Readings on Walking

06-31 Mai 2019 | Vienna

Resources included different researches, practices and approaches about walking as an urban, artistic and political action. The reading room was open for on-site research throughout May during the opening hours of the Library, and prolonged until 17. June 2019.

You can download the reading-list, with liks to ressources here.

How Discoverers Discover

by Gerhard Lang

7 Mai 2019 | Vienna

In this performative talk, the artist gives an insight into the field of study of strollology or promenadology, founded by the sociologist, economist and philosopher Lucius Burckhardt. Burckhardt adopted the perspective of the stroller in formulating his criticisms of prevailing automobile-centric planning practices and used strolling as a pedagogic approach. The talk describes the context in which strollology took place; including actions, interventions and strolling practice in the society, the art field predating strollology. The final part of the talk focuses on strolling practice and interventions since the field of strollology disappeared from the university curriculum upon Burckhardt‘s retirement

On Bodies and Their Collective Moves

by homepage of Elke Krasny

8 Mai 2019 | Vienna

Along with this walking seminar, Elke Krasny shares historical and contemporary texts related to bodies and their collective moves. Reproductive rights, health rights, labour rights, rights to education, rights to vote, rights to work… Who were those who marched for those rights? How did they organise politically? How did they move collectively? The walking seminar seeks to practice walking, thinking and reading collectively while moving in public space. Such a practice is performative and commemorative. Participants will reflect on what it means to remember past marches and strikes, as they again take place today addressing the contemporary condition of multiple crises.

Walking:Holding

by Rosana Cade

22 Mai 2019 | Vienna

What does your town look like from someone else’s perspective? What’s it like to hold hands with a complete stranger and walk through the city centre? Performance art and mobile technology converge in Walking:Holding, a meditative documentary by Rosana Cade, Claire Nolan and Charlie Cauchi, that journeys through urban landscapes exploring identity and intimacy in public space with a focus on LGBTQ+ experiences. This film is a response to Glasgow based artist Rosana Cade’s award-winning interactive performance, which invites audience members to embark on a carefully designed route through a town whilst holding hands with a series of different local participants. The screening will be followed by an artist talk online.

Walk-on-the-wild-side: Beyond Walking in Virtual Spaces

by Martina Menegon

23 Mai 2019 | Vienna

Along with this walking seminar, Elke Krasny shares historical and contemporary texts related to bodies and their collective moves. Reproductive rights, health rights, labour rights, rights to education, rights to vote, rights to work… Who were those who marched for those rights? How did they organise politically? How did they move collectively? The walking seminar seeks to practice walking, thinking and reading collectively while moving in public space. Such a practice is performative and commemorative. Participants will reflect on what it means to remember past marches and strikes, as they again take place today addressing the contemporary condition of multiple crises.

Walking Simulator

By Leonhard Müllner and Robin Klengel

28 Mai 2019 | Vienna

The work ‘Operation Jane Walk’ by Robin Klengel and Leonhard Müllner examines the innovative potential of walking in computer games. In this performance, the hostile military environment of a shooter-game is misappropriated for an architectural tour. The gameplay is reduced to walking and instead of a martial action in a city as the backdrop of the game, it becomes the narrative foreground. The Walking Simulator leads into the warlike worlds of computer games and shows ways of desertion from digital war zones. Artists will discuss case studies and test tactics of resisting and refusing to command, especially in the context of walking.

Walking Narratives,
Instant Tools

by Oliver Hangl

28/29 Mai 2019 | Vienna

Oliver Hangl is a performance/media artist and an urban activist. His work marks a consistent confrontation between man and the environment, pushing the boundaries between physical and psychological spaces. In his talk, the artist will present a selection of his urban walks, rides and trails, with a focus on various implementations of narratives. In the workshop, Hangl proposes a short narration, by which participants are challenged to develop a set of ‘translations’ from fiction into an uncontrolled field of action: reality – on streets or public spaces of Vienna. Hence, a variety of methods and approaches will be implemented, followed by a final assessment of the process and outcomes.