art+film+vienna: Architekturen

Architecture directly shapes how we live together — physically and socially. This makes the study of vanished and fictional architectures all the more revealing.
The Hall explores the societal echoes of a People’s Commune Assembly Hall, a symbol of radical collectivization in China between the 1950s and 1980s. Inspired by Jakob Johann von Uexküll, founder of biosemiotics, and the fantastic works of Ursula K. Le Guin, Umwelt/4470 immerses viewers in a hybrid film world of architecture, biology, and interspecies symbiosis. In stark contrast, A Weak & Panicked Animal examines the clash between the overwhelming power of nature and the human-built environment.
We dreamed in places that no longer exist and If the circumstances allow it both ask how spatial context influences creative practice.

The works presented in this program emerged from the module Of Other Practices at the Institute for Visual Culture, Vienna University of Technology, reimagining failed architectures and opening up critical questions for the discipline.

Films:
•The Hall by Jingru Cheng | CN
•Umwelt/4470 – Part I by Charlie Tweed | UK
•A Weak & Panicked Animal by Jake Starr | AU
•We dreamed in places that no longer exist by Giorgos Efthimiou | GR
•If the circumstances allow it by Karl Wratschko | AT
•Spatial Speculations About Failed Architectures
In cooperation with the Institute for Visual Culture, Vienna University of Technology
by Jonas Leimer, Simge Pehlivan, Elias Roher | Philipp Jainz, Maximilian Liko | Atilla Boyan, Paul Sebasta, Abigail Troya | Andreea Avram, Johanna Maggauer | AT

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With the kind support of the City of Vienna | Culture, the District of Penzing, and Kulturformat.