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CAR(RY)ING MEMORIES

Nour Sokhon & Joanna Zabielska

curated by Aline Lenzhofer

Exhibition duration: 02/04 – 10/05/2025

Opening hours: Wed- Fri 11am – 3pm, Sat 3-6pm


What memories do we carry with us? What do we take with us when we move on? And what do we bring with us when we stay?

Nour Sokhon and Joanna Zabielska address these questions in their project Car(ry)ing Memories and shed light on personal stories of migration and community life. 


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Nour Sokhon

artist-in-residence
April-June 2025

In cooperation with kulturen in bewegung, philomena+ invites 2025 the visual artist and musician Nour Sokhon to Vienna. Her creative practice is fueled by artistic research including interview material, and field recordings and translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations and moving image work. In Vienna she will present the joint project Car(ry)ing Memories with Joanna Zabielska.

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Ava Binta Giallo
Verena Schneider

residency abroad with La Boîte
04/04/ – 06/05/2025
as part of Gabès Cinéma Fen, Tunisia


During their residency in Gabès Ava Binta Giallo and Verena Schneider continue to work on the in Vienna started project Carrefour des Possibles VII Sense of Touch and will present and perform at Musée Sidi Bulbaba in Gabès. 

upcoming

philomena+@Lange Nacht der Praterstrasse

public art installation 
Friday, 16/05/2025

Joanna Zabielska and Nour Sokhon continue their collaboration that started with the exhibition Car(ry)ing Memories  and develop a new public art project, which will be presented at the Lange Nacht der Praterstrasse for the first time.  

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art & architecture platform

about us

philomena+ promotes the intersocietal and intercultural exchange between WANA (West Asia and North Africa) and Vienna, Austria. philomena+ curates exhibitions, public art projects, artist residencies, exchange programmes between art institutions in Austria and WANA, 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 artists and architects from WANA with the local art community in Vienna, Austria.
It is a platform for artists, 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 WANA and have recently settled 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 as a starting point for dialoging, 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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Shatter&Shape: Mai Al Shazly & Sula Zimmerberger & Ernst Miesgang 

12/07 – 09/09/2023

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