Since its founding, the MAK has understood itself as a place of dialogue, addressing both producers and consumers and maintaining an active, reciprocal exchange with them. The museum is not intended as a place of passive marveling, but as a space that conveys ideas, invites inquiry, and encourages both individual and collective creative agency. Empowering visitors to think and act creatively is a key objective of the MAK’s educational mission.

Together with picture book artist and artistic director of the MAK Atelier, Sven Völker, artist Andrea Maurer, and expert in poetic literature Senka Gavranov, we will discuss the significance of the book as a potential artistic medium for all, and the importance of sharing artistic tools and skills. Why is the museum’s activating role as a “toolbox” for design so essential—and how can it be collectively and interculturally strengthened?

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Free admission.
Registration required (see above). 
Event in English. 

Location:
Exhibition: Direktion für alle!
Discussion: MAK Column Hall

Participants:
Sven Völker (artist, Berlin), Senka Gavranov (expert in poetic literature and EU projects, Oradea, Romania), Andrea Maurer (artist), in the presence of nine young students from Austria, Romania, and Serbia

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The opening of the pop-up exhibition and the discussion panel are funded by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media, and Sport (BMWKMS).

This project is supported by Creative Europe.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.