Alexandra Gašparovičová: 78 Kilometers
„Z Viedne do Bratislavy ďaleko
Torn between the wish to be the most assimilated Austrianest immigrant to ever set foot in the city of Vienna and a sudden newfound pride in being a Slovak Eastern European, I try to write, joke and drag myself out of the massive sediments of national identity. Thanks to the self-awarded title of the objective outsider, I investigate what it is that makes a person of a place and what it takes for another person – who is technically not from that place, but born really only mere 78 kilometers away – to get as close to being perceived as one-of-us-insiders as he possibly can.“
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Video: Kilian Immervoll () & Anna Sophia Rußmann ()
Die Angewandte
Official Facebook-Site of the University of Applied Arts Vienna / Offizielle Facebook-Seite der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
The University of Applied Arts Vienna is home to more than 2.000 students, many of whom come from other countries, both within Europe and abroad. The broad spectrum of artistic disciplines, complemented by a large number of scientific subjects, certainly enriches the special atmosphere that prevails at the »Angewandte«.
Anna Mährlen’s diploma is like an imitation of the “ordinary” house façade: forms whose meaning has accumulated over time through everyday use, like a patina of insignificance. Through the mimesis of the wall itself, this very banality becomes the focus of analysis.
The lack of ornamentation in the grilles does not impose a new structure on the wall; rather, it respects the existing truth, without attempting to decorate it artificially.
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Video: Kilian Immervoll () & Anna Sophia Rußmann ()
Hör-Empfehlung: Der Podcast "Lebende Legenden" widmet Christian Ludwig Attersee eine fünf-teilige Reihe. Die erste Folge der fünften Staffel begleitet den Sechzehnjährigen im Jahr 1957 an die damalige Wiener Akademie für angewandte Kunst, aus der die heutige Universität entstanden ist.
Attersee erzählt von prekären Wohnverhältnissen am Naschmarkt und von Nächten im Café Hawelka, wenn ihm eine Unterkunft fehlte. Er berichtet von den Zirkeln der Wiener Avantgarde um Oswald Wiener, Hermann Nitsch und Gerhard Rühm, in denen er als Jüngster verkehrte. Und er schildert, wie er 1961 auf einer Klassenreise ins süditalienische Tropea Fleischstücke ins Meer legte und damit seine erste anerkannte Werkserie begründete.
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Christian Ludwig Attersee - Zimmer am Naschmarkt (1/4) | Lebende Legenden In diesem Podcast stellen wir keine Fragen. Wir hören zu. Hier erzählen Menschen über 75 Jahren aus dem DACH-Raum ihr Leben in ihren eigenen Worten. Jeden Monat teilen außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten aus Kultur, Wirtschaft, Politik, Sport und Gesellschaft in vier Folgen ihre Lebenserfahrung....
05/08/2026
Final Projects · Summer Semester 2026
Institute of Fine Arts & Media Art
Painting
All photos: © die Angewandte, 2026, Fotos: Vincent Forstenlechner, CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
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Franky Daubenfeld (Franky Daubenfeld): no place to hide... oder: Elektroschlaf
I want them to have a human vibe, or a figure vibe; they are hanging around in various ways, a bit lost, or lazy maybe …
Wearing dirty clothes, frayed and ragged, at least compared to their surroundings …
Digital ego aesthetics force themselves upon you, in rivalry with the things you really do see and experience yourself. They poison the way you look at (real) things at times. A dog cries out a mile away... or is someone weeping in the kitchen … or is it uncontrolled laughter …
The seams must be visible; like hearing the artefact of the vocalist breathe in before singing in a song. How to show the weight of things? How to show their gravity …
the world comes in through the eyes and goes out through the Hands
Franky Daubenfeld (Franky Daubenfeld): no place to hide... oder: Elektroschlaf
Franky Daubenfeld (Franky Daubenfeld): no place to hide... oder: Elektroschlaf
Naomi Shintani Deibel (Naomi Shintani Deibel): Melissa
your scent surrounds me,
pulsing like a second memory
how far would your legs still carry me?
Naomi Shintani Deibel (Naomi Shintani Deibel): Melissa
Naomi Shintani Deibel (Naomi Shintani Deibel): Melissa
Jorinna Girschik (Jorinna Girschik): Tomb of the Diver
Das potenziell endlose Bild als Angstfigur. In der Hoffnung auf ein Ende – eine Machtfiktion:
Jorinna Girschik (Jorinna Girschik): Tomb of the Diver
Jorinna Girschik (Jorinna Girschik): Tomb of the Diver
Suzuka Hisamatsu (SUZUKI): the score of dreams falls into days that will never return もう二度と戻らない日々にこぼれ落ちていく夢の楽譜
I look out of the window.
I wonder if I should go to the opening tonight.
What exactly is opening?
I remember a butterfly suspended in an aquarium in my dream.
The moon pulls me back into the layers.
I close the curtain and go back to sleep.
I look out of the window.
Standing in between mirrors, my gaze returns to me – indefinite.
Sun rays erase our dreams every morning.
Suzuka Hisamatsu (SUZUKI): the score of dreams falls into days that will n
Alara Koçman’s diploma collection “Girls just wanna have fun“ is a poem to girlhood, that fragile, luminous stage between innocence and awakening. It captures the quiet turbulence of growing up, the joy of friendship, the small rebellions, and the moments of confusion when the world starts to look different.
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Photos: Elif Gündüz ()
Video: Kilian Immervoll () & Anna Sophia Rußmann ()
29/07/2026
Engaging Angewandte Perspectives of Professional Practice: Summer School 2026
September 2 - 4
What does it mean to be engaged? How do we shape the instruments through which we shape reality? How do we recognise and develop our own potential? What are the perspectives of artists, researchers, designers, and creatives today? How can you actively engage with your artistic and professional future?
Join us for a three-day summer school bringing together artists, researchers, designers, and creatives from across disciplines. Through workshops, discussions, and collaborative exchange, we will explore the many perspectives that unfold throughout a creative career - from artistic empowerment, professional practice, research, and project development to project realisation. The programme is complemented by expert sessions on self-employment, social insurance, taxation, and other practical aspects of professional life.
The summer school connects promise with engagement, ideas with opportunities, and individual development with societal impact. It offers a space to reflect on your own practice, expand your network, and develop new perspectives for your future life and work.
Registration open until August 16: https://forms.gle/6h2Vf1DqZuDSMoec7
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Photo: © Anna Sommerfeld
10/07/2026
Angewandte Graduation Ceremony 2026
On 3 July, the graduates of the 2026 summer semester celebrated in the atrium of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Following a welcome speech by Rector Ulrike Kuch (.kuch), alumna Miriam Unterthiner (Miriam Unterthiner, Institute of Language Arts) delivered the keynote address. Musical performances were provided by Milde Sorte ( featuring Schleuse, REX69 and Stumpi). The Angewandte congratulates its graduates and wishes them the very best for their future.
Graduation works can be viewed at aaa.dieangewandte.at. They will also be published here on this channel in the coming weeks.
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© eSeL.at - Robert Puteanu
09/07/2026
Die Angewandte fordert die Umbenennung des Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platzes
Statement des Rektorats:
Letzte Woche kam es auf dem Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz zu antisemitischen Übergriffen auf einen Künstler und Studenten der Angewandten. Zuvor löste eine Aktion ebendieses Künstlers, die sich kritisch mit Denkmal und Platz beschäftigte, einen Polizeieinsatz aus.
Während Kunstaktionen also Polizeieinsätze auslösen, dient der Platz weiterhin Rechtsextremen und Neonazis als beliebtes Fotomotiv und als Versammlungsort. Die Lesart des schiefgestellten Denkmals als Mahnmal beeindruckt sie wenig. Eine kritische Erinnerungskultur ist unter diesen Umständen kaum möglich.
Deswegen fordern wir, das Rektorat der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, die sofortige Umbenennung des Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platzes in „Friedl-Dicker-Brandeis-Platz“, benannt nach der jüdischen Wiener Künstlerin und Designerin, die an der benachbarten damaligen Kunstgewerbeschule lernte und anschließend international reüssierte, bis sie von den N***s in Auschwitz ermordet wurde.
Es braucht an diesem Ort, jetzt und dringend, die deutliche Distanzierung zum Wirken des Antisemiten Karl Lueger, und als Kontrapunkt ein Zeichen für das jüdische, avantgardistische, internationale Wien.
�Das Rektorat der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
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Foto: APA/Klemens Wihlidal/Andreas Praefcke
This was the Angewandte Festival 2026
Four days of exhibitions, book presentations, discussions, film screenings, guided tours, interventions, readings, performances, sound projects, games, and workshops are behind us.
Thank you for coming, engaging, interacting, and creating. And especially to everyone making the festival possible.
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Video: Margarita Keller ()
Sound: Residues of the Past by THESOSUNG
04/07/2026
Last chance: the Angewandte Festival 2026 ends today. The exhibitions are open from 11 am till 6 pm.
A few recommendations for your visit:
12 pm and 2 pm SculpTour (ages 6 to 99)
Part of „Beyond the Tour“
Meeting point: Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz (OKP), Info Point
1 pm Dialogue-based tour
Led by Magdalena Chan (student, Applied Photography and Time-Based Media) with Janina Falkner (Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien, MAK), on final-year projects (AAA) from various departments
Meeting point: Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz (OKP), Info Point
3 pm–6 pm APL Open Stage
Angewandte Performance Lab
Georg-Coch-Platz (GCP), mezzanine, Room 002
3.30 pm Pickle Performance
Part of the exhibition [REVERBERATED] Art & Science
AIL, Georg-Coch-Platz (GCP)
5 pm HOMECOMING Performance
Experimental Game Cultures
Georg-Coch-Platz (GCP), 1st floor, Room 151
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Angewandte Festival 2026, Design by Marie-Therese Blecha (Marie-Therese Marie), Nia Habibian (._.habibian), Niki Hermkes (.hermkes), Minna Rothbart (), licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photos: © die Angewandte, 2026, photo: Anahita Asadifar, licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
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