The Gift Poems of Leona Florentino
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El Beat del Bullerengue
El Beat del Bullerengue: Percussion Workshop & Rueda with Daniela Serna / @akupercu Sat, July 5th, 11:00–13:00 An Afro-Colombian percussion workshop para todxs! In the session, we will explore 2 rhythms, bullerengue sentao and chalupa, by learning how to play them on Tambor Alegre, Tambora, Llamador, and Maracas. These styles, also known in the territories
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VBKÖ Archive: Guided Tour with Georgia Holz
VBKÖ Archive: Guided Tour with Georgia Holz We are excited to invite you to a guided tour of the VBKÖ Archive, led by VBKÖ member, art historian, and curator Georgia Holz. Date: June 27, 6 pm Language: In English The VBKÖ Archive, built by the VBKÖ members themselves, has not only witnessed but evolved alongside
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gyenjaimma khaon: Grieving Remains
gyenjaimma khaon: Grieving Remains Grieving Remains is a BIPOC-only gathering where we prepare talbinah—a barley porridge once offered to the grieving, as narrated in Muslim hadith.Cooked with milk and honey, talbinah was said by the Prophet ﷺ to “soothe the heart of the sick and cleanse some of sorrow.” Together, we’ll make it as a way to
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Archive Erzählen/Narrating Archives
Narrating Archives The exhibition presents projects by students of the Expanded Museum Studies program, which explore four thematic strands from the archive of the Association of Women Artists in Austria (VBKÖ). This historical archive serves not only as a presentation space in which relevant documents and materials are made accessible, but also as a research
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Marimba Percussion Workshop with Jessianber & Jaritza Narvaez
Marimba Percussion Workshop with Jessianber & Jaritza Narvaez Thu, June 19, 3pm–5pmMaysedergasse 2/28, 4th floor, 1010 Vienna Please register at info@vbkoe.org as space is limited!No previous experience is necessary. Step into the rhythm of the Colombian Pacific with Marimba, an electrifying music and dance experience led by the powerful voices of two young cultural
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“What’s the Tea?” #4 with Lia García (La Novia Sirena)
“What’s the Tea?” is a series of events designed by and for trans* and queer individuals to share their personal stories, inspirations, aspirations, and creative work. Centered around the concept of storytelling, the event draws on the slang term “tea” – meaning to share truth or gossip – to create a space where participants spill their
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“What’s the Tea?” #3 with Danne Aro Belmont
“What’s the Tea?” is a series of events designed by and for trans* and queer individuals to share their personal stories, inspirations, aspirations, and creative work. Centered around the concept of storytelling, the event draws on the slang term “tea” – meaning to share truth or gossip – to create a space where participants spill their
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Community Archives: Collecting and Preserving Histories
Community Archives: Collecting and Preserving Histories Speaker: Saadia Gacem (online) from Archives des luttes des femmes en AlgérieDate: Friday, May 23rd, 18:30-20:00Location: VBKÖ Archive (Maysedergasse 28/2, 4th floor) Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie (Archives of Women’s Struggles in Algeria) is an independent project founded in 2019, by researcher Awel Haouati, whose
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gyenjaimma khaon: লজ্জা edition
gyenjaimma khaon: লজ্জা edition 26 april saturday 6-9pm ‘gyenjaimma khaon’ is a series of food gatherings for Black people, Indigenous people & People of the Global Majority. across two seasons, we will explore food together with emotions.for the spring edition, together we will cook fish & explore our shame. you are invited on this gentle
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Santa Maria Paraffina – myth § trope § glitch
Graphic Design: Luiza Furtado / Medusa Studio Exhibition Duration: 25 April–1 June 2025Opening hours: Every Friday & Saturday, 2–6pm Opening: Thursday, 24 April 2025, 7pmFinissage with performance: Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7pm Santa Maria Paraffina – myth § trope § glitch Maria Paraffina’s saltwater body is sold by the seashore as the dockside ghost of
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totalement ok – Contemporary Matters Zine Release Party
totalement ok – Contemporary Matters Zine Release Party totalement ok This publication was produced as part of a public workshop organized by Contemporary Matters in December 2024 and January 2025 at the invitation of the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ), Vienna. Workshop participants brought materials, artworks, texts or ideas to be developed in the
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VBKÖ Members’ Program: How Are You Practicing What You Preach?
VBKÖ Members’ Program 2024/25: “How are you practicing what you preach?” “How are you practicing what you preach—whatever you preach, and who is exactly listening?” — Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Inspired by Audre Lorde’s powerful inquiry, the VBKÖ 2024/2025 program “How are you practicing what you preach” has explored the intersections of
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Contemporary Matters – Zine Workshop
Contemporary Matters – Zine and Self-Publication Workshop Contemporary Matters is pleased to invite you to a two-part zine and self-publication workshop at VBKÖ, Vienna. The results will be presented at the end of January 2025. It is an opportunity to publish your (artistic) work in the context of a community of artists and other cultural
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“What’s the Tea?” #2 with Iki Yos Piña Narváez Funes
“What’s the Tea?” is a series of events designed by and for trans* and queer individuals to share their personal stories, inspirations, aspirations, and creative work. Centered around the concept of storytelling, the series draws on the slang term “tea” – meaning to share truth or gossip – to create a space where participants spill
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“What’s the Tea?” #1 with Xan Marçall
“What’s the Tea?” is a series of events designed by and for trans* and queer individuals to share their personal stories, inspirations, aspirations, and creative work. Centered around the concept of storytelling, the series draws on the slang term “tea” – meaning to share truth or gossip – to create a space where participants spill
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Flickering, Lingering, Exiting
Flickering, Lingering, Exiting Group exhibition by Aykan Safoğlu, Rehema Chachage, Serena Lee Exhibition Period: October 11th–November 16th, 2024 We invite audiences to join the artists in conversation and to engage with their research. November 8th, 6PM: Guided tour with Aykan Safoğlu and Serena Lee November 16th, 4:30PM: Closing event: Conversation with Rehema Chachage and Serena Lee
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People Stroke the Curve of the Earth Here
People stroke the curve of the earth here the reason for rounded circles lives here By the collective fuvu_fürunsvonunsArtists: Ava Binta Giallo, Ivie Isibor, Frida Robles Exhibition Period: September 6th – October 2nd, VBKÖ Opening: September 5th, 2024, 18:00hMeeting point: VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, 4. floor (elevator available), 1010 ViennaPoetry reading ceremony in Burggarten, we will
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REVOLUCION PUTA by Maria Galindo
REVOLUCION PUTA by Maria Galindo Screening and talk with the directorJune 25Th, 8pm, VBKÖ(BO 2023 / 52 min., Spanish with English subtitles) What is the real door and what is the false door to enter the whore’s universe with a camera? Arrive with a sign that calls it as sex work and thus pay with
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Rituals of Resistance
Rituals of Resistance Artists: Rheremita Cera, Tetta, Va-Bene E. K. FiatsiOpening / Performative Screening and Artist Talk with Faris Cuchi: at 4pm on May 26 Exhibition: May 31 – June 16 Opening hours: Friday and Saturday, and June 2, 2 – 6pm*This program is part of Independent Space Index 2024: Festival of independent art
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living library of becomings
living library of becomings March 1 – April 10, 2024Opening: Thursday, February 29, 7 pm Opening times: Wed – Sat 14:00-18:00 and by appointment (info@vbkoe.org) Paloma Ayala, Nikita Yingqian Cai, Kyungrim Lim Jang & Hannah Sakai, Tina Omayemi Reden, Salma Shaka, Kanako Tada, Sophie Utikal, VOLUMES Archive, and diverse publishing practices Curated by Miwa NegoroExhibition
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Archival Sites of Speculation: Storying the Silence
Archival Sites of Speculation: Storying the Silence January 12th – February 11, 2024Opening: January 11th, 6 p.m.Exhibition opening times: THU – SAT, 2 – 6 pm With works by Katharina Birkmann, Maja Bojanić, nathan c’ha, Mark Chehodaiev, Alessandra Ferrini, Onyeka Igwe, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Ivana Lazić, Arina Nekliudova, Carmiña Tarilonte Rodríguez, Elske Rosenfeld & Olia Sosnovskaya,
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KAZAKTIONISM – The Tale of Deeds
KAZAKTIONISM – The Tale of Deeds January 5th, 2024 Event Opening: 6PMPerformance: 7PM Troubadours: Katalin Erdődi, Maria Vilkovisky, Ruthie Jenrbekova Genre: A quasi-poetic recitation of the list of artistic and political actions in Kazakhstan. ‘The Tale of Deeds’ is a performative narration representing a selection of public actions from recent Kazakhstani history, supported by sound and projection.
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Lack of you – Mini Series
Lack of You – Mini Series Screening 01. December – 20. December 2023Opening hours: Fri. + Sat: 14:00–18:00 (Screening: Different Selection of Chapters) —Opening: 30. November, 19:00 (with Welcome Drinks)Screening & Artist Talk: 30. November, 19:30Finissage: 20. December, 18:00 (New Selection of Chapters) Camila Téllez & Eszter Katalin Since 2020 Camila Téllez and Eszter Katalin
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GROWING
GROWING November 18th – December 20th, 2023Opening hours: Fri – Sat: 2 pm – 6 pmArtists: Mariama Diallo, Erisa Mirkazemi, Abiona Esther Ojo, Manuela Picallo Gil and Barbara Stöhr–Opening: Fri, November 17th, 6 pmMidissage: Thu, November 30th, 7 pm with salon_tongueWorkshop for teenagers: Please get in touch with us if you are interested in registering
Rituals of Queer Relatedness
Rituals of Queer Relatedness Exhibition November 10, 2023 –Opening: 14.00 Guided Tour-Performance: 19.30Film Screening: 20.15 Conversation and Q&A: 21.30 Masha Godovannaya and Polina Zaslavskaya This one-day exhibition with an evening event Rituals of Queer Relatedness is a meeting point of two diasporic queer-feminist artists, Masha Godovannaya and Polina Zaslavskaya. It traces their continuous cross-conversation about migration
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Feel(In) the Gaps – Invisible Disabilities
Feel(In) the Gaps Exhibition September 8 – October 14, 2023–Opening: September 7, 2023, 19:00–21:00 Hybrid opening onsite and online. Closing date: October 14, 2023 Letícia Barreto, Cinzia Greco, Maica Gugolati, Jaime Lee Loy, Gabrielle Le Roux Feel(In) the Gaps starts from an ongoing discussion among the five of us: artists, activists, researchers, and curators who shared
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Open Call: How Are You Practicing What You Preach
Open Call Annual Program VBKÖ March 2024- March 2025 VBKÖ, Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Österreichs (Austrian Association of Wom*n Artists), invites you to send in a proposal for our yearly program running from March 2024 to March 2025. “How are you practicing what you preach—whatever you preach, and who is exactly listening?” — Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider:
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Slutting Around
Slutting Around A Programme of Events July 28 – July 29, 2023–Archive material on display: 28.–29. July, 12:00–18:00, VBKÖTalk and Discussion, Aperizoccolaat: 28. July, 18:00, BurggartenParticipative Flash-Mob, Sex Work is Work!: 28. July, 21:00, SchillerplatzDance Contest, Dance like there is no tomorrow: 29. July, 18:00–21:00, VBKÖ graphic by Elisa Calore Slutting Around is a programme of events on the
FEEL MY FACE, I
FEEL MY FACE, I Exhibition June 25 – July 07 2023Opening hours: Fri – Sat: 14:00–18:00–Opening: 24. June, 19:00Workshop: 26. June, 15:00, The International Film Festival Landscape – Empowering BIPOC Filmmakers by Gugi Gumilang (BIPOC only)Artist Talk: 2. July, 16:00, with Kenneth Constance Loe & Weixin Quek Chong (monzoon.xyz) and Yuwol June C. Aqid Aiman,
FINDING PLEASURE IN UNARTICULATED FORMS
FINDING PLEASURE IN UNARTICULATED FORMS Exhibition May 11 – June 16 2023Opening hours: Fri – Sat: 14:00–18:00–Opening: 11. May, 18:00, with nora aaron schererFinissage: 16. June, 18:00, with La Terre’ Nerea gonzález and Irene Landa, with the contribution from nora aaron scherer and La Terre’ As a liminal consistency viscosity surrounds, trespasses and permeates binary
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Non-binary logics: sharing practices that remind us of future(s)
Non-binary logics: sharing practices that remind us of future(s) Exhibition 9. February – 10. March 2023Opening hours: Sat – Sun: 13:00–16:00 —Opening: 8. February, 18:00Finissage: 10. March, 18:00 Pêdra Costa, Zosia Hołubowska, Anna T., Izabella Wilk Wolf, and Jul ZabowskxCurated by: Zosia Hołubowska and Anna T. Inspired by the ways in which the pandemic was discussed
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T-ERROR UN-CLASSIFIED 00-XX
T-ERROR UN-CLASSIFIED 00-XX Exhibition 6. October – 29. January 2023Opening hours: Thu – Sat: 14:00–18:00 —Opening: 5. January, 18:00Talk (Jelena Petrović: Politics of ERROR): 27. January, 18:00–19:30 Lana Čmajčanin, Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid, Flaka Haliti, Ana Hoffner *ex-Prvulovic, Margareta Kern, Katalin Ladik, Svetlana Maraš, Red Mined, Milica TomićCurated by: Jelena Petrović The T-Errors Un-Classified 00-xx
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Speed Dating – Meet Local Single Artists* Books
Speed Dating – Meet Local Single Artists* Books Salon for artist books 17. December 2022Opening hours: Sat: 15:00–19:00 —Performance – Mit dem Buch schlafen (Anne Glassner): 16:30–18:00Performance – Yeahyeahyeah: How to make a phony book (Barbara Stöhr): 15:30-16:30 & 17:30-18:30Speed Dating: 17:00–19:00 Vinko Nino Jaeger, Barbara Stöhr, Anne Glassner Kiss the book! And maybe you’ll
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Tocador
Tocador Exhibition 28. October – 15. December 2022Opening hours: Wed + Fri: 16:00–20:00 —Opening: 27. October, 19:00Performance: 27. October, 19:30Finissage: 15. December, 18:00 Guadalupe Aldrete, Sofía Cruz Rocha, Paula Flores, Andrea Vezga “When I was a little girl, I had an old tocador (dressing table) in my room that had a huge mirror…. Or at least
Who brings cake?
Who Brings Cake? Exhibition 6. – 22. October 2022Opening hours: Fr. & Sa.: 14:00–18:00 —with Discourse and Performance Program at mumokk The Austrian Association of Wom*n Artists (VBKÖ) is a 112-year-old association for wom*n artists, whose legacy and inheritance—simultaneously complicated, heart-breaking and inspirational. As a queer-feminist organization in 2022, the VBKÖ pushes the question of
Penny In The Fountain
Penny In The Fountain Exhibition 10. July – 10. August 2022Opening hours: Wed: 16:00–19:00 —Opening: 9. July, 19:00–22:00Finissage: 10. August, 19:00–21:00 Anu Vahtra, Veronika Eberhart, Martine Flor, Lieven Lahaye ‘Penny in the Fountain’ is an exhibition that uses processes as portals andgateways to lead the imagination from one state to another. Theseprocesses – of reimagining, reforming,
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Failing Matter(s)
Failing Matter(s) Artist Panel on the Agency of Failure 12. June 2022, 15:00–16.30 (Central European Summer Time; local time in Austria)Online: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89318055891?pwd=RndhQ2dPNDVLZ1VkeXlpcFVra1JNQT09 Ülgen Semerci, Deniz Sözen, Burcu Yağcıoğlu A virtual artist panel with Ülgen Semerci, Deniz Sözen, and Burcu Yağcıoğlu, followed by a live Q&A. By sharing our individual encounters of ‘failure’ in artistic experiments
Oh Hooman, where art thou?
Oh Hooman, where art thou? Exhibition 11. June – 1. July 2022Opening hours: Tue: 17:00–19:00, Sat: 11:00–13:00 (and by appointment: office@thedodoproject.at or +43 676 795 70 89), closed 18. June —Opening: 10. June, 17:00–21:00Curator’s Tour: 11. June, 11:30 Uhr and 21. June, 17:30 UhrSpecial Treatment and Book Presentation EDEN: 25. June, 14:00–19:00 (in the framework of
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How We Breathe
How We Breathe Exhibition 1. – 4. June 2022Opening hours: Wed– Sat: 15:00–19:00 —Opening: 31. May, 17:00–20:00Performance: 4. June, 17:00–20:00 Nisrine Boukhari & Hui Ye “The system’s ‘matter’ has changed ‘phase’, at least since Bergson. It’s more liquid than solid, more airlike than liquid, more informational than material. The global is fleeing towards the fragile, the
Open Call: Daring Bodies
Open Call: Daring Bodies Annual Program VBKÖ March 2023 – March 2024 VBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Österreichs (Austrian Association of Wom*n Artists) invites you to send in a proposal for our yearly program running from March 2023 to March 2024. Daring Bodies In his book Ideas to postpone the end of the world, Brazilian
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In the Meantime of a Wormhole
In the Meantime of a Wormhole Exhibition 21. April – 20. May 2022Opening hours: Fri – Sat: 15:00–20:00 (and on request)—Opening: 20. April, 18:00Reshuffling: 7. May, 15:00–20:00Guided Tours: 29. April & 13. May, 19:00Artist Talk: 14. May, 16:00Finissage: 20. May, 15:00–20:00 Maggessi/Morusiewicz feat. Seth Weiner/Sadie Siegel A “wormhole” can be many things. Many things can be
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The Female Landscape
The Female Landscape Exhibition 9 March – 6 April 2022Opening hours: Wed – Fri: 14:00–19:00, Sat: 12:00–18:00—Opening: 8 March, 17:00–21:00 Curator’s Tour: 10 / 17 / 25 / 31 March, 14:00–19:00 Workshop: 17 March, 18:00 (Registration: info@c-20.art)Guided Tour in collaboration with unsichtbar: 18 March, 19:00–22:00 (Meeting point: unsichtbar, Never at Home, Schellinggasse 13, 1010 Wien, Registration: info@c-20.art)Artist
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Underland
Underland Exhibition 21 February – 26 February 2022Opening hours: Mon – Sat: 3:00 – 7:00pm By appointment: please mail to underland.collective@gmail.com Rosie Benn, Helen Emily Davy, Elizabeth Ward In this time of increasing degradation of the environment and its lives, when common narratives lead to destruction and domination, it is easy to feel debilitated by a sense
Lost Element. Re-construction of the Witch
Lost Element. Re-construction of the Witch Exhibition 14 January – 13 February 2022Opening hours: Friday & Saturday: 14:00 – 18:00 and by appointmentsOpening: 13 January, 15:00 – 21:00Finissage: 13 February, 14:00 – 18:00 Artists: Anna Bochkova, Valerie Habsburg, Violetta Leitner, Anka LesniakCurated by: Anka Lesniak The exhibition is the next chapter of a collective artistic investigation on the life and
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Craving Supernatural Creatures
Craving Supernatural Creatures Exhibition 14 January – 13 February 2022Opening hours: Friday & Saturday: 14:00 – 18:00 and by appointmentsOpening: 13 January, 15:00 – 21:00Finissage: 13 February, 14:00 – 18:00 Artists:Nicholas Grafia, Hanna Krzysztofiak, Lisa Signorini, Siggi SekiraCurated by: Alexandra-Maria Toth [1]An ashen, gloomy sky – Barren rock and earthen walls extend in every direction
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The Portal
The Portal Exhibition 28 October – 26 November 2021Opening hours: Thu and Fri, 14:00–19:00; and by appointments—Opening: 27 October, 17:00–21:00Performance: Darja Shatalova, 27 October, 17:00–21:00Artist Talk: Christina Werner & Anna Scherbyna, 30 October, 18:00–20:00Screening + Artist Talk: »SuperNova«, Rah Eleh, 20 November, 18:00–21:00Workshop: »HOW MANY LAYERS? [A SHARING PRACTICE]«, Nina Sandino, 22 November, 18:00–21:00Pre-book launch: »Holzskulpturen selbst
Mud Mother#2: Decorative Desobedience
Mud Mother#2: Decorative Disobedience Exhibition 17 September – 15 October 2021Opening hours: Wed, Thu, Fri, 16:00–19:00—Soft opening: 16 September, 15:00–19:00Finnissage: 15 October, 19:00 Ines Hochgerner, Terese Kasalicky, Kristin Weissenberger Für den zweiten Teil des Ausstellungsformats „Mud Mother“ setzen sich Terese Kasalicky & Ines Hochgerner auf Einladung von und gemeinsam mit Kristin Weissenberger einem kollektiven Arbeitsprozess aus. Den
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REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE Exhibition 17 September – 15 October 2021Opening hours: Wed, Thu, Fri, 16:00–19:00—Soft opening: 16 September, 15:00–19:00Finnissage: 15 October, 19:00 Veronika Dirnhofer, Cristina Fiorenza, Anna Khodorkovskaya, Stefanie Koemeda, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva In der Ausstellung REAL ESTATE beziehen sich Stefanie Koemeda, Anna Khodorkovskaya, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva, Cristina Fiorenza und Veronika Dirnhofer auf historisch gewachsene und ökonomisch prägende
Bordered Lives
Bordered Lives Exhibition 03–11 September 2021Opening hours: by appointment (Please email to to khadija@kdja.org)—Soft opening: 03 September, 17:00-21:00Workshop: 05 September, 18:00-20:00Book Launch: 10 September, 18:00-20:00 Ludovica Fales, Emma Humphris, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll As borders extend by far beyond the border experience, the exhibition Bordered Lives by artists Khadija von Zinnenburg Carrol, Ludovica Fales and Emma Humphris
Behind the scene of VBKÖ
Behind the scene of VBKÖ Film screening+Archive 03+04 July 2021, 12:00–19:00Guided tour of the VBKÖ Archive by Hilde Fuchs : 03 July 2021, 11:00–(Registration recommended info@vbkoe.org) In the frame of the Independent Space Index 2021https://2021.independentspaceindex.at/info/ With short video works by Veronika Burger, Louise Deininger with Sabria Lagoun and Sarah Hauber, Fanni Futterknecht, Lisa Großkopf, INVASORIX,
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Transfigurations
Transfigurations Exhibition 30–31 March 2021, 15:00–19:00Opening: 30 March 2021, 15:00–19:00 Online exhibition 01–09 April 2021 Guadalupe AldreteAndrea Vezga In the exhibition Transfigurations the artists Guadalupe Aldrete and Andrea Vezga tell the story of many Latin American migrants in Vienna who, like themselves, go through an odyssey of failures and rises in order to
I KNOW I CARE ON SELF-CARE AND RESISTANCE
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FUNDRAISING AUCTION for the VBKÖ – Verein Bildender Künstlerinnen Österreich
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Star(s) Speak
Star(s) Speak Exhibition 07–31 October 2020Thu / Fri / Sat 14:00–19:00 or by appointment (starsspeak2020@gmail.com) Opening: 07 October 2020, 14:00–21:00Curatorial tour: each Saturday, 15:00 and upon request (starsspeak2020@gmail.com) Symposium: 31 October 2020, 10:00–17:00 Artists: Caspar Heinemann, Evan Ifekoya, Sophia Mairer, Himali Singh Soin and Linda Stupart Curators: Clemens Rettenbacher and Frederike Sperling The group exhibition Star(s) Speak
The Agency of Failure: Screening and Performance Series 2020
The Agency of Failure: Screening and Performance Series 2020 18–26 September 2020 Film screenings with VideokanavaSeptember 18, 19:00–21:00Subordinated Realities September 21, 19:00–21:00FEM4 Please RSVP for the upcoming performance program. Due to COVID-19 protocols, we have to limit the audience number unless noted otherwise. Email info@vbkoe.org to reserve a place and don’t forget a mask. Thank
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Open Call: THE PORTAL
Open Call: THE PORTAL Bi-Annual Program VBKÖ May 2021- May 2023 VBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs/Austrian Association of Women Artists invites you to send in a proposal for our two-year program running from May 2021 to May 2023. THE PORTAL Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world
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Broken Joint Venture Club – Kamaij Blumenkraft Productions
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Search for Feminism … the more you search, the less you find
Search for Feminism … the more you search, the less you find Exhibition Eröffnung: 10. 01. 2020 / 19:00Laufzeit: 11. 01. – 01. 02. 2020Öffnungszeiten: Freitags 14:00-18:00 & Samstags 11:00-16:00 und nach Verabredung (saloonwien@gmail.com) Programm :16. 01. / 18:00: Roundtable discussion (Re)Actions to the Great Chinese Firewall 24.01. / 18:00: Cyber Feminism: an evening of
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Translocal Archives
Translocal Archives Exhibition Opening: 28. Juni 2019, 19hExhibition duration: 29. Juni –14. Juli 2019Opening hours: Do–So 14-19Uhr With:Vida Bakondy / Amila Širbegović, Shabnam ChamaniIrene Lucas, Marie Willmann, Hyeji Nam, Tatia SkhirtladzeNatalie Deewan, Andi Dvorak, Philipp Harder, Tomash SchoiswohlSabine Frühstück, Rosa Wiesauer Nina Geschl / Fabio Otti Teresa Kurzbauer / Lena Baur / Rebecca GoldschmidtPia Nagl / Laura MolnarGeorg Reiter / Veronica
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A/RHYTHM HEARTBEAT DETECTOR
A/RHYTHM HEARTBEAT DETECTOR Exhibition Opening: 06. June 2019Exhibition duration: 07.-27. June 2019Opening hours: Friday and Saturday 15:00-19:00 With:Vinko Nino JaegerNataša MackuliakIvana MarjanovićEm Schwarzwald A/Rhythm Heartbeat Detector starts with our bodies and the histories written into them. By connecting with the ghosts from the past the aim is healing and change. Vinko Nino Jaeger and his
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