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Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022

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Exhibition
Academy
Kunsthalle Wien
Karlsplatz
1040 Vienna

Opening hours:
Tue–Sun, 11–19 h
Thur, 11–21 h

Free entry!

Unfreezing the Scene marks the eighth edition of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize, a testament to Kunsthalle Wien’s ongoing collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

The title of the exhibition refers to a scene, an art scene that is currently taking over Karlsplatz, momentarily disrupting the city. Its presence creates friction and brings multiple concerns to the fore: the personal mourning of loss in a fast-paced society, making local communities and club culture visible as a mode of resistance, and the conflicting realities of globalization, among others.

The works by Gleb Amankulov, Albin Bergström, Alexandru Cosarca, Charlotte Gash, Tijana Lazović, Juliana Lindenhofer, Julius Pristauz, Raphael Reichl, Vanessa Schmidt, and Ramiro Wong — many of which are new productions — give expression to the plurality of questions that are lived at the two local art academies and beyond.

Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022 envisions the Karlsplatz site as a speakers’ corner where the artists can address issues that are of concern to them. Issues that extend beyond the confines of the art institution. Following this idea, the artists decided to unfold their practices, to duplicate, to mirror. This is embodied physically in the exhibition design within, but also moves in and out of the exhibition to other surprising places, so that the building loses its hard borders, melts, spreads out, and leaks into the city.

Curators: Pieternel Vermoortel and Astrid Peterle

  • Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022

    Opening of the Exhibition with works of the winners of the Kunsthalle Wien 2022 Award. A cooperation of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Kunsthalle Wien.

    Opening

    Kunsthalle Wien
    Karlsplatz
    1040 Vienna

    Academy

  • Speakers’ Corner

    A conversation with the artists Alexandru Cosarca, Charlotte Gash, Tijana Lazović, Juliana Lindenhofer and Julius Pristauz, moderated by Astrid Peterle and Pieternel Vermoortel as part of the exhibition Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022.

    Artist talk

    Kunsthalle Wien
    Karlsplatz
    1040 Vienna

    Academy

    Exhibition view

  • Short but Sweet with Albin Bergström

    On selected Tuesday evenings, artists from the exhibition Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022 and art education team meet for a joint discussion on their artistic practice.

    Artist talk

    Kunsthalle Wien
    Karlsplatz
    1040 Vienna

    Academy

    Installation view

  • WERISTdICHTER? tell me more about your silence

    Organized and hosted by Alexandru Cosarca, WERISTdICHTER? is a queerfeminist celebration of culture and political activism. Within the framework of the exhibition  Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022.

    Queerfeminist celebration

    Museumsquartier

    Academy

  • Short but Sweet with Gleb Amankulov

    On selected Tuesday evenings, artists from the exhibition Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022 and art education team meet for a joint discussion on their artistic practice.

    Artist talk

    Kunsthalle Wien
    Karlsplatz
    1040 Vienna

    Academy

  • A New Beginning

    Come celebrate the end of Unfreezing the Scene. Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022 with a new beginning!

    Finissage / Guided tour / Talk

    Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz
    Treitlstraße 2
    1040 Wien

    Academy