Applied Human Rights / Global Challenges and Sustainable Development
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
