Smashing Wor(l)ds: Summercamp Review

In a multi-format event with workshops and lecture performances, the results of the artistic research within the project Smashing Wor(l)ds were presented. The focus was on artistic work with vocabularies of resistance, from queer and anti-racist perspectives - revolving around language, fashion, translation and much more.

Smashing Wor(l)ds - Summercamp is a gathering of the Austrian partner organizations with Afro Rainbow Austria [ARA], Queer Base, Silent University Graz and the Students of the Studio for Post-Conceptual Art Practices [PCAP] at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Videos

Summercamp Lab SMASHING WOR(L)DS is a project by “Smashing Wor(l)ds,” supported by Creative Europe and led by kulturen in bewegung /VIDC/ Vienna; ARA, Vienna; Silent University Graz; Queer Base, Vienna; and the Studio for Post-conceptual Art /IBK/ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in collaboration with “Conviviality as Potentiality,” funded by Austrian Science Fund FWF (AR 679).

Exhibition 
DIE SICHTBARKEIT DES UNSICHTBAREN
// THE VISIBILITY OF THE INVISIBLE // 
&
Summercamp Lab
SMASHING WOR(L)DS
25 – 27 June 2021

Places of the exhibition and of the summercamp lab:
Schillerplatz in the front of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Studio for Post-conceptual Art /IBK/ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Atelierhaus, Lehargasse 8, Vienna
Kleine Stadtfarm am Schillerwasser, Vienna

Credits for all 5 videos:
Recording: Jovita Pristovšek
Sound: Marina Gržinić, Jovita Pristovšek, Sophie Uitz 
Photo documentation: Rui Bai, Marina Gržinić, Jovita Pristovšek
Editing: Jovita Pristovšek
Concept and editing direction: Marina Gržinić
Vienna, August 2021

VIDEO 1
The Visibility of the Invisible & Smashing EXHIBITION 
Studio For Post-conceptual Art Practices
25.06.2021

Venues:
Schillerplatz in the front of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Studio for Post-conceptual Art /IBK/ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Atelierhaus, Lehargasse 8, Vienna

The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined public space. Many citizens disappeared from public space, and in the meantime this space was also abused by the right-wing mob. On the other hand, by regulating the use of public space, the state has left the people to themselves, to their traumatic past, their precarious present and their self-isolation. Many are made invisible. We will deal with these issues, in the center and on the periphery of the city.

Schillerplatz
Intro:
Marina Gržinić & Marissa Lôbo 

Ju Yoo & Asma Aiad: 
INVISIBLE WOMEN
BECAUSE I AM THE THUNDER

Victoria Eliseykina:
“DIGITAL CAPITALISM” AND THE OLD FAIRY TALE ABOUT THE LOST TIME

Robert Jolly:
BELLE ÉPOQUE. AS THE WALLS DO SPEAK

Valentin Pfenniger:
CONTEMPORARY CAMOUFLAGE

Kyra Sophie Wilhelmseder: 
BAU KEIN MIST

Epilogue: 
Racist attack against Asma Aiad on 25.06.2021, statement by Marina Gržinić 

Frederina Nelly Arndorf
(Nathalie Ann Köbli with Arno Gitschthaler and Felix Huber):
KARLSPLATZ AETHER

Lehargasse 8 

Aaron Kimmig:
XINJIANG SENTINEL-2
COPWATCH

Imrich Veber:
NOT TITLED YET

Rui Bai:
MOSCOW NIGHTS

Tino Zimmermann:
SCHILLERPLATZ PODCAST

VIDEO 2
TALKS & HAPPENINGS
26.06.2021

Intro: 
Marissa Lôbo & Marina Gržinić

Vivi Zurita:
TALK

Asma Aiad & Ju Yoo:
INVISIBLE WOMEN

Mohammad Numan:
INTERVENTION: PUSH-BACKS AND REALITIES OF REFUGEE LIFE 

Mika Maruyama & Jovita Pristovšek:
STATEMENT: EDITING WOR(L)DS

GUEST ARTIST: Joëlle Sambi Nzeba (Belgium):
PERFORMANCES
26.–27.06.2021
(excerpts)

VIDEO 3
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
26.–27.06.2021

Rawan Almohamad, Munar Khalid Biiq, Arabina Amedoska & Cathérine Lehnerer:
WORKSHOP: DRAWING GENDER

Afro Rainbow Austria [ARA], Vienna:
WEARABLE VOCABULARY

Silent University Graz:
WORKING SPACE: FINDING AND FOUNDING

Queer Base, Vienna:
AFFIRMATION WALL

VIDEO 4
PERFORMANCE
26.06.2021

Sisanmi Eureka Schuller, Clifford Erinmwionghae & Valentin Chidera: 
SMASHING THOUGHTS. A tune, dance, and a talk

VIDEO 5
PERFORMANCE
27.06.2021

Mirjana Mustra & Lieber Michael: 
REVOLUTION CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR ...
PERFORMANCE
(excerpt)