Exhibitions

Judith P. Fischer is a lecturer at the Institute of Art and Technology, Department of Life Drawing

Do we need a title to grasp the content/message of a work? To what extent does the title help us "get into" the work? Especially in reduction, abstraction, and minimal art, a compelling title is often needed to understand the work.

The exhibition TRANSMODULAR brings together in various modules selected works by students, graduates and alumni of the class for Transmedia Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, which is currently led by Jakob Lena Knebl, as well as results from the cooperation with the Fashion class under Craig Green.

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS at AIL

We are all living systems: sensitive beings embedded in and connected to other living Systems. The art-based research project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS (SLS) explores how sensory experiences – especially through smell, touch and sound – can foster a deeper awareness of our interconnected world and provide an understanding of ­living, complex ­systems – whether in nature, society or art.

In the exhibition Living Room (Closing), Liddy Scheffknecht (Cultural Studies | Art and Communication Practices) explores the transformation of the living room. The fragile installation, made of cardboard and paper tape, is formally reminiscent of a classic living room: a sofa, table, chest of drawers, and a television are clearly recognizable. But the ensemble is not stable—it can be opened and closed like an oversized pop-up book.

On 31 May 2025, the third exhibition as part of the Broken Collection research project will open at Loosdorf Castle in Lower Austria.
Lectures by Prof Marija Wakounig, University of Vienna, and Konstanze Pfeffer, graduate of the Institute of Conservation, will accompany the opening.

With contributions by Paul Petritsch (Ortsbezogene Kunst)

Hinschaun! ist die Aufforderung, einen unverstellten Blick auf die NS-Herrschaft in Kärnten zu werfen und sich – 80 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges – mit verdrängten Aspekten der eigenen Geschichte zu befassen. Von Kärnten aus geht es zu Schauplätzen von Krieg, Repression und Massenmord in Norwegen, Polen, Slowenien, Kroatien und Italien, werden Widerstände und vergessene Tatorte sichtbar gemacht, Nachkriegsbiografien neu kontextualisiert und die Rolle des Museums beleuchtet. Wir fragen: Was ist geschehen? Wie wurde erinnert? Und was bedeutet das für unsere Gegenwart?

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab

Manuel Cyrill Bachinger, Bartosz Dolhun, Annika Eschmann, Karina Fernandez, Miloš Vučićević

Drawing on the history of the ‘Postsparkasse’ as a former bank, AIL invited five artists to engage with a concept known for its economic context.

The subject of friendship is thoroughly existential and timeless, cutting to the bone of human existence. A theme that spans all historical periods and across all regions of the world. At the same time, the subject seems particularly relevant right now: In light of the threatening state of the world, the countless crises, conflicts, and increasing social divisions, Dom Museum Wien’s decision to dedicate this exhibition to a conciliatory interpersonal subject is all the more important.