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CULTURES OF PLEASURE فرهنگ مسروریت و شادی در افغانستان

Max Klimburg, Nasgol Afshar, Zarghona Hossaini, Mozhgan Hossinzade, Razia Hossinzade, Masooma Hussaini, Zainab Qurbani, Shamla Safi, Sewida Eyssa Zada

curators: Christiane Kalantari, Elisabeth Kapeller
co-curators: Tamana Niazi, Alexandra Pruscha

19/08 – 03/09/2022


Opening with Performance: Thursday, 18/08/2022, 7 pm

Finissage: Saturday, 03/09/2022, 5 pm

Venue: philomena+ project room and front yard, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna
Opening hours: Wed – Fri 3-7 pm, Sat 3-6 pm

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Carrefour des Possibles V: Passage

Duo Exhibition, Residence

Farah Khelil & Vanja Krajnc


curated by Christine Bruckbauer and Sibylle Omlin

02/09 – 22/10/2022

Opening I @PARALLEL VIENNA: Tue, 06/09/2022, 5 pm

Semmelweisklinik, Hockegasse 37, 1160 Vienna,  Wed-Sun 1–7 pm

Opening II & Artist Talk @philomena+: Fri, 16/09/2022, 6 pm

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Sixth Tone

Group Exhibition

Fatih Aydoğdu, Thalia Hoffman, Karam Natour, Anahita Razmi

curated by Darya Aloufy and Davood Madadpoor
as part of a collaboration with Sumac Space

10/06 – 30/07/2022

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ABDESSAMAD EL MONTASSIR

Film Screening and Q&A

Screening of the short film Galb’Echaouf,  2021, 18’48”, Sahara Morocco

Mon, 28/03/2022, 7:30 pm

Q&A with the artist moderated by Katrin Pröll, Salam Orient

Venue: Brunnenpassage, 1160 Vienna

The project takes place in collaboration with SALAM ORIENT.

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philomena+

art & architecture platform

about us

philomena+ promotes the intersocietal and intercultural exchange between the WANA region (West Asia and North Africa) and Vienna, Austria. philomena+ organizes and curates exhibitions, public art projects, artist residencies, exchange programmes between art institutions in Austria  and abroad, panel discussions, round tables and publication projects on pressing global issues. Rather than focusing on a type of art which centres around objects, philomena+ promotes art which focuses on individuals and life.

our mission

philomena+ aims to connect artist and architects from the WANA region  (West Asia and North Africa) with the local art community in Vienna and vice versa.

Its main purpose is to provide a platform for artists, intellectuals, researchers and civil society for dialoguing, questioning, creating and building future collaborations.

In addition philomena+ seeks to work with artists and architects, who originate from the WANA region and have recently settled in Vienna or in Austria, offering a first point of contact and support to find their feet in the new environment.

our history

In 2016, motivated by an understanding that sees art as an outlet for different social groups and a way for promoting a global peaceful coexistence, art historians Christine Bruckbauer and Negar Hakim founded the philomena+ platform. “We see ourselves as cultural ambassadors who engage in an exchange of ideas, information, art and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding.”

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Seba Kayan

Longing for Community

24/01 – 22/03/2022

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Negar Hakim

Visual Codes

20/10 – 06/11/2021