VBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs
© 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, […]
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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
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Workshop: Collective Percussion with La Perla Wednesday, 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
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“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
“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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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
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Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices | Artist Talk Date: April 9th, 2026, 18:00-19:00Doors Open: 17:30 As part of the exhibition Polyphonic Archives, Entangled Voices and the VBKÖ Archive Residency Program, VBKÖ hosts an artist talk with Daniel Hill, Eszter Katalin, Vinko Nino Jaeger and Christina Werner, moderated by Natascha Bobrowsky. Based on their shared research within
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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
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FOREST STRUGGLES: composition for sound art and sign poetry Date/Time: Thu, 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
VBKÖ: When Archives Speak The VBKÖ archive documents over a century of artistic practice and ever-changing queer feminist organizing by women* artists since VBKÖ’s foundation in 1910 – as well as the association’s complicated and contradictory history. Zoe Gudović has developed VBKÖ: When Archives Speak—a project centered on listening to those who work with archives
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“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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Reading by Nina Schedlmayer and discussion with Georgia Holz (Sen. Sc. University of Applied Arts and member of the VBKÖ archive team) Date: Friday, December 5th, 2025, 18:00Location: VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 WienOrganizer: Association of Women Artists in Austria in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the conference “honoris causa 2025.”The
Photo by Jade Ellis Artist Talk: Suzon Fuks – e-Galaxy Wednesday, November 12th, 6–8 pmModerated by Zoe Gudović Artists Suzon Fuks and Zoe Gudović first met through The Magdalena Project, where they collaborated on the Online Magdalena Festival — a platform dedicated to feminist performance and creative exchange. Their conversation will also touch upon this
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Screening: “The Dupes” (1972), Tewfik Saleh, 107 min. Palestine Cinema Days Around the World 🫒 Sunday, November 2nd, 7pmVBKÖ-Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen ÖsterreichsMaysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Vienna, Austria With a film by Tewfik Saleh. On November 2nd, a day that marks the beginning of dispossession and colonization for Palestinians through the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and
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Friday, October 17, 18:30–20:00Location: VBKÖ Archive (Maysedergasse 2/28, 4th floor) Join us next week for a public talk with Adrianna Wiktoria Kowalik, head curator and coordinator of the Secondary Archive at the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation. The event will present a selection of Central and Eastern European women artists whose work directly engages with the theme
“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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The Gift Poems of Leona Florentino: Decolonial Feminism of the 19th Century, Precarious Archives in the Northern Philippines, and the Craft of Folk Print Production Lecture by Jose Mari CuarteroModeration by Renan Laru-an Date: Tuesday July 15, 2025Time: At 6pm I premise my lecture by raising the following three questions: who are the women of
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––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.
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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 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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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?” 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?” 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 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 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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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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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?” 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?” 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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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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