On the basis of which values can the utopia of an economically and socially just and fair as well as ecologically sustainable future become reality? “With the possibilities of art, design, and architecture, the Vienna Biennale will contribute to shaping a future based on values,” Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, General Director of the MAK and initiator and head of the Vienna Biennale, states. Artists, designers, and architects from all continents will take a stance towards the future we really want. The VIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE: BRAVE NEW VIRTUES. Shaping Our Digital World will focus on brave visions on handling artificial intelligence and new technologies, on shaping innovative (urban) ways of work, on new ways of living (together), and on responsible consumption.
The organizers of the Vienna Biennale—MAK, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Architekturzentrum Wien, and Vienna Business Agency, as well as Slovak Design Center as Associate Partner and AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as non-university research partner—will explore meaningful and actually applicable values for Digital Modernity in several locations.
Vienna Biennale
The Vienna Biennale is the first event of its kind to combine art, design, and architecture, with the aim of generating creative ideas and artistic projects to help improve the world. Its category-spanning, interdisciplinary approach and combination of artistic ambition and the creative economy open up new perspectives on central topics of our time and thus promote positive change in our society. The Vienna Biennale was established with the understanding that we are living in a new modernity in which the digital revolution penetrates all areas of our life and is thus fundamentally changing our civilization. Today's Digital Modernity offers considerable potentials for lasting improvements in quality of life as well as innovative living concepts and business models in every sector.
The organizers of the Vienna Biennale—MAK, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Architekturzentrum Wien, and Vienna Business Agency, as well as Slovak Design Center as Associate Partner and AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as non-university research partner—will explore meaningful and actually applicable values for Digital Modernity in several locations.
Vienna Biennale
The Vienna Biennale is the first event of its kind to combine art, design, and architecture, with the aim of generating creative ideas and artistic projects to help improve the world. Its category-spanning, interdisciplinary approach and combination of artistic ambition and the creative economy open up new perspectives on central topics of our time and thus promote positive change in our society. The Vienna Biennale was established with the understanding that we are living in a new modernity in which the digital revolution penetrates all areas of our life and is thus fundamentally changing our civilization. Today's Digital Modernity offers considerable potentials for lasting improvements in quality of life as well as innovative living concepts and business models in every sector.
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UNCANNY VALUES | MAK HYSTERICAL MINING | Kunsthalle Wien
Change Was Our Only Chance | AIL
MAK DESIGN LAB. Reinstalltion | MAK
CLIMATE CHANGE! | MAK
FUTURE FACTORY | MAK & Gallery Die Schöne
SPACE AND EXPERIENCE | MAK
HUMAN BY MACHINE | MAK
City of Temperaments | Seestadt Aspern
Human by Design | Satelit, SDC Gallery, Bratislava
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The collaboration between the Slovak Design Center and the MAK and its partner institutions is co-financed with funds from the EU program Interreg V-A Slovakia–Austria (project “Design & Innovation”).
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CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
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CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
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CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
CLIMATE CHANGE! © Stefan Lux/MAK
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SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
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FUTURE FACTORY © Peter Kainz/MAK
FUTURE FACTORY © Peter Kainz/MAK
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SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
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SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
SPACE AND EXPERIENCE © Peter Kainz/MAK
MAK DESIGN LAB © Stefan Lux/MAK
MAK DESIGN LAB © Stefan Lux/MAK
MAK DESIGN LAB © Stefan Lux/MAK
MAK DESIGN LAB © Stefan Lux/MAK
UNCANNY VALUES
Process Studio, AImoji, 2019
Emojis generated by artificial intelligence
© Process Studio
Process Studio, AImoji, 2019
Emojis generated by artificial intelligence
© Process Studio
© esel.at
Change Was Our Only Chance @ AIL
Change Was Our Only Chance @ AIL
Hysterical Mining © Kunsthalle Wien
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Hysterical Mining © Kunsthalle Wien
Hysterical Mining © Kunsthalle Wien
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Hysterical Mining © Kunsthalle Wien
Hysterical Mining © Kunsthalle Wien
UNCANNY VALUES
Rachel Ara, This Much I'm Worth (The self-evaluating artwork), 2017
© Hydar Dewachi
Rachel Ara, This Much I'm Worth (The self-evaluating artwork), 2017
© Hydar Dewachi
UNCANNY VALUES
Process Studio, AImoji, 2019
Emojis generated by artificial intelligence
© Process Studio
Process Studio, AImoji, 2019
Emojis generated by artificial intelligence
© Process Studio
HYSTERICAL MINING
Tabita Rezaire, Ultra Wet – Recapitulation, 2017
Courtesy the artist & Goodman Gallery
Tabita Rezaire, Ultra Wet – Recapitulation, 2017
Courtesy the artist & Goodman Gallery
CHANGE WAS OUR ONLY CHANCE
TURNTON DOCKLANDS
Time’s Up, Lentos Linz, Ars Electronica Festival, 2017
© Norbert Artner. Courtesy: Time’s Up
TURNTON DOCKLANDS
Time’s Up, Lentos Linz, Ars Electronica Festival, 2017
© Norbert Artner. Courtesy: Time’s Up
MAK DESIGN LAB © lwz
SPACE AND EXPERIENCE
ecoLogicStudio (Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto)
H.O.R.T.U.S. XL Astaxanthin.g, 2019
© NAAROv
ecoLogicStudio (Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto)
H.O.R.T.U.S. XL Astaxanthin.g, 2019
© NAAROv
CLIMATE CHANGE!
EOOS, Lunar Lander, 2018
© EOOS
EOOS, Lunar Lander, 2018
© EOOS