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SENSE OF TOUCH

Younes Ben Slimane, Ava Binta Giallo, and Verena Schneider 

11/09 – 28/09/2024

Parallel Vienna 

Opening: Wednesday, 11/09/2024, 5-10pm

Exhibition duration: 12/09 – 15/09/2024

Thu-Fri 1-8pm, Sat-Sun 11am-8pm

Location: Otto Wagner Areal – Pavillion 16, Floor 3, Room 319, Baumgartner Höhe 1, 1140 Vienna

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Traumspeisekammer

exhibition

Dreams created. Memories preserved. In their collaborative exhibition project Gagik Arshák and Anne Glassner delve into a world of childhood memories between Waldviertel and Armenia. In multi-sensory setting of a pantry the audience is invited to explore different memories, dreams and their preservation in jars, drawers, and shelves.

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Younes Ben Slimane

artist-in-residence

Younes Ben Slimane is a Tunisian artist and filmmaker. During his residency, he works together with Ava Binta Giallo and Verena Schneider on the exhibition project Sense of Touch, that will be presented at Parallel Vienna and the philomena+ space.

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A FABLE FOR TOMORROW

exhibition

Based on the architecture of decommissioned nuclear power plants, Imran Channa and Kateryna Lysovenko research the post-anthropogenic landscape and present a collaborative duo exhibition within this year’s festival edition of Vienna Art Week.

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philomena+

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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