Geografien des Textilen & Heterotopien des Künstlerischen – Lehren als künstlerische Praxis

Geografien des Textilen – Lehren als künstlerische Praxis presents and documents 26 years of artistic teaching and research at the Textiles Department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It provides insight into the diversity of cultural techniques and fields of textile production, into the spaces of reflection in the context of teaching art and into the diversity of practices that artists contribute as teachers.

The contributions show how artistic working methods in an educational context inspire and rethink didactic practices. The focus is on the following questions: How can teaching "from art" be understood, and what potential does teaching “from art” open up for educational processes? These potentials can be seen from best-practice examples.


Heterotopien des Künstlerischen – Lehren als künstlerische Praxis presents and documents 16 years of artistic teaching and research at the Department of Art and Communicative Practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It illustrates the specific approach to artistic teaching in different media fields, building on the artistic practice of individual teachers.

Drawing on best-practice examples and a variety of innovative projects, it becomes clear which spaces for action and reflection each individual artistic approach opens up in interaction. These essays explore the specific potential that teaching "from art" opens up for educational processes, self-awareness, world experience, critical reflection and ability to act, and the production of knowledge.


Barbara Putz-Plecko, Department of Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design and Department of Art and Communication Practices, University of Applied Arts Vienna