upcoming

SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK

Marlene Hausegger & Raed Ibrahim

curated by Sibylle Omlin


Opening: 28/05/2026, 7 pm
Duration: 29/05 – 11/07/2026
Wed-Fri 11am-3pm, Sat 3-6pm

venue: philomena+, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna 

 

For the exhibition the artists present new works on the wide sidewalk in front of philomena+. While Raed Ibrahim sculpturally engages with the Crocus Moabiticus, a rare yet extremely resilient flower native to eastern Jordan, Marlene Hausegger, in her installation made of oil drums and car rims, questions global resources, climate change, and dependencies. 

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current

RAED IBRAHIM

residency

19/05 – 13/06/2026

Raed Ibrahim is a visual artist and art educator based in Amman. His interests center on developing art-historical ontology and strengthening local and regional frameworks for art education, artistic production, and cultural practice.

In Vienna, he collaborates with artist Marlene Hausegger and curator Sibylle Omlin on the public art and exhibition project Sitting on the Sidewalk that opens at philomena+, on of May 28th, 2026, at 7 pm.

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upcoming

INDEPENDENT SPACE INDEX FESTIVAL

festival
29/05–31/05/2026, 2-6 pm

philomena+ participates at this year’s independent space index festival,  a unique format that celebrates the distinctive vibrancy and diversity of Vienna’s independent art scene. This year we presents the exhibition Sitting on the Sidewalk by Marlene Hausegger and Raed Ibrahim, curated by Sibylle Omlin.

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recent

EX VOTO / MOTHERING MEMORIES

exhibition

08/05 – 23/05/2026

Paraffin sculptures that oscillate between body fragment and abstract form. The exhibition Ex-Voto / Mothering Memories brought the sculptural works by Ana de Almeida & Valeria Pechena together with a sound installation by Deniz Sözen & Tahereh Nourani, exploring how displacement, pain, care, and longing can be transposed into material form and dissolved again.

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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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