Art, research,
and material thought.
Mira Vogt — artist and researcher based in Vienna. Working across installation, sculpture, and documentary practices.
Selected Work
All projects →The Weight of Light
Long-exposure photographs of molten glass in rural Bohemia
Forty silver gelatin photographs of glass production processes in the Šumava region, paired with recorded oral histories from three generations of glassblowers at a single family-owned factory.
Sediment Atlas
Geological time encoded in layered ceramic glazes
A series of 48 large-format ceramic tiles whose glazes encode soil composition data from bore samples taken at 5-kilometre intervals across the Danube floodplain.
Tender Machines
Kinetic sculptures that respond to proximity with gestures of care
Three articulated steel forms that bow, reach, and withdraw in response to visitor presence, exploring non-verbal communication between bodies and mechanisms.
Liminal Echoes
Mapping the acoustic memory of abandoned transit stations
Field recordings from six decommissioned U-Bahn stations, re-spatialised through a 24-channel speaker array installed in a former ticket hall in Vienna-Favoriten.