VESELA MIHAYLOVA AND VERONIKA KRENN - PRAZLAB

2003

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1636 Women, main residents in Linz: 10052 foreigners, 96760 total, 10,39% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1121 deaths, 876 births, Difference +245 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4827 immigrated, 3969 emigrated, difference +858 Privately owned apartments: 21907, Difference from the previous year: 101 Recipe: 130 g almonds 95 g butter 260 g powdered sugar 150 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 430 g jam
2004

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1643 Women, main residents in Linz: 10506 foreigners, 97363 total, 10,79% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1029 deaths, 972 births, Difference +57 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4874 immigrated, 4051 emigrated, difference +823 Privately owned apartments: 21907, Difference from the previous year: 101 Recipe: 130 g almonds 95 g butter 250 g powdered sugar 420 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 440 g jam
2005

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1643 Women, main residents in Linz: 10506 foreigners, 97363 total, 11,37% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1057 deaths, 94 births, Difference +143 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4811 immigrated, 4135 emigrated, difference +676 Privately owned apartments: 21112, Difference from the previous year: 205 Recipe: 115 g almonds 160 g butter 200 g powdered sugar 300 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 250 g jam
2006

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1519 Women, main residents in Linz: 11668 foreigners, 99340 total, 11,75% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1058 deaths, 958 births, Difference +100 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4513 immigrated, 4260 emigrated, difference +253 Privately owned apartments: 22458, Difference from the previous year: 185 Recipe: 105 g almonds 180 g butter 75 g powdered sugar 360 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 480 g jam
2007

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1521 Women, main residents in Linz: 11912 foreigners, 99486 total, 11,97% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1110 deaths, 892 births, Difference +218 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4891 immigrated, 4619 emigrated, difference +272 Privately owned apartments: 22539, Difference from the previous year: 81 Recipe: 100 g almonds 170 g butter 80 g powdered sugar 100 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 480 g jam
2008

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1379 Women, main residents in Linz: 12620 foreigners, 99504 total, 12,68% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1071 deaths, 932 births, Difference +139 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4968 immigrated, 4656 emigrated, difference +312 Privately owned apartments: 22646, Difference from the previous year: 107 Recipe: 80 g almonds 155 g butter 95 g powdered sugar 170 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 620 g jam
2009

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1602 Women, main residents in Linz: 13106 foreigners, 99320 total, 13,20% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1060 deaths, 910 births, Difference +150 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4930 immigrated, 4694 emigrated, difference +236 Privately owned apartments: 22762, Difference from the previous year: 116 Recipe: 90 g almonds 150 g butter 70 g powdered sugar 190 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 400 g jam
2010

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1750 Women, main residents in Linz: 13613 foreigners, 99456 total, 13,69% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1105 deaths, 954 births, Difference +151 Immigration-Emigration (women): 4869 immigrated, 4694 emigrated, difference +254 Privately owned apartments: 22899, Difference from the previous year: 137 Recipe: 60 g almonds 150 g butter 75 g powdered sugar 240 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 250 g jam
2011

Statistics: Unemployed women: 1776 Women, main residents in Linz: 14111 foreigners, 99465 total, 14,17% foreigners Mortality-birth rate (women): 1092 deaths, 962 births, Difference +130 Immigration-Emigration (women): 5535 immigrated, 4812 emigrated, difference +312 Privately owned apartments: 23076, Difference from the previous year: 177 Recipe: 45 g almonds 165 g butter 220 g powdered sugar 340 g flour 1 egg 10 g baking powder 220 g jam

Linzer Torten Diagramm

The traditional Austrian cake Linzer is considered the oldest cake recipe in the world. It was mentioned for the first time in a cookbook in 1653. To this day it is not clear exactly where its name comes from. Nevertheless, all tourist brochures in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, declare the city to be the official homeland of the famous cake.In 2011 the local municipal council published the statistical data on the city for the last years. According to the mayor of Linz, the city lying on the Danube is becoming an increasingly popular place to live. Despite the economic crisis, the urban development doesn’t stop; new buildings, parks and green areas are built and the birth rate reaches record levels.The Linzer Torten Diagramm Project studies the social and demographic situation in the city from the perspective of the female citizens. For this purpose Vesela Mihaylova and Veronika Krenn prepare nine cakes to a unique recipe, generated according to the statistical data of year 2003 - 2011. The main products in in each recipe are calculated according to the number of women living in Linz, the unemployment rate, the difference between birth and death rates in women and the number of the private apartments for the respective year. Each of these indicators corresponds to the quantity of the main ingredients of the cake: flour, sugar, butter, jam and almonds.

Vesela Mhaylova (b 1979, Sofia) and Veronika Krenn (b 1987, Vienna) met in the university kitchen while doing their Master degree Interface Cultures at The University of Arts in Linz.Since 2012 they’re together under the name Prazlab, creating works based on the universal language of food, using cooking techniques and focusing on the act of eating. Their projects have been presented internationally, among others at The National Museum of Contemporary Art - Bucharest, Sonar Festival, Spain, Ars Electronica Festival, Austria; ethe Institute Sofia and _V2, Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam. The duo was awarded Gabriele Heidecker Prize in 2014.