This Friday!

philomena+@
Lange Nacht der Praterstrasse

CAR(RY)ING MEMORIES

Nour Sokhon & Joanna Zabielska

curated by Aline Lenzhofer

Fr, 16.05.2025, 3pm – 10pm

exhibition and participatory, walk-in Installation 

philomena+, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna 

philomena+ participates at the Lange Nacht der Praterstraße Festival with the exhibition Car(ry)ing Memories by Nour Sokhon and Joanna Zabielska.

 

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ongoing

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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upcoming

Do You Hear the Silence ?

participatory, walk-in Installation

Nour Sokhon & Joanna Zabielska

curated by Aline Lenzhofer

Fr, 30.05. – So, 01.06.2025, 2 pm – 6 pm
as part of the Independent Space Index Festival

Trottoir, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna 

This project is the outcome of the artistic collaboration of Nour Sokhon and Joanna Zabielska, which started in April with the exhibition Car(ry)ing Memories at philomena+. 

 
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upcoming

philomena+@
Independent Space Index Festival

Friday, 30.05. 2025, 2 pm – 6 pm

Saturday, 31.05.2025, 2 pm –6 pm
Sunday, 01.06.2025, 2 pm – 6 pm

Joanna Zabielska and Nour Sokhon present their public art inflatable and walk-in sound installation Do You hear the Silence?

part of INDEX district tour 02:
guided by Christine Bruckbauer

Sunday, 01.06.2025, 2 pm – 6 pm

starting point Große Sperlgasse 25, 2 pm

 

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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.”

programme

exhibitions

artist residencies

events

public art

publications

video clips

video artist interviews

Shatter&Shape: Mai Al Shazly & Sula Zimmerberger & Ernst Miesgang 

12/07 – 09/09/2023

image video

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