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TECHNOLOGIES OF TOGETHERNESS A collaborative project exploring collective creation, shared knowledge, and community-based artistic practices. Opening with a collective poetry performance May 30, 2026, 7 pm Exhibition on view until July 11, 2026 Fridays & Saturdays, 2–6 pm and by appointment The exhibition brings together two collective works developed through long-term processes of exchange and collaboration: An Herbal Narrative by Drága Cardo in collaboration with street vendors of Augustin Where Our Voices Meet by Mihret Kebede in collaboration with members of Schwarze Frauen Community Through collective filmmaking, poetry, listening, and shared artistic processes, the projects approach art as a technology of community, a practice that heals, transmits knowledge, generates joy, and strengthens collective bonds. VBKÖ – Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs Maysedergasse 2/28 (4th Floor), Vienna #technologiesoftogetherness #viennaart #communityart #vbkö

🏓 Join us for an artist talk with Daniel Hill, Eszter Katalin, Vinko Nino Jaeger, and Christina Werner, moderated by Natascha Bobrowsky! 
Wir laden ein zum Artist Talk mit Daniel Hill, Eszter Katalin, Vinko Nino Jaeger und Christina Werner, moderiert von Natascha Bobrowsky! 📅 9. April 2026 🕕 18:00–19:00 
🚪Doors open | Einlass ab 17:30 📍 VBKÖ 📚English / Deutsche Drawing on their shared research in the VBKÖ archive, the artists explore the archive as a contradictory structure shaped by power, memory, and exclusion — engaging with queer visibility, historical entanglements, and the possibilities held within gaps, fragments, and uncertainty. Ausgehend von ihrer gemeinsamen Recherche im VBKÖ-Archiv setzen sich die Künstler*innen mit dem Archiv als widersprüchlichem Gefüge auseinander, in dem sich Macht, Erinnerung und Ausschluss einschreiben — mit Blick auf queere Sichtbarkeit, historische Verstrickungen und die Frage, was in Lücken, Fragmenten und Unsicherheiten steckt. @eszter_katalin @studio.danielhill @werner.christina @vinkoninojaeger 
 Part of the exhibition “Polyphonic Archives, Entangled Voices” and the VBKÖ Archive Residency Program. |
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung „Polyphonic Archives, Entangled Voices“ und des VBKÖ Archive Residency Programms. #ArtistTalk #VBKÖ #QueerHistory #Archiv

Thank you to everyone who helped make this book possible and to all who came to celebrate wirh me the beginning of its journey yesterday! Thank you @iain_ebalotny and @lastlivingsoul___ for the pics 🩵

Painting Team Mahku 5.5. & 6.5: Susana Ojeda (Col), Carolina Paez (Col), Claudia Tiefenbach (Ö), Paula Munoz (Chile), Ruth Kaiser(A), Zoraida Nieto (VEN). SIlvia Jura da Silva. Zoraida Nieto (ven), Reka Novak (Hu), Kathrin mentler(A), Annika Decken, Silvia Jura Gast: Célia Mara

Join me in a cosy evening of reading, chatting, and enjoying some treats. Δiotima; or, Δeir*land: A fragmented stori of arkivs, kolektivism, imaginaʃon, & multituds 14.5.26 18:00-21:00 VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Vienna About the book This book is an interactive experimental project about creative writing and language, collectivity and multitudes. It is a collection of fictional archival materials (pages from diaries, correspondence, recipes, announcements, fiction, interviews, etc.) from the future that reflect the journey of a queer feminist collective living on a Mediterranean island. Accessibility The space is on the 4th floor (elevator), the building door is heavy, if you want assistance please let us know on the intercom, the toilet is not accessible for wheelchair users. Expect a small crowd, reading excerpts from the book, a small discussion with the group, masks appreciated, tea and snacks provided. You don’t need to buy a copy.

Next Friday, 8 May at 19:00, we invite you to What’s the Tea? #7 at VBKÖ, featuring our first guest of the year: Ford Kelly aka BLAQALIEN @fordkellydreamscapes / @soyfordkelly What’s the Tea? — conceived by Faris Cucchi @fariscucu , Mzamo Nondlwana @jama_supreme and Pêdra Costa @pedraxcosta — is a Trans* and Queer-centered storytelling series that creates space for truth-sharing, creative exchange, and community building. This edition spotlights the visionary practice of Ford Kelly aka BLAQALIEN, an Afrofuturist artist, dreamer, creator, and community organizer based in Berlin. Through their multidisciplinary work, BLAQALIEN conjures expansive imaginaries of Blackness beyond imposed limits, opening portals where joy, play, rage, rest, and curiosity become radical tools for repair, liberation, and collective transformation. As a gender dissident, their artistic universe transforms dreamscapes into political territory, spaces where Black futurity is not only envisioned, but actively lived, defended, and celebrated. From the acclaimed “Afrofuturist Coloring Book” series to “Yeye Finds Magic All Around”, a children’s story rooted in magic and possibility, BLAQALIEN invites us to imagine Blackness as an infinite vessel for memory, resistance, and worlds yet to come. Join us to listen, connect, and stand in solidarity. Free entrance. Accessibility note: the venue has elevator access, but is not fully wheelchair accessible. 🌈 See you at VBKÖ. #viennaartscene #queer #afrofuturism

Water remembers. 🌊✨(German in the first comment) A cura das águas / Water Healing flows into Vienna as a collective act of creation, care, and connection. Led by MAHKU — the Huni Kuin artists’ collective internationally known for monumental works, this 12-meter mural grows through shared gestures, voices, and presence. Guided by spiritual leader Ibã Sales Huni Kuin and artist-curator Kássia Borges, participants enter a process rooted in Huni Meka chants, translated into a living, multimedia visual language. 🎶🎨 Held within the framework of the Wiener Festwochen Republic of Gods, the project unfolds between VBKÖ and the Badeschiff — symbolically bridging urban space with the spirit of the forest. 🌿 This is an invitation to co-create, to learn, and to experience art as healing, a reforesting of the mind, together. 💧 📍 VBKÖ, Maysedergasse 2/28, Vienna 🗓️ May 4 – May 12 ⏰ 9:00–13:00 & 14:00–18:00 🎟️ Free entrance (registration required) Step in. Listen deeply. Create collectively. ✨ #WaterHealing #MAHKU #CollectiveArt #WienerFestwochen

Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices ✨ Step into a living archive—where over a century of feminist and queer artistic practices unfold, collide, and reimagine the future. On view until May 2, 2026, VBKÖ celebrates the reopening of its archive with an exhibition that brings together historical materials, contemporary artworks, and research in a dynamic space of exchange. Through installations, video, sound, and performance, seven resident artists engage deeply with the archive—its voices, silences, and tensions—questioning what is preserved and what remains untold. 🎨 Featuring: @pedraxcosta @zoegudovic @danielhill @vinkoninojaeger @eszter_katalin @nouranitahereh @werner.christina + VBKÖ members & collaborators 🧠 Organized by: @georgia_holz @veronika_hoesch @mikaloompa @steph.misa @miwaneg @tsj_ts @juliawieger ⏳ Final days—don’t miss it before it closes! 🕑 Opening hours: Fri & Sat, 2–6 pm A space for dialogue, memory, and collective imagination—connecting past struggles with future possibilities. 📸 Courtesy of © @studio.danielhill #VBKÖ #FeministArt #QueerArchive #viennaartscene

Recap of this week’s SALOON @vbkoe_ ✨ We had a wonderful time visiting the exhibition Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices and diving into VBKOEs rich history! A big thank you to @georgia_holz , @mikaloompa and Eszter Katalin for the invitation, the guided tour, and all the inspiring insights 💫

Friday I’m in love — at VBKÖ ✨🌺🌹☀ Archiving those who archive the archive— holding this moment with people who create memories, traces, and futures together. This special Ženergija episode is part of my residency VBKÖ: When Archives Speak.  Listen: https://cba.media/769259 🔥🔥🔥 A collage of voices from the opening of Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices — a living memory shaped by: Alma, Alisa, Julia, Helena, Ludmila, Camil, Stefanie, Oliver, Lucia, Alejandro, Anne, Guillermo — and many others ✨🌺❤ Featuring Tahereh Nourani (Archive of Futures),@nouranitahereh as well as fragments from works by Vinko Nino Jaeger, including Unter deinem Schatten and Hollenstein und Kameradinnen, engaging with the question: where are the queer people in the VBKÖ archive? @vinkoninojaeger A special thank you to the artists and collaborators who shared their work, thoughts, and presence in this residency: Pêdra Costa, Daniel Hill, Vinko Nino Jaeger, Eszter Katalin, Tahereh Nourani, Christina Werner, Georgia Holz, Veronika Hösch, and the VBKÖ members. Thank you to all artists, collaborators, and voices of this residency. And to the team — Marija Jociūtė & MJ (Allystreet Studios) @allystreet_studios Thank you to Tahereh Nourani for the beautiful jingle, to Andrej Ostroški for the design.@fluidna_lasica Photo from the VBKÖ archive — taken during the opening of Polyphonic Archive, Entangled Voices (exhibition you can visit until May 2, 2026.) @vbkoe_ @radiozenergija #WhenArchivesSpeak #VBKOE #Ženergija #SoundArt #FeministArchives

IGERSWALK // VBKÖ @vbkoe_ Diesmal geht es ins Archiv der Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs – wo wir eine spannende private Führung bekommen werden. 📍 Treffpunkt: VBKÖ Archiv, Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Wien 📅 Datum: 28.4.2026 🕒 Uhrzeit: 18:15 Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen von Kunst, Geschichte und Sammlung. EVENT TAGS @vbkoe_ @igersaustria.at #vbkoe #frauenkunst #igersaustria.at Alle Details & Anmeldung via Warteliste hier: 👉 https://www.eventbrite.at/e/igerswalk-archiv-der-vereinigung-bildender-kunstlerinnen-osterreichs-tickets-1985987274399?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true Foto von Daniel Hill - Bildrecht Wien 2022 #igersaustria igersvienna igerswalk viennaart behindthescenes