Openings in September
Weeds are an everyday invasion – they grow wherever they are not needed and deprive other plants of life. Sometimes they can be beautiful, clinging to a concrete façade in the city where one might see them as poetic: appearing in places that were meant for something else.
Sculptures are meant to be hard and resilient, yet they are often weaker than the sites they were created for – as ornament, as devotion, as silent presence. But that feels too classical, and the artists’ relationship to nature is somehow shifted. Today, attachment continues differently, much more fleeting: clover and thistles, along with zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, squash, raspberries, cherries, currants – and also wellbeing. Somewhere between historical resonance and contemporary gesture and attitude.
Subjet: Ida Kammerloch, Resusci Anne, 2019/2020 Design: Lisa Penz
In a time of multiple crises - ecological destruction, social fragmentation, and political polarization - care emerges as a central reference point for alternative forms of living together. Art has always practiced forms of care - through the careful processing of materials, the cultivation of cultural traditions, the empathetic engagement with human experiences.
Opening: 4.9.2025, 18 h
7 5.9.2025-12.10.2025
Exhibit Gallery, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Wien
Artists: Minda Andrén, Eva Balayan, Diana Barbosa Gil, Alma Bektas, Rosa De Coster, Ida Kammerloch, Rebecca Korb, Anna Krumpholz, Luise Muller, Simon Nagy with Lia Sudermann
Credits: Still, InFlux (2023) © Michaela Nagyidaiová and Tahereh Nourani
"Homemaker" is the word used to describe someone that takes care of the "home" and its inhabitants (often children) instead of earning money from employment elsewhere. The homemaker is therefore often thought in tandem with the architectural space of the "house," which they make into a "home." But, can there be a "homemaker" without a "house"?
In this exhibition project, kuntsverein invites three artistic positions that understand "the home" as a fluid, ephemeral, and sometimes even fictional construct. The presented artworks ask how a
"home" is made and what it consists of - is it an image, is it a sound, or is it movement?
"Homemaking" features artworks by Diana Barbosa Gil, Michaela Nagyidaiová & Tahereh Nourani, and Selina Shirin Strizel.
curated by
Opening: 11.09.2025, 5-9pm
Exhibition's Duration: 12.09-11.10.2025
Opening hours: Thursday-Saturday, 3-7pm
Weiglgasse 8 / B1/R1 1150 Wien
Diana Barbosa Gil and Tita Maravilha present Kauf dir ein Sofa, an interdisciplinary performance that brings together social critique, artistic expression, and personal experience. At its core are questions of gender identity, social precarity, and the cultural perception of trans people. The performance highlights these complexities by asking provocative questions such as “What is a woman?” and “What makes a life worth living?”
A central theme is the experience of precarity. The portrayal of the poetry of the precarious reflects the effects of economic and social insecurity, which particularly affect trans people and migrants. Through an interdisciplinary approach—including drag, dance, improvisation, spoken poetry, and video art—the performance captures the emotional dimensions of these realities.
The sofa, a central element of the performance, serves as a symbol: transformation, longing for safety, and a sense of belonging are negotiated on this abstract piece of furniture, which simultaneously functions as a stage. Latent memories of the performers’ tias (aunts) appear in the form of coins hidden in the sofa’s crevices, now used to reimagine the future. The work offers back comfort and love to those who once cleaned, fed, and filled their lives with affection and stories, while asking: What would your ideal sofa look like?
Kauf dir ein Sofa is a homage to the tias who shaped Tita’s and Diana’s identities. They hope to return to South America one day carrying the message that they have found their place in contemporary art in Europe—or, perhaps even more importantly, that they are living happy lives.
Setting in collaboration with Michael Reindel
