A research project
by Doris Krüger/Krüger & Pardeller, Senior Artist at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Department of Transmedia Arts,
and Gerd Zillner, Director of the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation.
Frederick
Kiesler, visionary architect, designer and set designer, founded his holistic Laboratory for Design Correlation at the School
of Architecture of Columbia University in New York in 1937. In experimental teaching formats, he tested his theory of Correalism,
a transdisciplinary basic research on design and architecture, together with students from various disciplines. In this, Kiesler
assumes that the human being forms the center of interacting forces and at the same time names a tool in his theory formation
that was not only intended to counteract the social problems of his time, but has lost none of its relevance in the context
of sustainability to this day.
How would such artistic education play out in our present day and
what solutions could be generated by Kiesler's methods? The Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation houses
Kiesler's estate in its archive. In a research collaboration with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Doris Krüger and
Gerd Zillner are exploring these questions and investigating in the Applied Correlation Laboratory
how the historical material can be activated for a young generation of students and artists. Perceptual experiments, theatrical
moments, sculptural and cinematic references are linked together through a space-consuming display in the exhibition.
The
Applied Correlation Laboratory is an institutional collaboration; it is a tool for artistic and
scientific research, a workshop setting for hands-on experimentation, a platform for education, and a place for shared learning.
It is an artwork, a lecture series, a research project, an exhibition and a publication.
Featuring
works by Francesca Centonze, Ganaël Dumreicher, Kirils Ēcis, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Jaiyun Lee, Jona Lingitz,
Isolar Mesec, Michi Schmidl, Marlene Stahl and Bofan Zhou.
Exhibition display by:
Jasmy Chieh-Hsuan Chen
The publication contains numerous exhibition
views as well as a comprehensive text by Gert Hasenhütl on the history of the Laboratories at various international
art and design faculties.
Finissage and book presentation:
Wednesday,
January 25, 2023, 6 p.m.
Exhibition duration:
November 25, 2022 - January
25, 2023
Exhibition venue:
Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private
Foundation.
Mariahilfer Strasse 1b/Top 1, 1060 Vienna
Opening Hours:
Tuesday
through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment, free admission.
