upcoming

DO YOU HEAR THE SILENCE?

Nour Sokhon & Joanna Zabielska

curated by Aline Lenzhofer

Participatory, inflatable installation & listening rituals

Fri, 30.05.2025, 2 – 6 pm
Sat, 31.05.2025, 2- 6 pm

Sun, 01.06.2025, 2-6 pm
a as part of the Independent Space Index Festival

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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

Independent Space Index Festival: District Tour 02

Sunday, 01.06.2025, 2 pm – 6 pm
starting point: Große Sperlgasse 25

philomena+ takes part in a guided tour through the 2nd district during the festival. As tour guide Christine Bruckbauer highlights the district’s history, and presents some of the participating art spaces in the district: hoast, Loggia, philomena+, flucc and Kunstraum am Schauplatz. 

 

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recent

Sense of Touch: Gestures on Archeologies of Place

artists-in-residence, prestentation
April-May 2025

As part of a cross-residency project with La Boîte Tunis, the Vienna-based artists Verena Schneider and Ava Binta Giallo were invited to a residency in Gabès, Tunisia. During the festival Gabes Cinema Fen they presented the outcome of their research in form of an installation and performance at the Musée des Traditions Populaires Sidi Boulbaba.

 

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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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public art

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installation, performance

Sense of Touch ||: Ava Binta Giallo & Verena Schneider, Festival Gabes Cinema Fen

29/04/2025 

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