Guided Tour in English: CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF

It’s Not My Problem Anymore!

Artist Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) was a radical humanist who demolished the boundaries between art, theater, film, and politics and negotiated the exigencies of the present through his complex artistic practice. His productions challenged his audience to assume an active stance—between irritation and insight, onus, and reflection. With an exhibition eponymous with his 2005 quote It’s not my problem anymore!, the MAK together with the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is hosting the artist’s first solo show in Austria, the very country he ushered to the center of his social contradictions with his event Bitte liebt Österreich – Erste österreichische Koalitionswoche [Please Love Austria—First Austrian Coalition Week] (2000) in context of the Vienna Festival.

The exhibition unfurls along two timelines stemming from his iconic installation Church of Fear (2003–2005), wherein Schlingensief infused a parodistic faith community with the global post-9/11 mood.

Sat, 23.5.2026 4 pm — 5 pm

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Five people wearing wigs stand in a desert-like setting.

A person wearing a pink dress and feathers on their head is standing in a boat in the desert

PRACTICAL INFO

Meeting point: MAK Columned Main Hall
Language: The tour is held in English.
To ensure a pleasant museum visit, the number of participants per guided tour is limited. We therefore recommend booking the tour in advance to secure your spot.
Guided tour fee: € 5,50 plus admission
In addition to the ticket for the guided tour, an admission ticket is required. The admission ticket can be added to your cart after selecting the event ticket.