The
students of the Masters in Applied Human Rights and the Masters in Global Challenges and Sustainable Development will be showcasing
six group projects at the 2024 Klima Biennale. Inspired by ”Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity”, each project centers
critical perspectives on sustainability and systems development. The projects address the ongoing climate crisis with focused
attention on migration, narratives, biodiversity, overconsumption, curation, connection, and silliness. With projects including Do
You Really Need More Than One?, Silent Boil: The Frog’s Fable, Playfool, POM Glasses, Global Footprints: Mapping Our Perspective,
and Guiding Connection, students inspire new perspectives and invite participation.
Interventions:
20.6.2024, 13:00 – 19:00
Klima Biennale Wien – Festivalareal Nordwestbahnhof
Nordwestbahnstraße
16, 1200 Wien
Participatory Projects:
1.
Guiding Connection
Famkje Elgersma, Mirjam Kislinger
This interactive guided
tour at the Climate Biennale aims to create an emotional connection between visitors and artworks, as well as between the
artworks themselves. Through participatory storytelling, visitors are encouraged to make connections that may not be immediately
obvious. The aim is to make the power of connection tangible and desirable as an approach to tackling the climate crisis.
2.
It's a good deal! It's called Overconsumption!
Marijda Kamper, Nicole Pulgar Moya
Can
we end overconsumption, and if so, how? Our actions, which affect others and the world itself, are so naturalised that we
don't even think twice before doing something. For a limited time only, we offer you a paradigm shift and a systematic change;
get a paper towel today or save the world tomorrow.
3. Silent Boil: The
Frog's Fable
Marcus Kautz
Will we continue to ignore the signs, or will we heed
the silent boil and act before the last croak is silenced forever? The frog, once a vibrant symbol of life and renewal, now
struggles against the creeping heat that suffocates its home. As temperatures rise, the frog's fable serves as a gentle reminder
amidst the noise of human activity, urging us to listen and act with compassion toward our planet.
4.
PLAYFOOL
Hager Abdallah Mohammed, Maria Bürger, Valentina Cortez Malaspina, Dora Pickl, Julia Stepanova,
Caitlin Stone, Emma Wagoner
This project is an intervention of silliness and unexpected playfulness
in the space of the Klima Biennale. We aim to curate a space of spontaneous interaction and play, opening new lines of connection
between attendees, and hope, through this, for radically new and playful conversations, reflections, emotions, fun to be set
free. Through play, through joy, through silliness, our environment becomes new to us, freshly-seen and changed. What that
change will be is a question we leave open to the participants.
5. POM Glasses
Olivia
Cavallari, Alyza Frivaldo, Nassirou Holik, Anna Lusser, Remy Navarette, Sterling Rosen
Be among
the first to try the newest model of POM Glasses at the Klimabiennale. Grab a complimentary pair at the entrance!
6.
Global Footprints: Mapping Our Perspectives
Philomina Ahiable, Lucas Belec, Benjamin Dehghan, Carla Guariglia,
Mariana Pires Soares
Our project features a large-scale world map displayed on the floor, inviting
participants to interact with it in various ways. Visitors can walk or wheel across the map, stepping on places they have
been, and draw or paint symbols at their places of origin. By tracing their migration or travel journeys and reflecting on
their movement and perspectives, participants contribute to an evolving narrative that challenges conventional views of the
world and explores home, travel, and global perspectives on climate change.
The projects were
developed in the framework of the courses “Cluster on Sustainability, Environment and Human Rights” and “Cross-Disciplinary
Project Work II” held by the departments Master of Applied Human Rights, International Programmes in Sustainable Developments
and Angewandte Performance Lab. Lecturers: Maximilian Muhr, Ulrike Payerhofer, Charlotta Ruth, Walter Suntinger
