Lena Violetta Leitner’s artistic work deals with various aspects of the institution of the oracle and the associated dimension of the future. Especially the here and now is potentially characterized by great uncertainties as well as life-changing crises, so it is essential for the artist not to let ourselves be guided by associated fears and uncertainties, but to work against them with the power of the collective. 

Experimentation, inventiveness and dialogue run like a thread through Leitner’s artistic-creative work. Her research for the respective projects is usually based on years of research and manifests itself in installations, interventions or performances.

In the course of a residency in Athens, the artist took a closer look at the oracle site of Delphi. An area steeped in the history of Greek antiquity, to which many people made pilgrimages and sought answers to their great questions. Leitner made 3D scans of the fragments still visible today on the spot and then superimposed them with recordings of her screen as well as technically produced glitches. The resulting video work invites the viewer in an immersive world, pointing on the one hand to processuality and change – aspects that go hand in hand with prophecy – and on the other to a status quo.Because the cult site no longer carries all the information, many are broken and destroyed, errors or uncertainties can creep in, bringing systemic openness into awareness.