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| MASTERPIECE | Multi sensory exhibition - Installation By @najahzarbout & ISA Klee @endangeredspeciesadvocacy « Solastalgies. » Curated by Christine Bruckbauer 📍 Musée des arts et des Traditions Populaires de Gabes Presented as part of @gabescinemafen 2026, by @philomena_plus & @la_boite_art_architecture Pictured by @feeasfe ©️ sens • الإحساس

In a workshop Ana de Almeida and Valeria Pechena invited the participants to create mini-sculptures using clay, silicone, and paraffin. The workshop happened within the exhibition Ex Voto / Mothering Memories presenting sculptural works by Ana de Almeida & Valeria Pechena as well as a sound piece by Deniz Sözen & Tahereh Nourani. It is on view until 23/05/2026 @philomena_plus . It was part of the @basiskultur.shift project @motheringecologies , curated by @barbara_mahlknecht .

Ex Voto / Mothering Memories with works by Ana de Almeida @_dealmeida_ana & Valeria Pechena @lerapechenaya , Deniz Sözen @deniz.soezen & Tahereh Nourani @nouranitahereh curated by Barbara Mahlknecht @barbara_mahlknecht , as part of the project @motheringecologies On the opening day, they artists shared their artistic process in a talk which was followed by a festive opening evening. The exhibition is part of philomena+'s yearly programme supported by @kunstkulturministerium , @stadtwien | cultural affairs, @basis.kultur.wien , district Leopoldstadt. The project Mothering Ecologies is supported by @basiskultur.shift Video: Igor Tyshenko @igortyshenko

| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | With @najahzarbout « Solastalgies. » Multi sensory exhibition - Installation By Najah Zarbout & Isa Klee @endangeredspeciesadvocacy Curated by Christine Bruckbauer 📍 Musée des arts et des Traditions Populaires de Gabes Presented as part of @gabescinemafen 2026, by @philomena_plus & @la_boite_art_architecture Filmed by @vivz.02 & @halfcut_prod & @feeasfe Edited By @mariebachar ©️ sens • الإحساس

Retour en images sur "Solastalgies" Une exposition/installation qui résonne encore. L'exposition à deux voix de Najah Zarbout & Isa Klee nous a transportés dans un univers où l'art devient le miroir de nos pertes environnementales. Une île fragile : Sculptée en herbe alfa menacée, cette installation flottante évoquait l'archipel de Kerkennah, métaphore poignante de nos écosystèmes en péril. L'écho du vivant : Les cris d'espèces en voie de disparition résonnaient dans l'espace, créant une présence spectrale qui nous rappelle l'urgence d'agir. Les mots du deuil : Un poème manuscrit révélait cette "solastalgie" - ce sentiment de perte face à la transformation de notre environnement. Une expérience multisensorielle qui nous confronte avec tendresse et force à notre responsabilité collective. Curating : Christine Bruckbauer Portée par Philomena+ & La Boîte Soutenu par l'Ambassade d'Autriche en Tunisie Photos ©️Half Cut Production #Solastalgies #ArtContemporain #EcologieArt #GabesCinemaFen #ArtEngagé

🌿 EX-VOTO/ MOTHERING MEMORIES 📅 8.5.-23.5. 2026 📍 philomena+ ERÖFFNUNG/OPENING: 7.5.2026, 19:00 Uhr 17.00 Uhr | Künstler*innengespräch/Artist talk mit/with Ana de Almeida, Valeria Pechena, Deniz Sözen, Tahereh Nourani 19.00 Uhr | Eröffnung/Opening: Ana de Almeida, Valeria Pechena, Deniz Sözen, Tahereh Nourani Die Ausstellung vereint skulpturale Arbeiten von Ana de Almeida und Valeria Pechena mit einer Klanginstallation von Deniz Sözen und Tahereh Nourani und untersucht Sorgenetzwerke als ökologische Systeme. Ex-Voto nimmt die Form von Paraffinplastiken an, die zwischen Körperfragment und Abstraktion oszillieren. Inspiriert von Votivgaben erzählen die Arbeiten von Migrations- und Fluchterfahrungen und ermöglichen rituelle Transformation. Deniz Sözens und Tahereh Nouranis Mothering Memories entsteht als vielstimmiges Klanggewebe aus Schlafliedern, Erinnerungen und Stimmen – in Workshops mit Frauen aus Wiens (post-)migrantischer Community – als Medium der Gemeinschaft und der Fürsorge. *** The exhibition brings together sculptural works by Ana de Almeida and Valeria Pechena with a sound installation by Deniz Sözen and Tahereh Nourani, examining networks of care as ecological systems. Ex-Voto takes the form of paraffin sculptures oscillating between body fragment and abstraction. Inspired by votive objects, the works speak of experiences of migration and flight and enable ritual transformation. Deniz Sözen and Tahereh Nourani’s Mothering Memories emerges as a polyphonic fabric of lullabies, memories and voices – created in workshops with women from Vienna’s (post-)migrant community – as a medium of community and care.

Looking forward to show you EX-VOTO, an installation and workshop by Ana de Almeida & Valeria Pechena. Ex-voto are votive offerings – small sculptures and objects displayed or deposited as tokens of exchange, as payment, for the fulfillment of an oath or promise. As an artist duo, Ana de Almeida and Valeria Pechena, create an alphabet of wax sculptures – votive offerings of one’s own making – that overtly mediate established belief systems on the one hand and the realm of personal affairs on the other. These are object-centered coping mechanisms that allow the two artists to converge positions of personal situatedness with the complexity of macro-political events that stand behind the fluxes of migration and forced displacement that brought them together. You can see the work in dialogue with Deniz Sözen’s and Tahereh Nourani's sound installation Mothering Memories at the upcoming exhibition Ex-Voto: Mothering Memories, curated by Barbara Malknecht for the project Mothering Ecologies @motheringecologies Come visit us at Philomena+ @philomena_plus from May 8–23. With: @_dealmeida_ana @lerapechenaya @deniz.soezen @nouranitahereh @barbara_mahlknecht Photos by: Igor Tyshenko @igortyshenko

Ex Voto / Mothering Memories Ana de Almeida @_dealmeida_ana & Valeria Pechena @lerapechenaya , Deniz Sözen @deniz.soezen & Tahereh Nourani @nouranitahereh curated by Barbara Mahlknecht @barbara_mahlknecht Opening: Thursday, 07/05/2026, 7 pm before: Talk with the participating artists: 5 pm Exhibition Duration: 08/05 – 23/05/2026 The exhibition brings together sculptural works by Ana de Almeida & Valeria Pechena with a sound installation by Deniz Sözen & Tahereh Nourani, exploring networks of care as ecological systems. Ex-Voto by Ana de Almeida & Valeria Pechena takes the form of paraffin sculptures that oscillate between body fragments and abstraction. Inspired by votive offerings—small objects presented out of gratitude or as a plea—the works recount experiences of migration or flight and facilitate ritual transformation. With Mothering Memories, Deniz Sözen & Tahereh Nourani provide the soundscape for the installation. In workshops with women from Vienna’s (post-)migrant community, a polyphonic tapestry of sound emerged, composed of lullabies, memories, and voices as a medium of community and care, of healing and resistance. Image credits: Ana de Almeida and Valeria Pechena, Ex Voto, 2025, photo: Igor Tyschenko @igortyshenko . The exhibition is part of the multifaceted project @motheringecologies , curated by Barbara Mahlknecht and supported by @basiskultur.shift . It is part of philomena+ yearly programme supported by @kunstkulturministerium , @stadtwien | culture, @basis.kultur.wien , district Leopoldstadt.

Impro-Session: Myriam El Haïk & Golnar Shahyar 💜 24.04.2026 philomena+ (@philomena_plus ) Presented by philomena+ in cooperation with Salam Music. Thank you for being there! Exhibition: April 20-26, 2026 Opening hours: Tue-Fri 11am-3pm, Sat & Sun 3pm-6pm Direction & Camera: @amin_ebrahiimii

In an improv session Golnar Shahyar @golnarshahyar and Myriam El Haïk @myriamelhaik enter an experimental musical dialogue playing with rhythm and voice. It was a first encounter of the artists taking Myriam El Haïk's poem "Egorhythms" as a starting point. The event took place as part of the @salam.music.festival and within Myriam El Haïk exhibition at @philomena_plus . Photo credits: Ibrahim Dirani @idiraniphotography Supported by @kunstkulturministerium , @stadtwien | culture, @salam.music.festival @culturemoveseurope , @basis.kultur.wien , district Leopoldstadt.

Some impressions of the performance OHrGrüN / VerT d'OreiLLe by Myriam El Haïk @myriamelhaik , a poetry-based performance, conceived as a live collage of spoken words, invented language, music, images, and performative actions, presented as part of the @salam.music.festival . It is part of the multi-stage exhibition project Against the Playbook, curated by Aline Lenzhofer @alinedezordo , which explores the subversive power of play when it comes to questioning rules, social norms, structures, and conventions. The visual elements of the performance are presented as an exhibition which is on view until 26/04/2026 during the opening hours Tue-Fri 11am-3pm, Sat+Sun 3-6pm. Photo credits: Ibrahim Dirani @idiraniphotography The project is realized with support of @kunstkulturministerium , @stadtwien | culture, @culturemoveseurope , @basis.kultur.wien , district Leopoldstadt, @dasweissehaus

OHrGrüN / VerT d'OreiLLe: Performance by Myriam El Haïk @myriamelhaik on Sunday, 19/04/2026, 3 pm Improv Session with Myriam El Haïk & Golnar Shahyar @golnarshahyar on Monday, 20/04/2026, 7 pm as part of the @salam.music.festival curated by Aline Lenzhofer @alinedezordo Myriam El Haïk combines music and visual art in her works. Starting with minimalist compositions, she develops sign systems that translate musical structures into visual forms. Writing and playing constitute a central part in this process. By consciously subverting conventions, the artist establishes her own rules and systems. Her performance installation OHrGrüN / VerT d‘OreiLLe fits into this working method. Based on the French expression “ver d'oreille” (earworm), the work deals with words and sounds, mistranslations, and their poetic potential to create new meanings and imaginary worlds. The result is a live collage of spoken word, invented language, music, images, and performative actions. Myriam El Haïk continues her subversive play with language in an improv session together with Iranian-Canadian singer and composer Golnar Shahyar. The focus is on theatricality, timbre, tempo, and rhythm of words—their sequences, shifts, and translations into images and music. Based on French and Moroccan-Arabic language fragments from Myriam El Haïk’s works OHrGrüN / VerT d’OreiLLe  and Egorythms, a game of associations, combinations, and transpositions unfolds. Both artists resist fixed meanings and question the power of linguistic rules—not unlike the logic of algorithms. Golnar Shahyar’s practice, which lies between improvisation, composition, and transcultural reflection, meets Myriam El Haïk’s conceptual work with language and notation. Image credits: Emil Bauer Supported by @kunstkulturministerium , @stadtwien | culture, @culturemoveseurope , @basis.kultur.wien , and district Leopoldstadt