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Art in Times of Neofascism: A Conversation with Nadia Granados Artist TalkTuesday, November 10th, 2026, 18:00VBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs What can art do when far-right ideas become part of everyday life? How can it help us confront histories of violence and impunity and challenge the ways gender is used to uphold heteropatriarchal power? […]

© SHENG HO 勝 Anastasiia Vorobiova – Between Body and Avatar Artist TalkSaturday, October 17th, 6–8 pmModerated by Zoe GudovićVBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Österreichs Where does the body end and the avatar begin? What happens when our physical and digital bodies meet? Ukrainian-born, Vancouver-based artist Anastasiia Vorobiova joins VBKÖ for a conversation about bodies,

The Whole World is our Home & The Spectre in the House / Elke Auer & Tea Hvala Book presentationThursday, July 30th, 202619:00VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Vienna Asma Mendoza, a 48-year-old agency worker who cleaned the giant surfaces of the Reina Sofia Museum, wrote to her daughter in the Philippines: “I have never seen anything

Collective Percussion with La Perla WorkshopWednesday, June 24, 18:00–20:00In Spanish & English The workshop focuses on instrumental performance, singing, and dance traditions from the rural music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Within the rich tradition of bailes cantados (sung dances), we explore rhythms such as bullerengue, chalupa, and fandango. Through the gaita ensemble tradition, participants engage

“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

Lecture with Q&A: The Process-Led Curator – Failure as Pedagogy Lecture with Q&ATuesday, June 9, 2026, 18:00By Kamogelo WalazaModerated by Keketso Kgomosotho This lecture articulates Walaza’s emergence of the process-led curator as a distinct curatorial identity forged in failure, pedagogy and ethnographic witness. Drawing on black feminist thought and my own trajectory across multiple qualifications

“Δiotima; or, Δeir*land: A fragmented stori of arkivs, kolektivism, imaginaʃon, & multituds” Book launch and reading by Anna T.Thursday, May 14, 202618:00-21:00 (reading and discussion with Mediterranean snacks)VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Vienna About the bookThis book is an interactive experimental project about creative writing and language, collectivity and multitudes. It is a collection of fictional

Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices | Workshop #1 by Pêdra Costa Creative Infidelity: a research following Nísia Floresta’s strategies of cultural translation Date: April 11th, 2026Time: 15:00-18:00 Guest: Verena Melgarejo-Weinandt Creative Infidelity: a research following Nísia Floresta’s strategies of cultural translation is a project that approaches the archive as a living organism. Inspired by the Brazilian

Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices | Artist Talk Datum: 9. April, 2026, 18:00-19:00Einlass ab 17:30 Im Rahmen der Ausstellung Polyphonic Archives, Entangled Voices und des VBKÖ Archive Residency Programms lädt die VBKÖ zu einem Artist Talk mit Daniel Hill, Eszter Katalin, Vinko Nino Jaeger und Christina Werner ein, moderiert von Natascha Bobrowsky. Ausgehend von ihrer gemeinsamen

Flyer by @isaprae Meshwar to Palestine: Workshop & Listening Session Date/Time: Thursday, March 12, 18:00–20:00Location: VBKÖParticipation is free – Please register at info@vbkoe.org Meshwar Mixtapes is an international project for collective listening that brings cultures of the Global South into lived experience through music and storytelling, making space for voices that are often marginalised. This

FOREST STRUGGLES: composition for sound art and sign poetry Date/Time: March 5th, 2026, 18:00Location: VBKÖ Forest Struggles by Tahereh Nourani is a composition for sign poetry and sound art created in collaboration with Anja Burghardt. Drawing on texts by Fowota Mortoo and Sophie Chao published in the 47th issue of The Funambulist, the piece centers

“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

––THE WORKSHOP UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE CANCELLED!–– 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.

“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

“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

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 aim is

gyenjaimma khaon: লজ্জা edition 26. april samstag 18-21 uhr ‘gyenjaimma khaon’ ist eine reihe von begegnungen für Schwarze Menschen, Indigene Menschen und Menschen der globalen Mehrheit, bei denen wir uns treffen, um gemeinsam zu essen. durch zwei jahreszeiten hindurch werden wir gemeinsam essen und emotionen erforschen. für die frühlingsausgabe werden wir fisch zubereiten & unsere

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

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

“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

“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

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

Wednesday, November 1st, 15:00 – 17:00with Roberta Leono & Diana Sanmiguel (La Perla, La Sonora Mazurén) WorkshopBULLERENGUE, SUNG DANCEThis workshop is oriented to FLINTA people interested in participating in a community practice ofpercussion, singing and dancing. Previous experience is NOT necessary. Bullerengue is a traditional rhythm, born and practiced in the Colombian Caribbean Coast. Itsorigin