The POTENTIALe Messe & Festival is an arts fair and festival in Feldkirch in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. It was first held in 2007.[2]

POTENTIALe Feldkirch
StatusActive
GenreContemporary Art
FrequencyAnnually
VenueReichenfeld area
Location(s)Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
CountryAustria
Inaugurated2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Next eventpresumably 2022[1]
Attendance9,200
Organized byMaya Kleber
Websitehttps://www.potentiale.at/

At the fair and festival, about 110 exhibitors present their products and ideas on an exhibition space of 3.373 m2. In addition to a vintage market, there are workshops and discussion groups, a 'design laboratory', photography exhibitions, as well as the presentation of music and films.[3]

The POTENTIALe aims at being an interdisciplinary sales platform in order to create an ideal platform for the protagonists in different locations for the marketing and distribution of their works and products and to enable the establishment of a diverse network of contacts.[4] It furthermore wishes to represent the close relationship between the product and the designer, focussing on with sustainable production chains, materials and products that were deliberately chosen in a fair process.[5]

History

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The POTENTIALe was initially founded in 2007 under the name of Artdesign Feldkirch and was an annual fair for the sale of crafts and design products. Since then, the Artdesign/POTENTIALe office does not only organise the fair and festival but also helps shaping the urban development of the city of Feldkirch.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Aha - Stadtkultur und Kommunikation GMBH – Potentiale Feldkirch". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ Messen.de. "POTENTIALe Messe & Festival 2020". www.messen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. ^ Messen.de. "POTENTIALe Messe & Festival 2020". www.messen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ^ "POTENTIALe Feldkirch". MessenInfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "POTENTIALe Messe & Festival 2019". www.architektur-aktuell.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  6. ^ "Die Potentiale in Feldkirch – Messe plus Festival". Art Aurea (in German). 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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