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Das neue Handbuch zur intellektuellen Selbstverteidigung
Die zehn beliebtesten Wirtschaftsmythen im Stresstest
Herausgeber Agenda Austria
Mit einem Vorwort von Franz Schellhorn
mit 10 farbigen Illustrationen von Alexander Glandien
Texte Franz Schellhorn, Carmen Treml, Dénes Kucsera, Jan Kluge, Marcell Göttert, Hanno Lorenz, Christoph Hofer
Konzept und Gestaltung Rosebud
Broschur, Deutsch, 18 x 12 cm, 148 Seiten mit farbigen Illustrationen von Alexander Glandien
ISBN 978-3-99153-041-1
Preis EUR 9,50
Mehr Informationen zum Buch: www.handbuch-zur-intellektuellen-selbstverteidigung.at
VFMK Agenda Austria Presseinfo
„Ist (noch) weniger mehr?“
Wirtschaftsmythen und Fake News kontern – am Arbeitsplatz, in der Familie am Stammtisch oder online. Fakten, Hintergründe und mehr für kluges Diskutieren liefert anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums der Agenda Austria ihre neue Publikation „Das neue Handbuch zur intellektuellen Selbstverteidigung“.
Unsere Gegenwart ist geprägt von postfaktischen Diskursen, die mittels gefühlter Wahrheiten ein latentes Gefühl der Verunsicherung erzeugen. Gerade in Österreich gibt es viele wirtschaftspolitische Mythen, die sich hartnäckig halten: mit Verzicht das Klima retten; weniger Arbeiten hilft gegen den Arbeitskräftemangel; der freie Markt ist ständig in der Krise; wer für Steuersenkung ist, will den Sozialstaat abbauen; die Jungen können sich nichts mehr aufbauen; die Digitalisierung zerstört Arbeitsplätze; der Freihandel nützt nur den Großkonzernen; der Neoliberalismus ist eine Erfindung der Reichen zur Unterdrückung der Massen; die Armen werden immer ärmer; Bildung wird vererbt.
Die Zeit ist reif für ein pointiertes Gegenmittel: belastbare Zahlen, Daten und Fakten, um die richtigen Antworten für ein gelungenes Morgen zu finden. Das Motto dieses wirtschaftspolitischen Handbuchs lautet: Stattet die Leserinnen und Leser für wirtschaftspolitische Debatten mit genügend Argumenten aus, um irreführende Gemeinplätze genau als solche zu enttarnen.
Die Agenda Austria wurde vor zehn Jahren als Thinktank gegründet, mit dem Ziel, Österreich in gesellschaftspolitischen und wirtschaftlichen Belangen zu öffnen und neue Antworten auf die großen Herausforderungen zu liefern.
„Unser Ziel ist es, dass unsere Ideen von Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft aufgegriffen und diskutiert werden und wir so einen konkreten Beitrag für eine bessere Zukunft der Menschen in Österreich leisten.“ (Zitat Franz Schellhorn)
Franz Schellhorn leitet die Agenda Austria seit ihrer Gründung 2013. Gemeinsam mit seinem Team ist er für die inhaltliche Ausarbeitung des Handbuchs verantwortlich.
COSMOS - Chaos
CREATING ART COLLECTIVELY – BOOK PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION
Thursday, 09.11.2023, 7 PM
KUNSTMUSEUM THURGAU
Kartause Ittingen
8532 Warth
www.kunstmuseum.tg.ch
Since seven years, the international artists' collective COSMOS is existing as an experimental laboratory: eight artists from Colombia, Croatia and Switzerland work together on works and exhibitions.
In 2019, the artists' collective has turned the Kunstmuseum Thurgau into a studio and platform for artistic processes under the exhibition title "Superhaufen". The new publication "Chaos", a book published by COSMOS at Verlag für Moderne Kunst, will also be presented during this evening.
COSMOS will introduce the approach of artist collectives and discuss working in community this evening with:
Claude Bühler, artist, musician, curator, project manager, co-manager of a cultural institution.
Sylvia Jaimes, artist and member of the collective COSMOS
Stefan Wagner, Managing Director of the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Thurgau
Mirjam Wanner, artist and member of the collective COSMOS
Wassili Widmer; artist and collective Stray Dog
Moderation: Stefanie Hoch, museum curator
The publication "Chaos" is a reflection on how previous artistic practice can be adapted and developed to new political and social conditions and thus continue the collective work. The invited authors Eliana Otta, Jenny Fonseca Tovar and Rebekka Ray formulate critical questions and describe new bridges and spaces for COSMOS to move towards and encounter anew.
The museum will be open continuously from 2 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 9. Admission to the event is free, registration is requested.
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Video Art Presentation & Exhibition
Katrin Kampmann - Der Kuss
„WELCHE KÜSSE BLEIBEN AM ENDE EINES LEBENS? WAREN ES GENUG?“
In „Der Kuss“ von Katrin Kampmann vereinen sich verschiedene Facetten, in denen Farben, Bewegung, Worte und Zärtlichkeit zum Ausdruck kommen. Dadurch entsteht ein spannender Dialog zwischen Leinwand, Video und Imagination, der die Sinne belebt und auf eine emotionale Reise mitnimmt. Anlässlich der Präsentation dieses Kunstfilmprojekts von KATRIN KAMPMANN mit BENNO FÜRMANN lädt der Verlag für moderne Kunst zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in die GPLcontemporary Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels ein.
DER KUSS
Ein Film von Katrin Kampmann
Sprecher Benno Fürmann & Katrin Kampmann
Aquarelle & Bilder Katrin Kampmann
Text Katrin Kampmann
Regie & Musik Philipp Gravenbach
14-minütiger Stop-Motion-Film
Link zum Trailer 👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnGRbgHw02Y
Link zur Künstlerin: www.katrinkampmann.com
Dauer der Ausstellung
21.10. – 04.11.2023
Mittwoch bis Freitag: 13-18 Uhr
Samstag: 11-16 Uhr
und nach Vereinbarung
GPLcontemporary Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels
Preßgasse 30
1040 Wien
Download Presseinformation: VFMK Katrin Kampmann Presseinformation
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„Denkst du beim Küssen?“ – Katrin Kampmann entführt die Besucher*Innen ihrer multimedialen Ausstellung „Der Kuss“ in eine faszinierende Welt der Zärtlichkeit, Sinnlichkeit und Leidenschaft. Dabei schafft sie eine beeindruckende Verbindung zwischen Film, Leinwand und der Kunst des Küssens.
Im Zentrum dieser Ausstellung steht die Videoarbeit „Der Kuss“, welche die intime Begegnung zweier Menschen eindrücklich darstellt. In einem mitreißenden Dialog gewährt sie uns Einblicke in die Gedankenwelt beider Protagonisten, eindrucksvoll erzählt von der Künstlerin Katrin Kampmann selbst und dem renommierten Schauspieler Benno Fürmann.
Für die Entstehung dieses 14-minütigen Stop-Motion-Films wurden 160 Aquarelle gefertigt, die anschließend digital bearbeitet und erweitert wurden. Hier entfaltet sich der Akt des Küssens in all seiner Pracht – davor, währenddessen und danach. Es ist eine vertraute, emotionale Reise durch das menschliche Verlangen und die Suche nach Verbindung. Unweigerlich werden Erinnerungen an die eigenen Erfahrungen und Gedanken wachgerufen, wodurch die Betrachter*Innen direkt angesprochen werden.
Neben dem Video präsentiert Katrin Kampmann eine Serie an malerischen Werken, die sich ganz dem Thema des Kusses widmen. Dabei begegnen wir sowohl berühmten Küssen aus der Popkultur als auch ganz persönlichen Interpretationen der Künstlerin. Diese Arbeiten eröffnen einen neuen Blickwinkel auf das universelle und dennoch individuelle Thema der Liebe und des Kusses.
Die Malerei von Katrin Kampmann zeichnet sich durch ihre intensive Farbpalette aus, wodurch ihre Werke regelrecht leuchten. Intensive Kontraste verschmelzen auf ihren Leinwänden zu einem vibrierenden Farbtanz. Ihr Stil ist fließend, organisch und lebendig, wodurch ihre Werke eine dynamische Wirkung entfalten. Oftmals erschließt sich ihre tiefere Bedeutung erst auf den zweiten Blick und enthüllt somit neue Nuancen.
Ausstellungstext zu „Der Kuss“ von Romina Quindós.
Fotocredits: Katrin Kampmann (Film-Still), Video-Trailer: Philipp Gravenbach
Book Presentation & Talk
Sophie Thun - Trails and Tributes
Wednesday, 13.09.2023, 6:30 pm
with Christin Müller, Theresa Roessler and Sophie Thun
SOPHIE TAPPEINER
An der Hülben 3
1010 Vienna, Austria
On the occasion of the release of the new publication by Sophie Thun - Trails and Tributes, SOPHIE TAPPEINER invites together with the VFMK as well as the Kunstverein Hildesheim to a talk in the gallery space.
In the context of the exhibition Taking Notes, Christin Müller (co-curator of the exhibition Trails and Tributes), Theresa Roessler (curator of the exhibition Taking Notes) and Sophie Thun (artist) will talk about the construction of images and appropriation as an artistic practice in the context of archives.
The illustrated book is published on the occasion of Sophie Thun's solo exhibition at Kunstverein Hildesheim (in 2022), by VFMK, with texts by Christin Müller, Torsten Scheid, Alise Tifentale and graphics by Simone Vollenweider.
VFMK x viennacontemporary
PREVIEW
7 September 2023
1–7 PM
FAIR DAYS
8–10 September 2023
1–7 PM
VIP Hour 11 AM–1 PM
KURSALON WIEN
Johannesgasse 33,
1010 Vienna
We welcome you at our bar-turned-booth in the mezzanine!
Discover our featured artists and designers and join us for a HAPPY HOUR!
SUPER 95
RADE PETRASEVIC
CLEMENS WOLF
GÜNTHER SELICHAR
S/O CERAMICS
MICHAELA PUTZ
We look forward to seeing you!
HAPPY HOUR
VFMK X EIKON
SEPTEMBER 7
5 – 7 PM
Austria's leading international art fair invites you to discover established galleries, exciting newcomers, and curated special exhibitions at the magnificent Kursalon Vienna from 7–10 September 2023.
Like no other fair, viennacontemporary bridges the contemporary art worlds of Western and Eastern Europe and is therefore widely considered a place for surprising positions and discoveries.
For more information click here.
POP UP CONCEPT STORE BAD GASTEIN
VFMK CONCEPT STORE
WASSERFALLSTR. 7
BAD GASTEIN
14TH JULY - 3RD SEP
WED - FR: 12 - 6 PM
SAT: 10 AM - 3 PM
We are happy and honored to partner up once again with art:bad gastein and sommer.frische.kunst!
sommer.frische.kunst. 2023 will present art in public space and in historical buildings. Exhibitions will show established and young artists on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Promenade and other sites in Bad Gastein. The Art Trail will present art in public space. sommer.frische.kunst. 2023 creates surprising encounters to art lovers, visitors and tourists.
Please join us for a joyful extra hour with casual book presentations, snacks and drinks!
With short book presentations by Eric Asamoah, Christian Heiss, MINING Kollektiv, Katrina Petter and Michaela Putz & the opportunity to have a look at many more new publications.
Wednesday, 28.June 2023
6:30 PM
VFMK Office
Schwedenplatz 2/24
Entrance Laurenzerberg
1010 Vienna
Eric Asamoah will introduce the concept behind his latest artist-book Beyond The Sky And The Sea. A minimalist white box with three leporellos showing parts of the photographic series of the same name and a booklet with poems inside.
Christian Heiss will give insights into the book Monks Wear Sandals. Insights of an Architect in which he shares observations and raises fundamental questions such as 'Are trees tired at night?'
MINING Kollektiv (Friedrich Engl & Ursula Gaisbauer) will introduce the concept behind the publication MINING: Spaces In Transition which deals with the question of how temporary, site-specific art can establish itself as an art form within processes of renovating and dismantling.
Katrina Petter (head of Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich) will speak about the 14th volume of KOERNOE which documents the abundance of artistic positions and projects that could be implemented in public space in Lower Austria in the years 2020 to 2022.
Artist Michaela Putz will present the prototype of a Kimono inspired by her work series Extinction Ballads.
Anna Schachinger´s TREFFEN awarded as one of the most beautiful books of Austria
Please find more information here.
Andrea Muheims´s Malerei als Selbstgespräch awarded as one of the most beautiful books of Switzerland
Please find more information here.
Rivane Neuenschwander´s Knife does not cut fire awarded as the most beautiful book of Liechtenstein.
Please find more information here.
Book Presentation in Vienna: Bernhard Leitner - Sound Space Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné
Please join us for the book presentation of Bernhard Leitner - Sound Space Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné at University of Applied Arts Vienna, Thursday 11. May 2023, 5:30 pm
Universität für angewandte Kunst
Vordere Zollamtsstrasse 7
3.OG Flux 1
1030 Wien
Buy the publication here.
Book Launch in Vienna: Beziehungsweisen - A Sense of Relatedness
Please join us for the launch of the annual publication of Kunstraum Lakeside at Vereinigung Bildender Künstler*innen in Vienna Friday 21 April 2023, 7 pm
Vereinigung bildende Künstler*innen Österreichs
Meysedergasse 2/28
1010 Wien
www.lakeside-kunstraum.at
Book Launch in Vienna: Eisenberger vs Eisenberger
Please join us for the launch of EIsenberger vs. Eisenberger at Christian Eisenberger´s studio in Vienna Friday 21 April 2023, 6 pm
Please register under hello@vfmk.org
Adress to be announced upon registration - limited number of places
Buy the publication here.
Book Launch in Salzburg: Gunda Gruber. Die Geometrie der Nicht-Ordnung
MDM Salzburg invites you to a book presentation Saturday 22 April 2023, 11 am
Altstadt / Rupertinum
Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 9
5020 Salzburg
Austria
www.museumdermoderne.at
With: Gunda Gruber (artist), Andrea Kopranovic (writer), Didi Neidhart (writer) and Tina Teufel (curator).
With Soundinterventions by the artist dua ROT (Franz Bergmüller & Markus Kircher)
Buy the publication here.
Book Launch in Vienna: Second Edition of "The Anarchistic Amateur's Art & Alphabet"
< rotor > and Institut für Anarchismusforschung Vienna invite you to join the release of the second edition of The Anarchistic Amateur's Art & Alphabet on Tuesday 18 April 2023, 7 pm
Anarchistische Bibliothek &
Archiv / Institut für Anarchismusforschung
Sanettystraße 1
1080 Wien
Austria
a-bibliothek.org
With: Johannes Gierlinger, Andreas Heller, Lieselotte Liewehr, Hubert Lobnig, Reinhard Müller, studio ASYNCHROME; Moderation: Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer.
In the course of the evening, Lieselotte Liewehr, a descendant of the Müller-Guttebrunn family, and Reinhard Müller, an expert on anarchism and Müller-Guttenbrunn, will have their say, and four artists will speak about their relationship to the author, to the Anarchist Library, and to anarchism.
< rotor > in cooperation with the Verlag für moderne Kunst as a guest at the Anarchistische Bibilothek.
Buy the publication here.
Book Launch in Amsterdam: On Care. A Journey into the Relational Nature of Artists´Residencies
DutchCulture | TransArtists invites you to join the book launch at OBA Oosterdok on Thursday 30 March 2023, 5 - 8 pm
OBA Osterdok
Oosterdokskade 143
1011 DL Amsterdam
Niederlande
www.dutchculture.nl
17.30 – 17.45 Doors open
17.45 – 18.45 Table discussion with the editors of the book, Werker Collective (Marc Roig Blesa and Rogier Delfos) and Lara Khaldi
18.45 – 19.30 Performative reading by Giuliana Kiersz
19.30 – 20.00 Drinks
Please note that the number of places available is limited. If you have any questions, please contact Bojana Panevska, Advisor Arts Residencies and International Collaboration.
The publication On Care revolves around the nature of the resident-host encounter. From the outset, the editors did not aim to present an analysis of the operation of individual spheres of artist residencies, but rather to compile in dialogue a polyphonic publication that illustrates the nuances of residency work and artists' experiences, as well as the unstable constellations of artist residencies with its open-ended structure. Artist residency programmes can serve as a model for dealing with the ever-changing contemporary world and societies. All this makes it possible to fulfill the dream of a world where there is a balance between acceptance and separateness. This world offers authenticity, permanent change and constant transformation.
Buy the publication here.
Book Launch in Graz: Isa Rosenberger in conversation with Sabeth Buchmann
Kunsthaus Graz invites you to join the book launch at Kunsthaus Graz, 24.03.2023, 6 pm
Kunsthaus Graz
Lendkai 1
8020 Graz
Austria
www.kunsthausgraz.com
Buy the publication here
Kunstblick Podcast: Christoph Noe
Christoph Noe is co-founder of the art platform Larry's List, which now regularly inspires over 160,000 followers on Instagram. More than 300 art collectors from all over the world have already been interviewed by Larry's List – including prominent names.
In the context of his work in the art business, Christoph Noe has published several books, most recently a guidebook on how to navigate in the culture industry: "How to Not Fuck Up Your Art-World Happiness".
KUNSTBLICK talked to Christoph Noe exactly about this Art-World Happiness, how the approach of collectors has perhaps changed in the last 20 years, what role the narrative plays in this and why he wouldn’t call himself a collector.
Artist Talk – Digital Art: Clara Oppel
Public Lecture - DIGITALE KUNST/ Ruth Schnell
Clara Oppel talks about her artistic work and working methods at the intersections of space, sound, installation and sculpture.
Clara Oppel, born 1967 in Germany, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and the University of Design Karlsruhe; artistic collaborator with Bruno Gironcoli and master student with Diet Sayler. Since 2007 internationally self-employed in the field of sound art.
Thursay, March 9, 2023, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Vortragsraum der Abteilung DIGITALE KUNST
Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1. Stock, 1010 Wien
https://digitalekunst.ac.at/
https://www.dieangewandte.at/aktuell/aktuell_detail?artikel_id=1677728535337
Buy the artist's catalog BREATHING SPACE here
Radio feature about the artist (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, March 1, 2022)
VOICES Book Review
by Barbara Schmidt
"Wer beim Titel VOICES an berühmte SängerInnen denkt, liegt nur teilweise richtig. Auch Regisseure, Manager, Pianisten, Dirigenten sind Teil der Veröffentlichung. Ihre Gemeinsamkeit besteht aus der Verbundenheit mit der Oper oder zumindest mit der klassischen Musik. Sie erzählen über die definierenden Momente ihrer Karriere, die ausschlaggebenden Situationen, die zum Ergreifen ihres Berufs geführt haben. Der Band versucht einen Bogen zu schlagen „über einhundert Jahre Kulturgeschichte […]: von Caruso über die ‚Goldenen 1950er‘ bis zur Gegenwart“ (S. 22)."
Read the full review here
Artist Talk & Book Presentation
Clara Oppel – Breathing Space
On the occasion of the recently published catalog Breathing Space, the artist Clara Oppel talks with Johannes Rauchenberger about her artistic work and working methods as an artist between the interfaces of space, sound, installation and sculpture.
Prior to the Talk, the artist presents the sound object Sfumato, from the collection of the KULTUMUSEUM.
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7p.m.
KULTUM [Cubus]
free admission
Buy the artist's catalog here
Finissage & Book Presentation
Peter Garmusch – Studio Cairo
For his project Studio Cairo, the artist Peter Garmusch travelled for a month during 2021 to Cairo where, with his studio as a point of departure, he engaged in an artistic dialogue with the megacity on the Nile. The book tells of this rendezvous with the hidden, the numinous, and the magical. Cloaked cars, elaborately tied-up packages along the edge of a street, abundant accumulations of plastic flowers: Peter Garmusch found the inspirations for his various motifs during intensive walks through Cairo, not at the supposedly beautiful sites.
Friday, February 10, 2023, 7 p.m.
Spektakel artspace
Hamburgerstrasse 14, 1050 Wien
https://spektakel.wien/events/studio-cairo/
Order the book here
VOICES Book Review
Win a signed copy of VOICES
Thank you to everyone participating in and attending the VOICES book launch at the Wiener Staatsoper. It has been a pleasure!
As part of the TV broadcast of “Aida” ORF III “Erlebnis Bühne” is raffling three copies of the book – signed by Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Benjamin Bernheim, Christine Cerletti and Thomas Voigt.
Fans who couldn’t attend the talk can write an email with subject “Voices” to erlebnisbuehne@orf.at for the chance to win a signed copy. Good luck!
Rewatch the broadcast here:
https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Erlebnis-Buehne/13890354/Erlebnis-Buehne-mit-Barbara-Rett-Aus-der-Wiener-Staatsoper-Aida/14165967/Hinweis-Verabschiedung/15325539
Café Puls Buchtipps:
https://www.puls4.com/tv/cafe-puls/staffel-2023/cafe-puls-vom-31012023/die-cafe-puls-buchtipps-der-woche
Book Presentation
Günther Selichar - The Double You Series & Nocturnal Offices of Real(i)ties
The Double You Series is based on the eponymous body of works that Günther Selichar created in 2020 -2022. Instead of text, the artist's book contains pictures of words: color images of four different screens with varying pixel shapes and scans from a variety of printed publi-cations featuring diverse fonts. They spell the questions "Who?", "What?", "Where?" "When?" and "Why?", ,which guide journalists investi-gations and structure their output. With his text images, the media artist and theorist draws a line from early printed mass-media reproductions to texts on screens. The book prompts us to reflect on facts, which have lately often been supplanted by narratives.
Published on the occasion of the following exhibitions:
Günther Selichar Schirmherrschaft
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Mönchsberg, 26. 11. 2022 – 12. 3. 2023
Kunstsammlung Gera, 6. 4. — 11. 6. 2023
The Nocturnal Office for Real(i)ties by Günther Selichar creates a space in which questions can be posed concerning the origins of photographic images and what lies “behind” them: the production processes, technology, distribution channels, and “SUB | TEXTE” that have decisively influenced and determined the conditions under which they were made. Created between 1981 and 1983, the Nocturnal Office for Real(i)ties takes the reader back to the starting point, as it were, of the critical processing of apparatus-based images and offers a means to identify the discontinuities in discourse and the differen- ces between then and now, while at the same time marking a continuity of criticism and the political.
Accompanying the exhibition
Günther Selichar SUB | TEXTS
Camera Austria, Graz, 10 . 12 . 2022 – 19 . 2 . 2023
Wed, January 25, 2023, 7 p.m.
Secession Wien
Friedrichstraße 12
1010 Wien
www.secession.at
Tue, January 31, 2023, 6 p.m.
Camera Austria
Landkai 1
8020 Graz
www.camera-austria.at
Book Launch, Talk & Book Signing
RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSEN
BENJAMIN BERNHEIM
BOGDAN ROŠČIĆ
In conversation with BARBARA RETT.
A journey through 70 years of musical history! On the occasion of the book launch of VOICES, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Benjamin Bernheim und Bogdan Roščić, three of the 70 participating artists, will speak with Christine Cerletti and Thomas Voigt about defining moments in their careers.
Mon, January 23, 2023,3 p.m.
Gustav-Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper
Opernring 2, 1010 Wien
Entrance: Herbert von Karajan-Platz/Ecke Opernring, 1010 Wien
at 2.30 p.m.
Admission is free.
For reservation please contact hello@vfmk.org
www.voices-music.net
www.vfmk.org
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