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BANAL COMPLEXITIES

تعقيدات  عادية⁩
collaborative interventions around Praterstern

by Margareta Klose & Nourhan Maayouf, Lisa Großkopf & Soukaina Joual, Oscar Cueto & Bassem Yousri, Malek Gnaoui &  Markus Hiesleitner
11/03 – 09/10/2021
Upcoming event: 06/10/2021, 6pm
Artist talk with Malek Gnaoui & Markus Hiesleitner
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Banal Complexities
تعقيدات  عادية⁩

LET'S TALK FOOD!

Margareta Klose & Nourhan Maayouf
March – July 2021

Photo Installation, mobile Donut Sculptures, Workshops, Performances

 

Venues: Volkertplatz and philomena+ garden

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Banal Complexities
تعقيدات  عادية⁩

INTIMATE BODY MACHINE

Lisa Großkopf & Soukaina Joual
June – September 2021

Interactive Installation and Performative Walks

 

Venues: public scales at Praterstern, Taborstraße, Augarten, Karmeliterplatz

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Banal Complexities
تعقيدات  عادية⁩

BIG LITTLE STORIES

Oscar Cueto & Bassem Yousri
June – July 2021

Painting Action and Film Project


Venues: Heinestraße, Rabbiner-Friedmann Platz, Prater, Café Else, 1020 Vienna

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تعقيدات  عادية⁩

WUNDERKORB 1694

Malek Gnaoui & Markus Hiesleitner
September – October 2021

Sound Sculpture on Wheels


Venue: at various bike-parks between Praterstern and Volkertplatz in Vienna’s 2nd district


Artist Talk: Oct. 6th, 6 pm

at philomena+ front garden, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Wien 

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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.”

programme

public art

exhibitions

artist residencies

events

publications

dialogues

artistic collaboration

Margareta Klose & Nourhan Maayouf

Let’s talk Food!
15/03 – 30/06/2021

artistic collaboration

Lisa Großkopf & Soukaina Joual

Intimate Body Machine

12/06 – 30/09/2021