Wandertag #2

For Wandertag, curated by Nora Mayr, Anna Witt brings her video work 'Hautfront' to Vienna for the first time. The film will be projected onto the façade of the housing project Frauen-Werk-Stadt I also known as Margarete-Schütte-Lihotzky-Hof. The projection leads visitors to the largest example of housing and urban development that concentrates on the needs of women in Europe. Planned and realized by the architects Franziska Ullmann, Gisela Podreka, Elsa Prochazka and Liselotte Peretti, this building structure specifically takes into account the everyday patterns of women.

'Hautfront' was created during the first lockdown in spring 2020 in a collaborative process with women of different ages from Feldbach in Styria, Austria. For this project, a discussion group was formed that met online to unite in a situation of general retreat into the private sphere. Subversiveness and resistance became central concepts to address the impact of the pandemic and the resulting crisis for women. In addition to the film screenings, two dialogic guided tours by cultural mediator Petra Unger, Wiener Frauen*Spaziergänge (female* walks Vienna), offer an in-depth look at the history of Frauen-Werk-Stadt I.

Wandertag is a project series highlighting solo presentations in public space. Whether an industrial area, the shop window of a car dealer, a house facade or a public observatory - each location offers a new approach to the artistic practice of the invited artists as well as unusual views of Vienna. Each Wandertag is accompanied by its own walking route that visitors can follow either on guided tours or on their own.

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02 Jul – 03 Jul 2021
Wandertag, Neu Leopoldau, 21. Bezirk

ARTIST
Anna Witt

CURATOR
Nora Mayr