Since 2003 the artists Martin Behr and Martin Osterider, both born 1964 in Graz, have been embarking on photographic forays into the Triester settlement in the Graz district of Gries, where they both grew up—independently of one another and on a regular basis. They always take the same two paths on family walks: the “long” and the “short” circuits. “Triester” is a rare long-term project with open documentation that eschews any kind of ascriptions or interpretations, nor does it make any claims to authenticity. Instead, it demonstrates interest in the chasms and fractures between memory, experience, history, and the present, engaging with the emergence of a narrative that resembles a temporal cartograph which, though incomplete, is still sustainable.

For the 13th volume the artist Hubert Schmalix, who also grew up in the Triester Siedlung and has been living in Los Angeles for many years now, took over the curator’s part. The 65 year old chose the pictures for the following photo series out of hundreds of pieces of Behr’s and Osterider’s annual production.