Opening: 7 November 2024, 6 pm

Speaking choir under the direction of Bruno Pisek
Welcoming remarks: Curatorial team Marie-Christine Hartig, Hansel Sato, Ula
Veronica Kaup-Hasler | City Councillor for Culture | Head of the 16th District
16th district Stefanie Lamp and Chairwoman of the Cultural Committee in the 16th district

Theresa Auer | Followed by a sound performance by Tahereh Nourani

Under the title ‘A collective journey to climate justice: learning together, acting together’, the invited artists present multiple perspectives on relationships and connections of life on earth in five artistic positions using multimedia, contemporary artistic practices at a time when ecological crises and their consequences are an increasingly pressing issue.

In the project ‘Collective Joy in Resistance’ by Susana Ojeda and Kollektiv, art meets activism: forms of resistance culture designed by artists are presented, e.g. items of clothing, icons, slogans, dance choreographies and musical instruments made from recycled materials specially created for use at demonstrations. Results of the ‘Earth Artivist Labs’ workshops organised by cooperation partner Brunnenpassage on

climate justice, decoloniality and environmental racism will also be presented.

In his film & sound installation ‘SIONA, Journey into the Present’, David Osthoff counterpoints the traditional cyclical understanding of time of the Siona, an indigenous culture in Ecuador, with the linear progress thinking of the Western economic world.

In their project ‘Beaver Land’, Franziska Thurner and Fabian Holzinger explore the interaction between nature and culture using the example of beavers, which are now once again colonising numerous bodies of water in Vienna and the surrounding area. In this way, they contribute to climate, (flood) water and species protection. In the exhibition, utopias of coexistence with beavers are developed with regard to climate protection and biodiversity. Visitors can familiarise themselves with the way of life of beavers by exploring a replica beaver lodge and on guided beaver walks in the Vienna Woods.

The COMMON GROUND Group’s ‘COMMON GROUND’ community-building project is all about creating a sense of appreciation through collaborative work on a carpet made from braided textile plaits. The time spent together opens up space for exchange and dialogue – several ‘braiding sessions’ are planned during the exhibition to expand the ‘COMMON GROUND’.

‘Sensible Systeme’ by Ursula Gaisbauer and her students uses five fired clay panels to thematise the emergence and death of species over millions of years. They depict these sensitive systems.