalstraße 1,+1030+Vienna>))

[Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4)

## Impressions

- ![21er Raum: Das Begreifen — Heinrich Dunst, The Hand, 2015/2016 (Videostill) — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272293164_0.jpg.webp?itok=PtTVBBWO)
- ![transferred to HD, bw, silent, 3:00min, vinyl letters, 2m x 25cm — Barbara Kapusta, Soft Rope, 2015 — © Barbara Kapusta](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272292800.jpg.webp?itok=OfLNA953)
- ![16mm transferred to HD, bw, silent, 3:00min, vinyl letters, 2m x 25cm — Barbara Kapusta, Soft Rope, 2015 — © Barbara Kapusta](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272292799.jpg.webp?itok=DjIeDh1v)
- ![21er Raum: Das Begreifen — Exhibition View The Grasping, 21er Raum — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272294767.jpg.webp?itok=vB0L5Jkj)
- ![21er Raum: Das Begreifen — Exhibition View The Grasping, 21er Raum — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272294766.jpg.webp?itok=JNVVMxYW)