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Evening Programm curated by Denise Palmieri / Moderation by Steffi Stanković

ATTENTION! NEW LOCATION:
Kulturzentrum 4lthangrund / Alte WU
Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien | U4/U6 Spittelau

18:30 - 19:00 Statements:

»WIENWOCHE board

»Nataša Mackuljak, Jelena Micić, Araba Evelyn Jonston-Arthur, Denise Palmieri (Artistic & executive team, WIENWOCHE)

»Patricia Anderele, Municipal Council Committee on Climate, Environment, Democracy and Human Resources/ Culture and Science

19:00 - 22:00 Music:

»DJ set: Authentically Plastic

»Live: TRACE

»Live: Chris Smalls

»DJ set: La Machi b2b, El Bairak

Opening Event Program accompanied by Hor 29. Novembar:

16:00 - 16:15 Gathering

16:15 - 16:45 On boarding performance

We wish you a safe ride (EN)

17:00 - 19:00 *Discussion “Organize! Grassroot unionizing in Vienna” (EN)

19:00 - 19:30 Opening Speeches (DE)

19:30-20:00 Hor 29. Novembar

20:00 - 22:00 Performance “Cooking like in prison” (Karls Garten)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqtjZ79My8I&list=PL26FahtIPRMQ21Rdwfq431IFV568Jsmt2&index=2

Representation organized around traditional forms of employment does not correspond to the contemporary forms of contracting. While the struggle for collective rights is still ongoing, working people are forced to become self-employed or work under even more precarious conditions. The grassroot unionizing bridges the established status quo and the real needs of the working people in order to provide a perspective for future structural changes. WIENWOCHE supports unionizing efforts of migrant au- pairs, prisoners and platform workers in Austria and provides a stage for exchange with Viennese and international initiatives.

Keynote:

»Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union and T.C.O.E.W., NY Staten Island

Moderators:

»Monika Mokre, political scientist

Participants:

»Sheri Avraham, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna Working Union

»Madelaine Engstler, Former captain and rider organizer

»Nino Heimerl, System Change not Climate Change

»Maddi Latimer, AuPair Repair

»Sónia Melo, Sezonieri

»Stephan Vesco, Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen

Event in cooperation with Arbeiterkammer Wien.

Guided Tour and Discussion with Mansoor Adayfi, Guantánamo Project

Guided Tour and Discussion with Rubia Salgado, das kollektiv

In the 1990s, women organized feminist solidarity networks and actions against the war in former-Yugoslavia. Stating “not in our name,” the Women in Black highlighted the relationship between feminism and anti-war protest, employing, among others, tactics of performance art. They placed an emphasis on peace and non-violence when it seemed unimaginable for many. The lessons learned from these experiences and practices provide a wealth of resources for contemporary struggles. Therefore, members of the still active Women in Black will connect with other contemporary queer feminist artist and activist positions for a reflection on wars today.

Participants:

»Nataša Mackuljak, peace worker, artist, WIENWOCHE Executive Director

»Staša Zajović, activist, author, co- founder of Women in Black Belgrade

Moderation/co-organization

»Lina Dokuzović, artist, activist, researcher eipcp/transversal

18:00 - 20:30 Opening program: (DE)

»Amílcar Cabral, Ein Pädagoge der Revolution

»Bate-papo/Gespräch anlässlich seines100. Geburstags mit

»Karim Duarte

»Sónia Vaz Borges

»das Kollektiv

Herwig Baumgartner, ehemaliger Gefangener und Mitgründer der Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen, Martin Steinbach, ehemaliger Gefangener und Gründer von inmates-shelter

With the elections in the EU and Austrian parliament, migrant workers are a part of the political agenda. Migrant workers, an important pillar for maintaining the economy, working in essential jobs under the worst working conditions are not recognised as part of society by many locals and right-wing politicians. They are the invisible labor force of our society. This transnational and intergenerational panel discussion aims to give migrant workers a platform for exchange in order to understand how they see themselves and their position in Austrian society. The question that will be raised: How could the different migrant workers in diaspora work together to gain recognition as members of society?

Participants:

»Deniz Güvensoy, independent curator, cultural researcher, PhD candidate University of Applied Arts Vienna

»Faai-Irène Estelle Hochauer-Kpoda, human right activist, founder of the Association BARKA BARKA

»Zoraida Nieto, social and cultural anthropologist, media artist and political activist.

»Ivan Vejvoda, permanent fellow, head of Europe’s Futures Project, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)

»Marina Wetzlmaier, journalist

Moderator:

»Ralph Chan, sociologist

Screening:

»Film by Halit Karagöz, Ali der Tiroler - Die Geschichte eines Gastarbeiter, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iNeIsKjtFw&list=PL26FahtIPRMQ21Rdwfq431IFV568Jsmt2&index=4

This conversation comprises contributions from different areas exploited for coal or mineral mining, mostly in colonial contexts: South Africa; the Swedish part of Sápmi; the Américas; and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. Building on intersectional feminisms, based on groundbreaking works such as Macarena Gómez-Barris’ Extractive Zone, we revisit different mining areas from the perspectives of women*, Indigenous people and workers, impacted by the appropriation of their lands or their work in the mining sector. We will focus on the situations and agencies of local people and seek (and hopefully provide) some footing amidst literally destabilized grounds of mining, aggravations of capitalist extraction, ecological devastation, and ongoing colonization by resisting extractivisms through our feminist approaches. In relation to artistic practices in various formats, we will tackle violent trans-corporealities, as well as emancipatory agencies.

Participants:

»Bermet Borubaeva, public policy analyst, curator, and co-founder of Bishkek School of Contemporary Art, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan

»Lis-Mari Gurák Hjortfors, activist and ethnologist, Koskullskulle/Malmberget/ Gällivare in the Swedish part of Sàpmi

»Samantha Hargreaves, ecofeminist activist, active in WoMin, South Africa

Moderation/co-organization:

»Karin Reisinger, researcher, architect, and curatorial practitioner, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Event program:

17:00 Entry

17:30 - 17:50 Introduction by maiz

17:55 - 18:10 Präsentation migrazine - online Magazin von Migrant*innen für alle, 2024 Edition (DE)

18:15 - 19:45 “Austria we love you. Wir sind immer noch da und werden dich nie verlassen“. Panel intervention with art and cultural workers in Vienna featuring Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur, Munira Muhamud and Vina Yun. Moderated by Marissa Lôbo (DE)

20:30 - 21:00 Live-Musik

21:10 - 21:30 Ungehorsame Fashion: Intervention by the maiz youth section

21:40 - 22:10 “Sonic Journeys of Repurposing Grief” Performance by GodXXX Noirphiles (Berlin)

22:15 - 23:40 Soulcat DJ set

Die Bewegung der Nicht- Bürger*innen (in Österreich) kann von langen Kämpfen, Strategien und Errungenschaften sprechen. Welche vergangenen und aktuellen politischen Forderungen, Praktiken und Akteur*innen sind für diese Bewegung bezeichnend?

Aktivisti*innen und Forscher*innen aus unterschiedlichen Feldern sprechen darüber.

Eine Bestandsaufnahme und Ausformulierung der aktuellen Kämpfe der Migration.

Teilnehmer*innen:

»Ilker Ataç, Professor für Politik in der Sozialen Arbeit am Fachbereich Sozialwesen der Hochschule Fulda

»Rex Osa, Aktivist, refugees4refugees

»Kid Pex, Rapper und Aktivist, SOS Balkanroute

»Sarah Schilliger, Forscherin und Lehrende an der Universität Bern am Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung; Netzwerk “Wir alle sind Bern”; Mitinitiatorin Berner City Card

Moderatorin:

»Petja Dimitrova, WIENWOCHE Kuratorin (2013-2015), Mitinitiatorin von 1. März - transnationaler Migrant*innen Streiktag (2011-2013)

Visuelle Teilnahme:

»Pass Egal Wahl (2013-2023), Posterausstellung der SOS Mitmensch

»Das Gewinner*inplakat des Open Calls Sichtbarmachung von Wahlungerechtigkeit in Zusammenarbeit mit der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiin2WVCgxs&list=PL26FahtIPRMQ21Rdwfq431IFV568Jsmt2&index=3

Evening Program moderated by Esra Özmen

16:00 - 16:45 Welcome

»Halay City Marathon

16:45 Entering with music

17:00 - 23:30

»Concert: Gazino Neukölln

»Belly dancer part one

»Halay City Marathon

»Concert: Sarı Kantoron/Korospular

»Concert: Gullüminaj Ensemble

»Belly dance part two & Drag performance

»DJ: Seba Kayan & Sakina Teyna

Panel intervention with art and cultural workers in Vienna featuring Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur, Munira Muhamud and Vina Yun. Moderated by Marissa Lôbo (DE)

Recorded at Volkskundemuseum on 19th of September as part of “MAIZ 30 JAHRE JUBILÄUM”.

With the elections in the EU and Austrian parliament, migrant workers are a part of the political agenda. Migrant workers, an important pillar for maintaining the economy, working in essential jobs under the worst working conditions are not recognised as part of society by many locals and right-wing politicians. They are the invisible labor force of our society. This transnational and intergenerational panel discussion aims to give migrant workers a platform for exchange in order to understand how they see themselves and their position in Austrian society. The question that will be raised: How could the different migrant workers in diaspora work together to gain recognition as members of society?

Deniz Güvensoy, independent curator, cultural researcher, PhD candidate University of Applied Arts Vienna
Faai-Irène Estelle Hochauer-Kpoda, human right activist, founder of the Association BARKA BARKA
Zoraida Nieto, social and cultural anthropologist, media artist and political activist.
Ivan Vejvoda, permanent fellow, head of Europe's Futures Project, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)
Marina Wetzlmaier, journalist
Moderation/Co-organization: Ralph Chan, sociologist

Aggravation, Labour, Ambivalences

This conversation in the framework of WIENWOCHE 2024 comprises contributions from different areas exploited for coal or mineral mining, mostly in colonial contexts: South Africa; the Swedish part of Sápmi; the Américas; and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. Building on intersectional feminisms, based on groundbreaking works such as Macarena Gómez-Barris’ Extractive Zone, we revisit different mining areas from the perspectives of women*, Indigenous people and workers, impacted by the appropriation of their lands or their work in the mining sector. We will focus on the situations and agencies of local people and seek (and hopefully provide) some footing amidst literally destabilized grounds of mining, aggravations of capitalist extraction, ecological devastation, and ongoing colonization by resisting extractivisms through our feminist approaches. In relation to artistic practices in various formats, we will tackle violent trans-corporealities, as well as emancipatory agencies.

Bermet Borubaeva, public policy analyst, curator, and co-founder of Bishkek School of Contemporary Art, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan

Lis-Mari Gurák Hjortfors, activist and ethnologist, Koskullskulle/Malmberget/Gällivare in the Swedish part of Sàpmi

Samantha Hargreaves, ecofeminist activist, active in WoMin, South Africa

Moderation / co-organization:
Karin Reisinger, researcher, architect, and curatorial practitioner, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

The panel discussion took place online on 18th September 2024.

https://www.wienwoche.org/de/2024/home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFaFa3DmiM&list=PL26FahtIPRMQ21Rdwfq431IFV568Jsmt2&index=1

Die Bewegung der Nicht-Bürger*innen (in Österreich) kann von langen Kämpfen, Strategien und Errungenschaften sprechen. Welche vergangenen und aktuellen politischen Forderungen, Praktiken und Akteur*innen sind für diese Bewegung bezeichnend?
Aktivist*innen und Forscher*innen aus unterschiedlichen Feldern sprechen darüber. Eine Bestandsaufnahme und Ausformulierung der aktuellen Kämpfe der Migration.

Teilnehmer*innen:

Ilker Ataç, Professor für Politik in der Sozialen Arbeit am Fachbereich Sozialwesen der Hochschule Fulda
Rex Osa, Aktivist, refugees4refugees
Kid Pex, Rapper und Aktivist, SOS Balkanroute
Sarah Schilliger, Forscherin und Lehrende an der Universität Bern am Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung; Netzwerk “Wir alle sind Bern”; Mitinitiatorin Berner City Card

Moderatorin:
Petja Dimitrova, WIENWOCHE Kuratorin (2013-2015), Mitinitiatorin von 1. März - transnationaler Migrant*innen Streiktag (2011-2013)