photo © Janine Schranz
K u. K [Kapital u. Kosmos].
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Spoiler alert: this event will not be about the k. u. k. monarchy [short for kaiserlich-königlich], but rather about the collisions of capital and cosmos [Kapital u. Kosmos in German language]. On the occasion of her solo show “read-only memory [lashing polar light edition]” Rosanna Marie Pondorf will be discussing digital media, value cycles and solar storms with art researcher Mareike Schwarz. The discursive tour is dedicated to the fragility of our digital environment, which is discharged in the material contrasts of the newly created, sculptural works of art.
Self-created, invisible, all-encompassing constructions and hierarchies dominate the artistic practice of Rosanna Marie Pondorf, a conceptual artist based in Munich, Germany. In 2024, she graduated her diploma studies with Prof. Peter Kogler at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and was honoured with the DebütantInnen Preis. Since 2015, Pondorf has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Germany, Bulgaria, Austria and Estonia.
Free admission.
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photo © Janine Schranz
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K u. K [Kapital u. Kosmos]. Führung und Gespräch von Rosanna Marie Pondorf und Mareike Schwarz
20.11.2024 – 18 Uhr
Spoiler-Alarm: Bei dieser Veranstaltung geht es nicht um die k. u. k.-Monarchie [kurz für kaiserlich-königlich], sondern um die Kollision von Kapital und Kosmos. Anlässlich ihrer Einzelausstellung „read-only memory [lashing polar light edition]“ wird Rosanna Marie Pondorf mit der Kunstwissenschaftlerin Mareike Schwarz über digitale Medien, Wertkreisläufe und Sonnenstürme sprechen. Die diskursive Führung ist der Fragilität unserer digitalen Umwelt gewidmet, die sich in materiellen Kontrasten der neu geschaffenen, skulpturalen Kunstwerke entlädt.
Selbstgeschaffene, unsichtbare, allumfassende Konstruktionen und Hierarchien dominieren die künstlerische Praxis der in München lebenden Konzeptkünstlerin Rosanna Marie Pondorf. 2024 schloss sie ihr Diplomstudium bei Prof. Peter Kogler an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München ab und wurde mit dem DebütantInnen Preis ausgezeichnet. Seit 2015 hat Pondorf an zahlreichen Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen in Deutschland, Bulgarien, Österreich und Estland teilgenommen.
Der Eintritt ist frei.
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IFTAF: ON THE TRAIL OF THE 12
A transacoustic walk
Sunday, November 24, 2024, 2pm
Friedensbrücke U4 (meeting point under the Friedensbrücke
staircase at U4 station)
program
- IFTAF: ON THE TRAIL OF THE 12. A transacoustic walk
contributors
- Anna Clare Hauf: singing
- Christine Schörkhuber: sound
- Hanne Römer: text
- Lale Rodgarkia-Dara: sound
- iftaf – Institute for Transacoustic Research
- Nikolaus Gansterer: concept, realization
- Matthias Meinharter: concept, realization
- Ernst Reitermaier: concept, realization
- Jörg Piringer: concept, realization
As part of Vienna Modern 2024, the Institute for Transacoustic Research is dealing with the number 12 and thus indirectly paying homage to Arnold Schönberg. The participants of this walk are placed in a “dodecamania” and equipped with a research journal. In this they can enter their own research results on the number 12 during the course of the walk. At each location there is a stamp that represents one of the 12 tones. These stamps are to be arranged individually in the research journal. In this way, a personal 12-tone series is created, which is ultimately made audible. (Institute for Transacoustic Research)
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very soon still in 2024:
Join Our 1-Day Workshop: Translating Desire – Data, Sound, and the Art of Pleasure!
by Cassiopeia (Rudolf Arnold)
When: 30th of November
Duration: from 11h to 18h
Where: Mz* Baltazar’s Lab, Jägerstraße 52-54, 1200 Wien
Curated by: Anna Watzinger and Patrícia J. Reis (Mz* Baltazar’s Lab)
ABOUT
Explore new ways to understand and express sexual response in “Translating Desire,” a workshop that reimagines pleasure through the lenses of data and sound. We’ll delve into the psychophysiology of arousal and orgasm, learning to measure bodily responses like pulse and skin conductivity. Through hands-on training, participants will assemble bio-signal capturing devices and use simple coding to collect and analyze this data.
In the second part of the workshop, transform these signals into music, creating soundscapes that reflect the emotional rhythms of pleasure. Through sonification techniques, learn to convert data into melodies that evoke sensations of intimacy and excitement.
This workshop is designed for adults interested in combining art, science, and sensuality in a sex-positive, safer and respectful way.
Important additional information for joining workshop:
This workshop is exclusively for FLINTA* + Sensitive and Respectful Allies!
* FLINTA is a German abbreviation that stands for “Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinäre, trans und agender Personen”, meaning women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender people
Although no explicit content is used, “Translating Desire” is limited to adult and sex-positive participants!
Maximum participants: 10
Workshop language: English and German
Open to all skill levels – no technical expertise required. Feel free to bring a laptop if you have one.
Note: Mz* Baltazar’s Lab will provide snacks and beverages. If you prefer a more substantial or specific meal, please bring it along.
Before registering, please make sure you read and comply with our code of conduct:
https://www.mzbaltazarslaboratory.org/code-of-conduct/ For registering send an an e-mail to: orga@lists.mzbaltazarslaboratory.org
With the support of:
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) > V 1003 Richter PEEK project “Hacking the body as a black box”
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Fem_Lab residence with Marzia Matarese at Mz* Baltazar’s Lab in Vienna
Residence period: 2.12 – 8.12.2025
Opening hours to public: 3.12./ 4.12./ 5.12.2025 from 14h to 17h
Public Presentation Lecture/ Performance: 6.12.2025, 19h
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Dreaming about mushrooms dreaming about me sleeping between their gills is an embodied research project that evokes the desire to establish a shared perspective with mushrooms, from which to create language, memory, body, and meaning together. The project explores the intricate relationships that can be established with another companion species, appealing to the construction of an expanded kinship beyond the epistemic framework of human exceptionalism, situated within queer post-natural (and post-human) ecologies. As part of this process, speculative embodied technologies and strategies are being developed, intertwining exercises in fiction, biological experimentation, and artistic practice.
“Dreaming about mushrooms […]” is articulated through several tentacles that, like the hyphae of a mycelium, gather and connect different moments of research and creation. In Metabolic Affair. I eat you, you eat me (2022 – ongoing), the research focuses on exploring the possibilities of establishing a metabolic bond with mushrooms. Through experimentation with matter and tissues, it investigates metabolic processes as a means of connection between the organic and the affective, appealing to metabolism’s capacity to function as a system of memory and language. By using organic matter from one’s own body as food for the mushrooms, the project explores the circulation of something more than energy through the trophic processes of assimilation and transformation of matter. Throughout this process of bodily feedback, a proximity becomes evident that, through an exercise of material reciprocity, reveals new ways of building kinship.
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Metabolic affair : re-rooted bodies is a speculative bio-fiction exploring the two-year-long metabolic affair between the mycelium and the artist. Through the use of an SF-powered technological device, the performance explores the desire to share bodies and grounds in an affective entanglement, questioning how we create bonds beyond power exchange, feeding, domestication, and deterritorialisation.
ABOUT Fem_Lab
Fem_Lab exchange Catalonia-Austria is a collaboration between Mz* Baltazar’s Lab and Hangar Barcelona promoted by the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to Central Europe to support the artistic exchange between a Catalonia female* artist and Mz* Baltazar’s Lab collective.
The Fem_Lab residency is the result of an open call promoted by Hangar, opened to an artist or collective working in any creative discipline who are carrying out an art project which can relate to the term “hacking” and works on the intersection of Art, Science and Tech through a (trans)feminist lens. The residence has the form of one-week and ends with a public presentation Mz* Baltazar’s Lab.
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Workshop with Natalia Gurova curated by Lale Rodgarkia-Dara
06.12.
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PAST:
Workshop “Discover 3D scanning in a hands-on workshop” for FLINTA participants Joanna Zabielska
When: 17th November from 12h to 15h
Where: Jaegerstrasse 52-54, 1200 Wien
About:
In this beginner-to-intermediate workshop, participants will explore 3D scanning using mobile phones, learning to capture objects as well as bodies and transform them into digital models. Starting with basic scanning techniques, participants will be guided through capturing and refining detailed scans on their devices. The workshop will also cover exporting and optimizing these 3D models for applications such as virtual environments, animations, and digital sculptures. Participants will gain practical skills in 3D scanning, working with digital files, and using new tools to expand their creative practice.
The workshop is part of all*makers*, an FFG research project between the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Salzburg, Happylab Vienna, Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory and the Austrian Institute of Technology.
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Read-only Memory [lashing polar light edition] by Rosanna Marie Pondorf
curated by Patrícia J. Reis (Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory)
Opening: 1.11.2024, 19:00
Finissage: 22.11.2024, 19:00
Artist talk with Rosanna Marie Pondorf & Mareike Schwarz: 20.11.2024, 18:00
Opening hours:
2.11, 3.11, 16.11, 17.11, 20.11, 21.11, 22.11.2024 from 14:00 – 18:00
and by appointment to: patricia.reis@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org
about the exhibition
Mz* Baltazar is proud to present the first solo exhibition of Rosanna Marie Pondorf in Vienna, inviting you to a close glimpse into her artistic practice, known for its diverse use of media and materials. Handmade paper crafted from devalued euro banknotes, glitched screenshots engraved in marble, and deconstructed server racks—all these elements come together in an experimental installation. Pondorf combines technological fragments with tangible traces of our contemporary digital realm, resituating them in a new visual and conceptual context with a provocative and challenging approach.
“read-only memory [lashing polar light edition]” navigates between utopia and dystopia, reflecting on the fragility of our digital age. Solar storms, capable of disrupting the planet earth electromagnetic field and causing blackouts, represent an imminent threat to all. However, these same natural phenomena also give rise to the breathtaking beauty of the northern lights—a captivating spectacle that stands in stark contrast to the potential for destruction. Pondorf’s works explore this paradoxical space between danger and beauty, prompting reflections on the power and vulnerability of the digital realm.
The concept of “read-only memory” refers to a stationary state—much like ROM (read-only memory), in which data can only be accessed but not modified. As ROM, the exhibition remains in an immutable, Irreversible and changeable state. It stores the urgent questions of our time without providing concrete answers. Instead, Pondorf invites the audience to pause, to accept their condition of “read-only” and reflect on the state of our world, our technological advancements, and the future that lies ahead.
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“read-only memory [lashing polar light edition]” von Rosanna Marie Pondorf
Kuratiert von Patrícia J. Reis (Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory)
wann:
Eröffnung: 1.11.2024, 19:00
Finissage: 22.11.2024, 19:00
Artist talk mit Rosanna Marie Pondorf und Mareike Schwarz: 20.11.2024, 18:00
Öffnungszeiten: 2.11, 3.11, 16.11, 17.11, 20.11, 21.11, 22.11.2024 from 14:00 – 18:00
Weitere Öffnungszeiten auf Anfrage: patricia.reis@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org
über die Ausstellung:
Mz* Baltazar präsentiert die erste Einzelausstellung von Rosanna Marie Pondorf in Wien und lädt dazu ein, tief in ihre vielseitige künstlerische Praxis einzutauchen. Pondorf, bekannt für den experimentellen Umgang mit Medien und Materialien, vereint handgeschöpftes Papier aus entwerteten Euro-Banknoten, in Marmor eingravierte, verzerrte Screenshots und zerlegte Server-Racks zu einer experimentellen Installation. Durch die Kombination technologischer Fragmente mit physischen Spuren unserer digitalen Gegenwart kreiert sie einen neuen visuellen und konzeptionellen Kontext, der zugleich provokant und herausfordernd wirkt.
Unter dem Titel „read-only memory [lashing polar light edition]“ bewegt sich die Ausstellung zwischen Utopie und Dystopie und reflektiert die Fragilität unserer digitalen Epoche. Sonnenstürme, die das elektromagnetische Feld der Erde stören und Stromausfälle verursachen könnten, stellen eine ernsthafte Bedrohung dar – doch diese Naturphänomene bringen auch das faszinierende Nordlicht hervor, ein poetisches Schauspiel, das in starkem Kontrast zu ihrem zerstörerischen Potenzial steht. Pondorfs Werke erkunden diesen paradoxen Raum zwischen Gefahr und Schönheit und regen dazu an, über die Macht und Verletzlichkeit der digitalen Welt nachzudenken.
Der Titel „read-only memory“ (Festwertspeicher) verweist auf einen Zustand der Unveränderlichkeit, ähnlich wie ROM (read-only memory), bei dem Daten nur abgerufen, aber nicht verändert werden können. Die Ausstellung bleibt in diesem Sinne ein festgehaltener, unveränderbarer Moment und speichert die drängenden Fragen unserer Zeit, ohne konkrete Antworten zu liefern. Stattdessen lädt Pondorf das Publikum ein, in den Zustand des „Nur-Lesens“ einzutauchen, ihn zu akzeptieren und über den Zustand unserer Welt, unseren technologischen Fortschritt und die Zukunft nachzudenken.
Anna Watzinger
ENGLISH
Between Virtuality and Corporeality
Solo exhibition
curated by Patrícia J. Reis (Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory)
Opening: 11.10.2024, 18:00
Finissage: 25.10.2024, 18:00
Workshop “Mit dem Körper denken”: 25.10.2024: 16:00 -18:00
Opening hours: 18.10 – 20.10.2024; 15:00 – 19:00
Anna Watzinger’s upcoming exhibition at Mz* Baltazar’s Lab presents a selection of works from 2016 to the present, unified by the recurring theme of the mirror. In her serie of video essays she explores the mirror as far more than a simple reflective surface. For Watzinger, the mirror is a liminal space—one that is intangible, elusive, and inherently invisible, an interface between reality and virtuality. The mirrored image only exists through the gaze of an observer. As this embodied gaze moves and shifts, the mirror’s reflection—just like the reality it captures—transforms, presenting viewers with a virtual image in constant motion, as the artist calls it — a “livestream mirror scan”.
The concept of corporeality and sensoric perception is central to Watzinger’s work, as her body becomes a key element in this interplay. At times, her body is the mirror itself, the object of animation reflected on the surface, while at others, it assists the mirror, pushing her physical abilities to the very limit. In Watzinger’s works, the mirror is understood beyond metaphor—it becomes an obsessive theme that she explores to the very limits of the physical and the perceptible.
The immersive installation created specifically for Mz* Baltazar’s Lab, is inspired by the setting of the ancient myth of Narcissus —yet reimagined in his absence. Instead, a non-human agent and the visitors are left to engage with the reflective surfaces. Watzinger introduces “Narcissism 2.0,” where screens act as digital mirrors, subtly critiquing our dependence on digital technology. In particular she makes a reference to the proliferation of “selfies pictures” as a prominent form of identity construction in the digital age.
Yet, Watzinger’s use of digital tools is not an end in itself. These technologies merely capture the visible aspects of her artistic exploration, setting the stage for deeper reflections on identity, power, control, and privacy in a world dominated by digital interfaces. Drawing from that she raises the question: is it time to reconsider our relationship with technology and reclaim a more analog and sensorial way of living, one less dependent on the pervasive influence of the digital world?
Anna Watzinger
DEUTSCH
Zwischen Virtualität und Körperlichkeit
kuratiert von Patrícia J. Reis (Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory)
Vernissage: 11.10.2024, 18:00
Finissage: 25.10.2024, 18:00
Workshop “Mit dem Körper denken”: 25.10.2024: 16:00 -18:00
Öffnungszeiten: 18.10 – 20.10.2024; 15:00 – 19:00
Die kommende Ausstellung von Anna Watzinger im Mz* Baltazar’s Lab versammelte eine Auswahl von Arbeiten 2016-heute), die durch das wiederkehrende Thema des Spiegels miteinander vereint sind. In ihrer Serie von Video-Essays erforscht sie den Spiegel als weit mehr als eine einfache reflektierende Oberfläche. Für Watzinger ist der Spiegel ein Grenzraum (Zwischenraum), der nicht greifbar, schwer fassbar und inhärent unsichtbar ist, eine Schnittstelle zwischen Realität und Virtualität. Das gespiegelte Bild existiert nur durch den Blick des Betrachters. Wenn sich dieser verkörperte Blick bewegt und verschiebt, verwandelt sich das Spiegelbild – genau wie die Realität, die es einfängt – und präsentiert dem Betrachter ein virtuelles Bild in ständiger Bewegung, wie die Künstlerin es nennt – einen „Livestream-Spiegel Scan“.
Das Konzept der Körperlichkeit und Sinnesreize ist für Watzingers Arbeit von zentraler Bedeutung, da ihr Körper zu einem Schlüsselelement in diesem Wechselspiel wird. Mal ist ihr Körper der Spiegel selbst, das Objekt der Animation, das sich auf der Oberfläche spiegelt, mal assistiert er dem Spiegel, indem er ihre körperlichen Fähigkeiten bis an die Grenzen ausreizt. In Watzingers Arbeiten wird der Spiegel über die Metapher hinaus verstanden – er wird zu einer intensiven Projektionsfläche, welche sie bis an die Grenzen des Körperlichen und Wahrnehmbaren auslotet.
Die eigens für das Mz* Baltazar’s Lab geschaffene immersive Installation ist inspiriert vom Schauplatz des antiken Mythos von Narziss – jedoch in Abwesenheit von Narziss neu interpretiert. Stattdessen wird ein nicht-menschlicher Akteur und die BesucherInnen mit den reflektierenden Oberflächen konfrontiert. Watzinger verweist dabei auf den „Narzissmus 2.0“, bei denen Bildschirme als digitale Spiegel fungieren und übt damit auf subtile Weise Kritik an unserer Abhängigkeit von der digitalen Technologie. Insbesondere verweist sie auf die Verbreitung von „Selfie-Bildern“ als eine herausragende Form der Identitätskonstruktion im digitalen Zeitalter.
Watzingers Einsatz digitaler Werkzeuge ist jedoch kein Selbstzweck. Diese Technologien fangen lediglich die sichtbaren Aspekte ihrer künstlerischen Erkundung ein und bilden die Grundlage für tiefergehende Überlegungen zu Identität, Macht, Kontrolle und Privatsphäre in einer von digitalen Schnittstellen dominierten Welt. Daraus leitet sie die Frage ab: Ist es an der Zeit, unsere Beziehung zur Technologie zu überdenken und eine wieder mehr analogere und sinnlichere Lebensweise einzufordern, die weniger abhängig ist vom allgegenwärtigen Einfluss der digitalen Welt? (Übersetzt mit DeepL.com)
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Abiona Esther Ojo
teach your laughter to a flower/ Bring einer Blume dein Lachen bei
Curated by/kuratiert von Nicole Sabella (Mz* Baltazar’s Lab)
20.09. – 04.10.2024
Opening/Eröffnung: 20.09.2024 19h
Finissage: 04.10.2024 19h
Opening Hours/Öffnungszeiten:
21.09. 15 – 18:00
24.09. 15 – 18:00
27.09. 15 – 18:00
28.09. 15 – 18:00
01.10. 15 – 18:00
Venue/Ort: Mz* Baltazar’s Lab, Jägerstraße 52-54, 1200 Wien
About the exhibition:
teach your laughter to a flower
This body of work talks about the challenges and gifts of changes.
How does one let go? How does one receive? What does it mean to trust?
There are several practices and techniques that help to connect deeper with all these questions.
Methods that are tried and tested and never fail to be revelatory if one stays ready to be surprised.
Über die Ausstellung:
Bring einer Blume dein Lachen bei
In diesem Werk geht es um die Herausforderungen und Geschenke von Veränderungen.
Wie kann man loslassen? Wie kann man empfangen? Was bedeutet es, zu vertrauen?
Es gibt verschiedene Praktiken und Techniken, die helfen, sich mit all diesen Fragen tiefer zu verbinden. Methoden, die sich bewährt haben und immer wieder neue Erkenntnisse bringen, wenn man offen bleibt und bereit ist sich überraschen zu lassen.
Short Bio:
Abiona Esther Ojo is a textile artist and sculptor.
While her practice manifests through and in various mediums such as textile art and sculpture, Esther’s inspiration is often autobiographical. By looking at her own embodied history, she connects her personal experiences to broader, socially relevant issues.
Kurzbio
Abiona Esther Ojo ist Textilkünstlerin und Bildhauerin.
Während sich ihre Praxis durch und in verschiedenen Medien wie Textilkunst und Bildhauerei manifestiert, ist Esthers Inspiration oft autobiografisch. Indem sie ihre eigene verkörperte Geschichte betrachtet, verbindet sie ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen mit breiteren, gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen.
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Un/Typisch
Curated by Olivia Jaques (Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory)
Vernissage: 6.9.2024, 19:00
All*Makers*Brunch: Saturday, 7.9.2024, 11:00–12:30 (For registration please refer to Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory at olivia.jaques@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org )
Duration: 7.–13.9.2024
Opening Hours:
7.9.2024, 10:00–18:00
8.9.2024, 10:00–18:00
9.9.2024, 16:00–20:00
12.9.2024, 16:00–20:00
In the framework of Kulturfests Riviera Brigittenau. and the all*makers* research project
Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory, Jägerstraße 52-54, Vienna, Austria
About:
Un/Typical
In the exhibition ‘Un/Typical’, Cindy Fodor explores the question of how aesthetics can be rethought in a new and sustainable way at the level of material production. When creating bioplastics, Cindy Fodor focuses on experimentation, the result of which forms a contrast to conventional standardised, smooth and homogeneous materials. With her irregular bioplastic fabrics, the artist wants to challenge conventions and explore new aesthetic possibilities.
In a practical workshop, the All*Makers*Brunch, on Saturday, 7 September 2024, 11-12:30, the artist will share her knowledge. Together we will each create a sample of bioplastic. The workshop is aimed at a maximum of 6 participants. Please register by 6 September via email to olivia.jaques@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org.
The workshop will take place as part of the Kulturfest Riviera Brigittenau, a cultural festival on and around Wallensteinplatz on 7 September 2024. The workshop and exhibition are part of all*makers* https://all-makers.at/, an FFG research project between the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Salzburg https://hci.plus/, Happylab Vienna https://happylab.at/de_vie/, Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory and the Austrian Institute of Technology https://www.ait.ac.at/.
Cindy Fodor is a fashion designer and artist who works at the interface of fashion design, science and technology. Instead of an internship in a tailor’s shop or a designer’s studio, she completed an internship in a makerspace (Happylab Vienna https://happylab.at/de_vie/), where she learnt 3D modelling, 3D printing and laser cutting methods. She is currently working on combining sustainable materials with 3D printing technology. When working with biomaterials, she takes a step back and starts the design process with the materials. She develops her fabrics in her home lab.
Foto Credits: Cindy Fodor
PARTNER CREDITS AND SUPPORT
Kulturfests Riviera Brigittenau
Happylab Wien
FFG
Stadt Wien
Bundesministerium Kunst, Kultur und öffentlicher Dienst und Sport
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Soldering workshop ERICA SYNTH DIY kits
6th of July, 12:30-16h
Jacky Noise and Girts Visionar of Erica Synths will guide the session, helping you take your first steps in 1. soldering and 2. building your DIY modular synth, using one of the pre-ordered Erica Synths mki x es.EDU . Before the workshop, we will provide an introduction to modular synths and their performance cases. You are more than welcome to stop by for a social chat, check out the gear, or solder a DIY kit. Feel free to bring your own DIY project too!
The workshop open to all genders but take into account Mz*Baltazar’s Lab code of conduct: https://www.mzbaltazarslaboratory.org/code-of-conduct/
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“Undoing & Doing Manuals”
Gruppenausstellung der Studierenden der LV “Technologien/Praxen|Digitale Kommunikations- und Medienwelten”
mit: Melina Braß, Erika Farina, Sebastian Fiedler, Celina Hacker, Miriam King, Alexandra Leitner, Michelle Viktoria Pavonić, Manuel Elio Salomon, Nina Wandruszka
Vernissage: Montag 24.06.2024, 19h
Die Studierenden präsentieren ihre Arbeiten im Mz* Baltazar’s Lab: 26.06.2024, 14h
Ausstellungszeit: 25 – 29 Juni 2024
Öffnungszeiten: Mittwoch 26. Juni, 13-16h & Donnerstag 27. Juni, 13-16h (Weitere Öffnungszeiten auf Anfrage: orga@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org)
Ort: Mz* Baltazar’s Lab, Jägerstraße 52-54, 1200 Wien
Das Kollektiv von Mz* Baltazar’s Lab realisiert im Rahmen der gemeinsam gestalteten Lehrveranstaltung “Technologien/Praxen | Digitale Kommunikations- und Medienwelten” des Studienganges KKP an der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien eine Gruppenausstellung, welche die künstlerischen Ergebnisse der Studierenden zum Lehrveranstaltungsthema “Undoing & Doing Manuals” in den Räumlichkeiten des Mz* Baltazar’s Lab zeigen.
Wie können wir Technologien entwerfen und nutzen, die mit den Normen einer konsumorientierten, frauenfeindlichen, rassistischen, leistungsfähigen, geschlechtsbinären und heteropatriarchalen Gesellschaft brechen? Durch gemeinsames Bauen, Demontieren, Hinterfragen, gegenseitigem Zuhören, Überdenken und Experimentieren wird ein vielschichtiger Zugang zum Thema “Undoing & Doing Manuals” präsentiert.
credits: Anna Watzinger
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Solo exhibition Chamber II. reflecting river by Guadalupe Aldrete curated by Lale Rodgarkia-Dara
Vernissage 07.06. / 19h
Performance
18.06. / 16h bis 19.06. / 16h (24 Stunden)
Exhibition’s duration
07.06. – 21.06.2024
Finissage
21.06. / 19h
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Exhibition An Artificial Plant in Real Soil
Artists: CickinDunt (Anna Cherepanova|Vitalii Cherepanov)
Curator: Olivia Jaques / Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory
Exhibition & Workshop (31.5.–2.6.)
in the framework of Independent Space Index Festival 2024
Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory, Jägerstraße 52-54, 1200 Wien
Program:
Workshop: Saturday 4:30pm
cctv lecture: Sunday 5:00pm
Opening hours exhibition:
Friday, 31 May, 2-6 pm (Opening / the artists will be present)
Saturday, 1 June, 2-6pm
Sunday, 2 June, 2-6pm (Finissage)
After stripping the vomit of Baudrillard, Brener and Nietzsche from their clothes, the Cherepanovs continue their trans-disciplinary, trans-local, trans-agent expedition that began in a small town in the Urals. In their infantile way, they have deconstructed and appropriated the repressive instrument of the state: urban CCTV cameras. “If the state wants to control us, then being afraid and hiding from such cameras means playing to the score set by this government. But exposing yourself to the camera and performing actions means overcoming fear and forcing the overseer to act according to your own score and to observe your own performance” muses CickinDunt.
With the kind support:
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Performances and Exhibition Caring About (Data). How to deal with sensitive data and documentation within socially engaged performance art
Artists: Marin Leo Shamov, Ailsa Li & Phoebe Wong, Joanna Zabielska
Curator: Performatorium (Olivia Jaques/Marlies Surtmann)
Performances:
Fr 24.05.2024
Sa 25.05.2024
Opening: 24.05.2024
Exhibition: 24.05. – 29.05.2024
