Define Redefine

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab

Join IG Bildende Kunst for the Define Redefine conference wrapping up the Pay the Artist Now! Infotour 
 
This two-day event which marks the conclusion of the Pay the Artist Now! Info Tour (2023/24), a collaboration between IG Bildende Kunst and the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol. The conference will bring together artists, cultural workers, students, policymakers, cultural administrators, and other experts from various regions of Austria to discuss, develop, and consolidate the insights gained during the tour. 
The main goal of the conference is to further shape a diverse and interdisciplinary vision for fair working conditions in the arts and culture sector and to strengthen the Fair Pay agenda in Austria.

Program 
8 Apr, 18:00–21:00
 
Welcome and Introduction

Brigitte Felderer (University of Applied Arts Vienna), Olga Okunev (BMKÖS)

Moderators: Sheri Avraham, Vasilena Gankovska (IG Bildende Kunst), Michael Strasser (Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol)

Dance Performance: Forthcoming
Addressing precarious working and living conditions in the arts and cultural sector, as well as structural barriers and limitations.

Performed by Nikola Majtanova and Marcin Denkiewicz

Round Table Discussion
Gitti Vasicek (Activist, Board Member of Fiftitu%, Vice-Rector of the University of Art and Design Linz)

Daniela Koweindl (Cultural Policy Representative, IG Bildende Kunst)

David Prieth (Cultural Worker, Activist, Managing Director of p.m.k)

Moderators: Sheri Avraham, Michael Strasser
 
9 Apr, 11:00–16:00
Live Radio Show
Moderators: Natalie Assmann (Artist, Curator, Performer), Ayo Aloba (Actor, DJ, Music Producer)

Happiness Report
Edith Payer (Artist)
Michael Strasser (Curator, Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol)

Performance Focus
Peter Kozek (APL)
Barbis Ruder (TransArts)

Curatorial Work Focus
Christine Haupt-Stummer (ECM)
Katja Stecher (Curator)

Regional Focus
Francis Ruyter (Independent Space Index)
Elena Stoißer (IGKiKK)

Federal Focus
Valarie Oona Serbest (Fiftitu%)
Daniela Koweindl (IG Bildende Kunst)

Redefining Funding Structures
Clara Gallistl (Community Building Austria)
Teresa Awa (Publisher, Translator)

You Ask, We Answer
Presentation: Typography for consultative reading 
Presentation by students of the Typography 2 seminar at the University of Art and Design Linz, led by Professor Enrico Bravi.
 
Please note additional program at IG Bildende Kunst (Gumpendorfer Straße 10-12, 1060 Vienna): The Define Redefine exhibition at IG Bildende Kunst will showcase five artistic positions that accompanied the Pay the Artist Now! tour at each of its five stops. 

Artists: Crisfor (Vienna), Heidi Holleis (Innsbruck), Nikola Majtanova und Marcin Denkiewicz (Linz), Edith Payer (Redlschlag), Edda Strobl (Gratz).

Concept: Sheri Avraham, Michael Strasser
Curated by Michael Strasser

Opening: 9 Apr, 19:00
 
Symposium