PUBLIC PROGRAM #1: Act Now! Strategies of creative resistance and activism in contemporary art
Museum der Moderne Salzburg (A) June 15, 2024 16:30 – 18:00 Uhr Barbara Holub SILENT ACTIVISM Performative book launch and discussion with Barbara Holub (artist), Andreas Spiegl (cultural scientist, author in the book) and Mirela Baciak (director, Salzburger Kunstverein) - Tina Teufel (moderator) Reading-Performance "Aus/Sprechen. Ver/Sprechen. Mit/Sprechen" - based on the Index "A Sign or Measure of Something. Silent Activism" by Jane Rendell: By Timothy Nouzak (artist) with Lily Ludwig, Anna Menslin and Miriam Ljubijankic (students at the Institute for Theater and Dance Science/ Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg) For information see here: Museum der Moderne .............................................................. 
Social Space Between Direct Urbanism and Architecture
Talk by transparadiso Architecture Forum Linz, Jan. 25, 2024, 7 pm For more information see here: ............................................................... 
THE WALK, THE PARADE, THE PAVILION AND THE STICKER
From Van Abbe Museum to Onomatopee, Eindhoven: A Performative Walk & Risograph Sticker Printing Workshop & Exhibition by Barbara Holub and Jaspar Joseph-Leste Walk: Saturday, Sept.16, 15:30 – 17:00 Meeting point: Van Abbe Museum, Stratumsedijk 2, 5611 ND Eindhoven Presentation of the Zine + Opening of the exhibition: Sept.16, 18:00 Exhibition: Sept.17-–Oct.8, 2023 Location: Onomatopee Project Space, Lucas Gasselstraat 2a, 5613 LB Eindhoven For more information see here. .............................................................. MAKING THE CITY– Transformative Processes in (Post)Industrial Urban Spaces
Conference: June 29-July 1, 2023 University of Technology Chemnitz/ Germany July 1,2023 11:00: Talk by Barbara Holub 12:30: Talk by Suzanne Lacy Location: Museum of Industry Zwickauer Straße 119 D-09112 Chemnitz For the full program see here. ............................................................... ALLES IST SCHON DA - Performing URBAN CURATING Now
Gathering, May 9-11, 2023, Location: PARKS Alter Recyclinghof, Bullerdeich 6, D-20537 Hamburg For the full program see here. Curated by: Gilly Karjevsky (HBK Hamburg) Book launch: Barbara Holub "Silent Activism" May 9, 2025, 19:00: Performative Reading and Discussion with Barbara Holub, and Social Design Klasse HFBK (EN) . 
With: AKAKAF - Arbeitskreis Akustik und Antifaschismus, Jacopo Asam, atelier le balto, Katarina Bajc, Susanne Bosch, Daniel Dominguez Teruel, Kathrin Dröppelmann, Stefan Hilterhaus, Ellen Blumenstein, Felix Egle, Fran Edgerley, fem_arc, Jesko Fezer, Anna Hentschel, Barbara Holub, Elke Krasny, Kirstin Lazarova, Benjamin Melzer, Mikropol e.V., Kristina Nauditt, Marjetica Potrć, Britta Peters, Johannes Reinicke, Jane Rendell, Alona Rodeh, Nora Sternfeld, Antje Stokman, Maren Stocklöw, Lorenzo Toma, Renée Tribble, Eliza Wagener, Kathrin Wildner, Rebecca Wall.
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OUT NOW: Barbara Holub. SILENT ACTIVISM (ed. Basak Senova) Preface by: Basak Senova Texts by: Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Enrico Lunghi, Paul O’Neill, Jane Rendell, and Andreas Spiegl Graphic Design: bueronardin 312 p., German/ English De Gruyter/ edition Angewandte ISBN: 9783110790818 More information here ............................................................... 
Internacionalní together-hood
Prague-Suchdol March 23, 2022 (postponed) Prague City Gallery/ GHMP _urban intervention in the frame of "Art for the City" .............................................................. 
NORMAL
Forum Stadtpark Graz Opening: Aug.31, 2021, 7 pm Exhibition: Sept.1-15, 2021 artists: orizzontale public works with studio Magic transparadiso Georg Winter/ TanzPflanzPlan AG ............................................................... 
FAVORIT
- a square-transformer-performer Opening: May 14, 2021 Events: Maay 17-Sept.15, 2021 The FAVORIT is now open in Vienna/ 10th district for everyday use and events: for program information see: https://www.kulturhaus-brotfabrik.at/favorit ............................................................... 
NORMAL - direkter Urbanismus x 4
_ein Projekt von transparadiso im Rahmen des Kulturjahrs Graz 2020/2021 Ausstellung | HDA Auslage: 28.01.-24.02.2021 Eröffnung + KünstlerInnengespräch/ online 27.01.2021, 18:00-19:15 Das Event kann per LIVESTREAM verfolgt werden. Hier gehts zum HDA-Channel. KünstlerInnen: orizzontale, public works (mit Studio Magic), transparadiso, Georg Winter/ TanzPflanzPlan AG ..................... 
Collezione d'arte Contemporanea Marino Cettina
Museum of Contemporary Art Istria, Pula (HR) Opening: June 19, 2020, 8 pm Exhibition: June 20 – Aug.23, 2020 curated by: Marina Grzinic .............................................................. OUT NOW:
Plattform für Streitreden Barbara Holub/ Christine Hohenbüchler (eds.) 111 p., 2020 Public Art Vienna 
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transparadiso will realize "NORMAL - direct urbanism x 4" with international urban practititoners in 4 peri-urban districts in Graz :
Andritz: public works (London, UK) Waltendorf: transparadiso (Graz, A) Liebenau: orizzontale (Rome, I) Wetzelsdorf: Georg Winter (Saarbrücken/ Stuttgart, D) ............................................................... 
CrossSections
Exhibition Laboratory/ KuvA, Helsinki Opening:Oct.24, 5-8 pm Exhibition: Oct.24-Nov.11, 2019 Barbara Holub's video-work "Blue Frog Society | A Habitat Without Territory // Speech to the Blue Frog Society in Romanes by Nancy Black" is presented at PUBLICS [Sturenkatu 37-41 4b 00550 Helsinki] within the framework of the CrossSections project ............................................................. AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ART AWARD
Award Ceremony: Feb.21, 2019 Federal Chancellary, Vienna 
Barbara Holub and Paul Rajakovics received the Austrian National Art Award for Fine Arts 2018
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05.11.2018: 6 pm
Talk by Barbara Holub Kunsthochschule Halle (D) ........................................................ The Island is What the Sea Surrounds
Valletta 2018 - European Capital of Culture Opening of the exhibition: March 24, 7 pm, Exam Centre, Valletta/ Malta Exhibition: March 24–May 27, 2018 Curated by: Maren Richter Artists: Heba Y Amin (Egypt), Hela Ammar (Tunis), Bettina Hutschek (Germany/Malta), Raphael Vella (Malta), Gilbert Calleja (Malta), Fernando Sanchez Castillo (Spain), Lida Abdul (Afghanistan), Adrian Paci (Albania), Susan Philipsz (Scotland), Aidan Celeste (Malta), Ibrahim Mahama (Ghana), Wael Shawky (Egypt/America), Antoine Cassar (Malta), Aaron Bezzina (Malta), Center for Political Beauty collective (Germany), Embassy for the Displaced/Scan Lab/Stevanos (International), Kristina Borg (Malta), transparadiso (Austria), Tania El Khoury (Lebanon), Fleeting Territories (Austria/Sweden), Manaf Halbouni (Syria/Germany) Times of Dilemma (transparadiso) Performances: March 25, May 27 and July1, 2018 ............................................................ 
transparadiso are visiting professors at IUAV: workshop with transparadiso: Feb.12-16, 2018 talk by transparadiso: Feb. 14, 4:30 pm ............................................................... 4th Ural Industrial Biennial
Ekaterinburg/ Russia International Forum: Culture as an Enterprise Oct.23-24, 2017 Key speakers: Nicolas Bourriaud, Xavier Dectot, Barbara Holub, Vitaly Kurennoy, Lukasz Pancewicz, Lyudmila Petrova, Andy Pratt 
Workshop for the "Missing Things":
Barbara Holub and Dmitri Moskvin Sennaya Square, Ekaterinburg Oct. 22. 2017, 1-4 pm .......................................................... Urban Transformations and Qualities of Life in the Growing City
Symposium 14.9.-15.9.2017, FH Campus Vienna 
Panel discussion: 15.09.2017
"Vienna’s Peripheries – Urban Transformations and Qualities of Life in International Comparison " ................................................................
HafenCity University Hamburg a performative walk by Barbara Holub (guest scientist at HafenCity University) 
A Walk on the Wild Side: Hafencity from Oversea via Osaka to Trieste
Date: July 3rd, 2017, 6-8 pm meeting point: U-Bahn HafenCity Universität ............................................................ KU Leuven / Belgium
Dept. Urbanism and Strategic Planning Talk by Barbara Holub: Direct Urbanism. The Role of Art and Artistic Strategies for Socially Engaged Urban Planning March 21, 2017 
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Art & Function
Kunsthaus Mürz / Mürzzuschlag (A) opening: Nov.11, 2016: 7 pm exhibition: Nov.12, 2016 – Jan.15, 2017 
curated by: Sabine Kienzer
artists: Gerry Ammann, Katrina Daschner, Carla Degenhardt, Ines Doujak, Sylvia Eckermann, Manfred Erjautz, Mathis Esterhazy, Sofia Goscinski, Christine und Irene Hohenbüchler, Ewa Kaja, Mihaela Kavdanska, Brigitte Kowanz, Constantin Luser, Sabine Ott, Werner Reiterer, Hans Schabus, Nita Tandon, Jochen Traar, transparadiso, Markus Wilfling. .............................................................. Fear of Life
– The City as a Habitat to All Social Design Symposium #3 Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna Oct.7, 2016, 9:30 am - 8 pm 
with: Ruth Wodak, Barbara Holub, Oto Hudec, Ton Matton, Katerina Seda, Angelika Fitz, Antonio Cosme, Andrew Herscher, Pawel Althamer
curated by: Brigitte Felderer + Presentation of the Social Design Reader #1: Barbara Holub (ed.): Das Bienvenue: Ein Recht auf Raum für alle http://socialdesign.ac.at/archive/2016/10/7/save-date-social-design-symposium/index.html ................................................... Workshop for Dan Peterman
by transparadiso in the frame of the exhibition "Waste Value Rising" Kunsthaus Vienna Aug.26, 2016, 3-6 pm 
Special guest: Basak Senova
(curator, Istanbul/ Ankara) The particpants will have the opportunity to expand the "Mobile Models" by Dan Peterman and engage in a discussion on their personal and possible collective "values". We will continue building the growing structure of a "network-cloud" out of wasted bike joints and bamboo freshly harvested in Vienna. .............................................................. Book launch: Planning Unplanned
AIL/ Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna Sept.24, 2015, 7 pm Welcome: Gerald Bast (president/ University of Applied Arts, Vienna) Discussion: Stefan Gruber (architect), Barbara Holub (artist), Maren Richter (curator), Rudolf Scheuvens (dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Vienna University of Technology) Moderation: Elke Krasny (curator) more 
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Request for the unrequested interlinguality Date: May 14, 2016, 4-7 pm Location: Gemeindezentrum Pottenhofen / Lower Austria www.publicart.at 
A collective bilingual German-Czech Scrabble Game for producing the design of a sculpture for the new square in Pottenhofen | Lower Austria
a project by transparadiso Opening of the public art project: July 15, 2016 Nejprve budeme hrát simultánně ve dvou jazycích hru Scrabble: Při hře chceme vytvářet poetická slovní spojení mezi českým a německým jazykem. Ta se promítnou do objektu na sezení a stolování, který bude slavnostně odhalen 15. července 2016 na náměstí v Pottenhofenu. ............................................................... 
Die „größte“ Architekturschau Österreichs, gestaltet von ArchitektInnen und Stadtplaner-Innen: Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Ars Electronica sollen ihr Ideenreichtum, ihre Visionskraft und Planungs-kompetenz sichtbar werden und zwar in Form möglichst vieler Architektur-modelle.
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TOGETHERHOOD
25.08.2024, 14:00 - 17:00, Hanover Artistic-urban intervention by transparadiso „Togetherhood“ is realized in collaboration with: ChorWerk Hannover, Bettina Paletta (fchoreographer), Prof. Dr. Michael Kempe (Leibniz-Archive of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in Hanover), Kestner Gesellschaft, Literaturhaus Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Staatstheater Hannover and many others. For more informationen see here. ........................................................... 
"Ein Versuch über die Freundschaft"
(ed. Michael Petrowitsch) Book launch: Dec.12, 6 pm: Roter Keil, Graz www.epeka.at ............................................................ COLLEZIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA MARINO CETTINA
Galleria Loggia, Capodistria/ Koper Inaugurazione: Venerdì, 23. 6. 2023, alle 19.00 / opening: Fri, June 23, 7 pm Mostra / Exhibition: 23.06 – 22.09.2023 For information see here. ...........................................................
Barbara Holub "Stiller Aktivismus oder die Welt wieder verzaubern" Galerie Marenzi, Leibnitz (A) Ausstellung: 14.01.-25.02.23 Ausstelliungseröffnung: 13.01.23, 19:00 Einführung: Reinhard Braun (Camera Austria) Book launch "Stiller Aktivismus/ Silent Activism": 10.02.2023, 19:00 Basak Senova in conversation with: Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Apolonija Sustersic and Barbara Holub 
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Harbour for Cultures Logbook:
2022 (Juliet Editrice) Book launch Sept.24, 2022, 7 pm Studio Tommaseo, Trieste more information here ............................................................ 
SoAH Research Presents: Direct Urbanism
by transparadiso (Barbara Holub / Paul Rajakovics) Thursday, 12th of May, 6-8pm (7-9 CET) Royal College of Art, Gorvy Lecture Theatre London, SW11 4AN Book here: This event will be streaming live on thisistomorrow.info ........................................................... 
Direct Urbanism:
Lecture (online) at The Bartlett School of Architecure/ International Lecture Series, London Feb. 2, 2022, 7 pm (CET) Link to the Lecture here. ............................................................ 
was sein wird_Von der Zukunft zu den Zukünften
Steiermarkschau Kunsthaus Graz Eröffnung: 9.4.2021 Ausstellung:10.04.-31.10.2021 The Blue Frog Society is present! ............................................................
Vienna Biennale for Change 2021
MAK Vienna Opening: May 27, 2021 Exhibition: May 28–Oct.3, 2021 https://www.viennabiennale.org/ausstellungen/detail/climate-care/ transparadiso shows NORMAL. ............................................................ 
HUMANIFESTA
- The Open Academy for an Integrative Society Forum Stadtpark, Graz Sept.27, 2020 ........................................................... 
Wenn das Eis schmilzt
_NORMAL Reparatur der Zukunft / Ö1 ............................................................ OUT NOW: dérive 79
with a text on NORMAL x 4 - Direct Urbanism / our project for the Culture Year Graz 2020:
"Die Normalität des Unspektakulären an den Rändern der Stadt" ......................................................... 
Public Architecture - Future for Europe
Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow Opening: Jan.30, 2020, 7 pm Exhibition: Jan.31 - May 10, 2020 NIDUM (Malta) and transparadiso will show their collaborative project "Chalet in Action", exploring visions for public space in Sliema/ Malta as process of public engagement. ........................................................... 
Visionäre Räume | Spaces of Difference
Vortrag von Barbara Holub 07.11.2019, 19:00 Ort: Kunstverein Neuhausen Rupert-Mayer-Str. 68 B D-73765 Neuhausen/Fildern ........................................................... 
CALL AGAINST THE BORDER
Festival der Regionen 2019 in cooperation with Public Art Lower Austria Performances: June 29, 5-6 pm Grein promenade - Neustadtl ferry landing July 5, 6:30-7:30 pm St.Nikola (OÖ) - Neustadtl beach There will be a shuttle bus from Vienna to St.Nikola.There will be a temporary ferry by the voluntary fire brigade. July 7, 4:30-5:30 pm Mauthausen (OÖ) - bike trail Enns-Pyburg There is a ferry from Mauthausen to the other riverbank. ........................................................ RUF GEGEN DIE GRENZE
Festival der Regionen 2019 in cooperation with Public Art Lower Austria Workshop: 23.03.2019, 14-17:00 Landesmusikschule Grein Workshop: 08.04.2019, 19-21:00 St.Nikola/ Gemeindeamt 
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TRI/E/S/T/E Presentation of the catalog by Michael Petrowitsch Dec.15, 2018: 19:30 trieste contemporanea, Trieste 
The catalog of the exhibition TRI/E/S/T/E. Einige wenige Anmerkungen zu vielen Identitäten einer Stadt (House of Architecture/ HdA, Graz, July-August 2018) includes a presentation of Harbour for Cultures.
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Kunsthalle Vienna "Antarctica. A Symposium on Alienation." 05.10.-06.10.2018 Oct.6, 2018: 3-5 pm: lab by: Claudia Bosse jeder sollte sich von sich selber entfernen, sonst fällt der schrecken weg, der zum erkennen nötig ist (Bertolt Brecht) on aesthetic strategies of defamiliarisation. Artists: Claudia Bosse, Abdalla Daif, Barbara Holub, Anne Juren, Sophie Klimis, Lucie Strecker, Yosi Wanunu ......................................................... TRIE/S/T/E
HdA/ House of Architecture Graz Opening: July 25, 7 pm Exhibition: 26.07.-05.08.2018 Curated by: Michael Petrowitsch 
Artists/ architects:
Stefano Graziani, Emanuela Marassi, Davide Skerlj, transparadiso (Barbara Holub/Paul Rajakovics), Martin Behr, Otmar Lichtenwörther, Hannes Gellner, Team H/C (Giuliana Carbi, Barbara Holub, Elisabetta Porro, Paul Rajakovics) ............................................................ Die politische Dimension der Kunst
Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil Symposium: 20.- 21.04.2018 Speakers: Jochen Becker, Alice Creischer, Helmut Draxler, Barbara Holub, Holger Kube Ventura, Annette Kulenkampff, Marc Lee, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Hermann Pfütze, Nasan Tur, Wolfgang Ullrich, Georg Winter ............................................................ Times of Dilemma
Valletta 2018 March 25, 2018 First performance at St.Roche's Chapel and on Manoel Island in the frame of "The Island is What the Sea Surrounds" (curated by Maren Richter) Next performances: May 27, July 1, 2018 
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CrossSections.Potentials Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Opening: Jan.10, 2018, 7 pm Exhibition: Jan.11-20, 2018 Presentation of the Blue Frog Society by Barbara Holub: Jan.12, 5 pm Curated by: Basak Senova Artists: Heba Y. Amin (EG/DE), Yane Calovski (MT), Ramesch Daha (AT), Ricarda Denzer (DE/AT), Nikolaus Gansterer (AT), Barbara Holub (AT), Otto Karvonen (FI), Bronwyn Lace (ZA), Marcus Neustetter (ZA), Isa Rosenberger (AT), Lina Selander (SE), Tamsin Snow (IE/UK) 
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URGENT PERSPECTIVES #1 Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna (A) Opening: Nov.9, 7 pm Artists conversation: Nov.11, 2017, 2 pm Exhibition: Nov.10.-11,.2017 
Artists: Dalila Gonçalves (AIR/Portugal), Vida Guzmić (AIR/Croatia), Nika Kupyrova (A), Gabriele Sturm (A)
curated by Barbara Holub for Kulturkontakt Austria .......................................................... SINOPALE - 6th Sinop Biennial
“Transposition / Aktarım” 1th August – 17th September 2017, Sinop, Turkey http://sinopale.org/ 
Sinopale Forum: Aug.20, 2017 Speakers: Nike Baetzner, Jonatan Habib Enqvist, Melih Görgün, Barbara Holub, Mahir Namur, Işın Önol. ............................................................ HARBOUR FOR CULTURES
8th CEI VENICE FORUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATORS CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 2017 Symposium: Friday, May 12, 2017, 14.00 – 19.00 Location: Venice, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930 curated by: Giuliana Carbi, Barbara Holub, Elisabetta Porro, Paul Rajakovics 
SPEAKERS
Iara Boubnova (ICA, Sofia), Maja Ćirić (independent curator, Belgrade), Călin Dan (general director National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest), Shamina de Gonzaga (executive director World Council of Peoples for the United Nations, USA), Beral Madra (BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul), Maren Richter (Valletta European Capital of Culture 2018, Malta), Mick Wilson (head of Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg). The complete list of speakers and contributors is available here The full program of the event There is no fee for participation but you have to register online Curated by: Giuliana Carbi (trieste contemporanea), Elisabetta Porro, Barbara Holub, Paul Rajakovics .........................................................
OUT NOW: Barbara Holub (ed.): Das Bienvenue: Ein Recht auf Raum für alle 
Social Design Arts as Urban Innovation (editor), 2016
116 pages, color and b/w images German/ English Graphic Design: Schienerl A/D ISBN-10: 3741272450 ISBN-13: 978-3741272455 ............................................................ Request for the unrequested
voluntary interlinguisticality Design of the Square in Pottenhofen/ Lower Austria by transparadiso Opening: July 15, 2016, 5 pm www.publicart.at 
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Konferenz: Wir sind nie urban gewesen 7.10.-9.10.2015, Wien Institut für Europäische Ethnologie | Universität Wien, Hanuschgasse 3, 1010 Wien middletownurbanities.com ............................................................... Konferenz: Social Urban Art
12.11.-13.11.2015 HCU, Hamburg 
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KAPITAL HEIMAT
Artistic strategies and urban interventions Opening: March 10, 2016, 7 pm Exhibition: March 11–May 13,2016 Projektraum des Deutschen Künstlerbundes, Berlin Curated by: Christina Paetsch Artists: Winfried Baumann | Stefan Fahrnländer | Pia Lanzinger | Christina Paetsch | transparadiso – Barbara Holub/ Paul Rajakovics ................................................................ .............................................................
Open Studio Day Tour //
Vienna Art Week: Atelier transparadiso Sa, 21.11.2015, 13:00 Treffpunkt: Atelier transparadiso Große Mohrengasse 34/3, 1020 Wien Tour 2.Bezirk mit Nika Koupyrova: Atelier Ronald Kodritsch, tat ort (Berlinger, Fiel), Atelier Konrad Strutz http://viennaartweek.at/de/program/176 
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Book Launch: "Planning Unplanned - Can Art Have a Function? Towards a New Function of Art in Society" (eds.) Christine Hohenbüchler/ Barbara Holub Thu, Sept.24, 2015, 7pm, AIL / Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna http://www.ailab.at Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, 1010 Wien 
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Seats of Understanding
Aug.31, 6 pm: Presentation of the catalog : Palais Attems, Gorizia (I) 7 pm: opening of the exhibition: Municipal Office of Gorizia Exhibition: Aug.31-Sept.12, 2024 Trieste contemporanea is pleased to present the competition and the catalogue of selected projects *Seats of Understanding*, 15th Trieste Contemporanea International Design Competition related to the themes of GO! 2025, in Gorizia (co-organised with the Municipality of Gorizia). For more information see here. Link for download of the catalog here. ............................................................. 
"Water, Mask, Night"/ Urban Exploration and Performance in Penzing, 1140 Vienna: a project by transparadiso
"Water in Penzing", Oct. 07, 2023 / 11:30-18:30 Boris Sieverts/ Büro für Städtereisen explores the water in Penzing "On the trail of the urban alter ego - Steinhof Atlas", Oct. 14., 2023 / 14:00 - 17:00 Workshop / Performance with Ursula Maria Probst "Moon and neon, per sempre Penzing!", Oct. 21, 2023/ 22:00-03:00** transparadiso> Saturday night in Penzing: A night walk with transparadiso along the S-Bahn and subway. A drawing crime novel* For more information see: Public Art Vienna ................................................................. 
ONE BELT. MANY ROADS
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Opening: June 1, 7 pm Exhibition: June 2–July 1, 2023 Artists: Agung Kurniawan / Indonesien. Almagul Menlibayeva / Kazhakstan. Behzad Khosravi Noori / Iran, Pakistan. Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew / Äthiopien. Hatem Bourial / Tunesien. transparadiso (Paul Rajakovics, Barbara Holub) / Italien. Yara Mekawei / Ägypten. For information see here. .............................................................. WE PARAPOM!
Installation by Zbyněk Baladrán "New Social Contract" Opening: April 1, 2023, 4 pm Chemnitz: Hans-Ziegler-Straße/ Bürgerpark Gablenz Installation: April 2- July 2, 2023 For more information see here 
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Stadt der Zukunft, Zukunft der Stadt/ München:
Di, 8.11.2022, 19:30 Podiumsdiskussion mit: Friedrich von Börries, Barbara Holub, Tatjana Schneider Moderation: Kia Vahland Ort: Hochschule für Philosophie, Kaulbachstraße 31a, 80539 München, Aula more information here ........................................................... 
ONE BELT. MANY ROADS
April 30, 2:00 CET online event: Please join us live here (link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1794986984040664/?ref=newsfeed text: facebook): One Belt. Many Roads (OBMR) is a collaboration between Agung Kurniawan/INDONESIA. Almagul Menlibayeva/KAZAKHSTAN. Behzad Khosravi Noori/IRAN, PAKISTAN. Berhanu Ashagrie/ETHIOPIA, Hatem Bourial/TUNISIA. Yara Mekawei/EGYPT. transparadiso (Paul Rajakovics, Barbara Holub)/ITALY, and Grammar of Urgencies (Maren Richter, Klaus Schafler with Niels Plotard)/AUSTRIA. On April 30th 2022 at 2pm CET we will present the first stage of the research online: ............................................................ 
Habiter les grands ensembles - Biennale Venice/ French Pavilion
Roundtables: Sept.12. 2021, 1-5 pm Sale d'Armi, Arsenale more information here ............................................................. 
Inside Out. Museum In-/Outreach
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Symposium/ online: Aug.19-20, 2021 Information on the program here. ............................................................. 
OUT NOW
NORMAL x 4 - Direkter Urbanismus in Graz Barbara Holub/ Paul Rajakovics 132 p., German/ English, 2020 with b/w and color images ISBN 978-3-200-06960-2 With contributions by: public works, transparadiso, orizzontale, Georg Winter, Beate Engelhorn ........................................................... 
PUBLIC ART - City, Politics, Memory
Symposium organized by Public Art Munich Date:Jan.31-Feb.1, 2020 Location: Literaturhaus Munich information in english .......................................................... 
BONE Performance Art Festival Bern
NEWSBODY 27.11.-01.12.2019 Schlachthaus Theater Bern Artists: Crritic!, Marina Belobrovaja, Blond & Gilles, Christoph Draeger, Thomas Geiger, Christine Hohenbüchler und Barbara Holub, Dustin Kenel, Max Küng, Marc Lee, Vreni Spieser, u.a. Curated by: Sibylle Omlin und San Keller ............................................................ 
OPEN STUDIO DAYS
VIENNA ART WEEK Nov.16 + 17, 2019, 3-6 pm Große Mohrengasse 34/3 1020 Wien Our studio is part of the district tour: Nov.16 +17, 3pm starting point: Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Bildhauerateliers Kurzbauergasse 9, 1020 Wien 
ankommen - wo: ankommen - wie
Landesweite Architektinnentagung Freiburg, 18.10.2019 ETAGE - Solar-Info-Center Emmy-Noether-Straße 2 D-79110 Freiburg Vortrag von Barbara Holub zu "Direktem Urbanismus" und Workshop "Times of Dilemma: Wir dürfen fordern! ............................................................. CrossSections
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design Opening: Oct. 2, 6-8 pm Exhibition: 02.10.-15.10.2019 Curated by: Basak Senova Artists: Heba Y. Amin, Nisrine Boukhari, Benji Boyadgian, Yane Calovski, Ramesch Daha, Ricarda Denzer, Nikolaus Gansterer, Inma Herrera, Barbara Holub, Otto Karvonen, Ebru Kurbak, Bronwyn Lace, Marcus Neustetter, Behzad Khosravi Noori, Egle Oddo, Isa Rosenberger, Lina Selander, Tamsin Snow and Timo Tuhkanen. ............................................................ 
The Coming Community: New Towns, Art And Place
Symposium: May 24, 2019, 10- 8 pm MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (GB) with Jes Fernie, Assemble, Nicholas Serota, Barbara Holub etc. ............................................................ 
Opening: April 25, 2019, 7 pm
Exhibition: April 26 – May 04, 2019 Finissage: May 04, 6 pm: with a performance by Jianan Qu and Viltė Švarplytė Artists Elena Anosova* (RUS), Carla Cabanas* (PT), Jianan Qu (China/ A) Curated by: Barbara Holub in the frame of the artists-in-residence-program of KulturKontakt Austria .......................................................... 
Planning 2052
conference curated by: Cecilie Sachs Olsen Fri, Jan.25, 2019: 9:30-6:30 pm Rich MIx Arts Centre, London The conference takes place in the frame of the Oslo Architecture Triennale ............................................................. 
UNSTABLE GROUNDS. Taking Action: Künstlerisch-Urbane Praktiken
14.11.2018: 6:15-7:45 pm Talk with Kathrin Wildner and Barbara Holub Moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst/ Universität Zürich Unstable Grounds .............................................................. 
URGENT PERSPECTIVES #2
PARALLEL Vienna Lassallestraße 1, 1020 Wien Raum 1.03, 1.Stock Opening: 25.09.2018, 17-22:00 Exhibition: 26.09.-30.09.2018, 12:00-19:00 Artists: Maurits Boettger (D), Manaf Halbouni (D/ SYR), Marlene Hausegger (A), Katrin Hornek (A), Valerie Wolf Gang (SLO) Curated by: Barbara Holub A project by KulturKontakt Austria/ Bundeskanzleramt ............................ 25 Jahre Az W
Az W/ Architecture Center Vienna Event and discussion: Sept.19, 2018, 7 pm On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Az W new pieces of the collection will be exhibited (including one by transparadiso). 
Times of Dilemma
Exhibition at CrossSections HUB Leopoldgasse 2a, Vienna/ A Opening: April 24, 7 pm Exhibition: 25.04. – 07.06.2018 talk by transparadiso: 02.05.2018, 18.00 / 6 pm Curated by: Basak Senova in the frame of CrossSections / in collaboration with Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna .............................................................. Bodied Spaces - Discursos cruzados entre corpo e espeaço
Cadernos do Rivoli 06 Editorial coordinator: Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro Launch of publication: Jan 20, 2018, Café Rivli, Porto (PT) Published by: Teatro Municipal do Porto Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda 2018 184 p, Portugiese/ English Texts/ contributions by: Ana Mira, Ana Rita Teodoro, Barbara Holub, Boris Charmatz, Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro, Juao Fiadeiro, Juao Mendes Ribeiro, Jorge Andrade + José Capela, Teresa Fradique, Tiago Guedes ............................................................ The Bartlett School of Architecture/ London
Talk by Barbara Holub Nov.23, 2017, 6:30 pm lecture series "constructing realities" at Here East/ Situated Practice 
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Public Art Thinking: Symposium and Publication Launch Eastside Projects Birmingham Wednesday, 22 November 2017 1 – 5.30 pm Panel discussion with: Andy Reeve, Barbara Holub, Gavin Wade, Mel Jordan, Robert Garnett, Rosalie Schweiker, Vanessa Boni ..........................................................
OUT NOW:
New Stakeholders of Urban Change: A Question of Culture and Attitude? Perspectives in Metropolitan Research 4 Hilke Marit Berger / Gesa Ziemer (eds.) Jovis, 2017 .............................................................. 
Times of Dilemma
Valletta 2018/ European Capital of Culture, Malta a public art project by transparadiso for "The Island is What the Sea Surrounds" (curated by Maren Richter) Workshops: for producing issues for a collective għana (traditional Maltese folk music) dialogue addressing current conflicts in urban and societal developments in Malta, which will be performed in a dialogical installation between land and sea, from March-June 2018. Dates: July 19, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm July 20, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm Location: St Elmo Examination Centre, St Elmo Place, Valletta / Malta ............................................................ TU Braunschweig (D)
Talk by Barbara Holub 23.05.2017 Barbara Holub stellt die Methode des direkten Urbanismus und künstlerisch-urbanistische Strategien anhand von exemplarischen Projekten, sowie ihre Forschung zu “Planning Unplanned” und die neue, transdisziplinäre und über die fluide Rolle des „urban practitioners“, vor. https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/arch ........................................................ 
transcript - Urban Studies, 2016 240 Seiten, kart., zahlr. Abb.
ISBN 978-3-8376-3448-8 .............................................................. 
Waste Value Rising/
Abfallwert steigend Opening: July 13, 2016, 7 pm with workshop by Dan Peterman: July 14, 3–6 pm Exhibition: July 14-Oct.30, 2016 Kunsthaus Wien/ Garage Artists: Folke Köbberling/Martin Kaltwasser (D), Dan Peterman (USA), RELAX (chiarenza & hauser & co, F/ CH), transparadiso (A) Curated by: Barbara Holub ............................................................ Bodied Spaces
Discursos cruzados entre corpo e espaço | Crossed discourses between body and space | Festival Dias da Dança | Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes | Aula Magna April 28, 2016, 4 pm 
Espaço público e performatividade | Public Space and Performativity Talk by Barbara Holub
and discussion with: Ana Rita Teodoro and Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro Coordination and Moderation: Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro video of the talk ......................................................... THE TURN Art in Post-Spring Societies Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Wien Opening: March 17, 7 pm Exhibition: March 18–May 14, 2016 
curated by: Christine Bruckbauer
and Patricia K.Triki Artists: Omar Abusaada, Noutayel Belkadhi, Mohamed Allam, Irena Eden, Stijn Lernout, Moufida Fedhila, Reem Gibriel, Inkman, Helmut Kandl, Johanna Kandl, Halim Karabibene, Huda Lutfi, Selma Ouissi, Sofiane Ouissi, Hamdy Reda, Faten Rouissi, Arslane Bestaoui, transparadiso ............................................................
Creating Common Good Kunsthaus Wien Opening: Nov.16, 6 pm Exhibition: Nov.17, 2015-Jan.10, 2016 www.kunsthauswien.com Vienna Art Week
Curated by: Ursula Maria Probst and Robert Punkenhofer Artists: Akram Al Halabi, Atelier Van Lieshout, Joseph Beuys, Bernhard Cella, Ramesch Daha, Democracia, Ines Doujak, Teresa Estapé, Peter Friedl, Leon Golub, Tamara Grcic, Gruppe Uno Wien, Markus Hiesleitner, Heidrun Holzfeind, Anna Jermolaewa, Folke Köbberling, Ernst Logar, Teresa Margolles, Adrian Melis, Lucy + Jorge Orta, Lisl Ponger, Pedro Reyes, Martha Rosler, Isa Rosenberger, Tim Sharp, Santiago Sierra und Jorge Galindo, Axel Stockburger, tat ort, Johanna Tinzl, transparadiso, Patricia K. Triki, Nasan Tur, Anna Witt, Ina Wudtke, Sislej Xhafa |
GARDENING OF SOUL
Conference, Ustí nad Labem (CZ) 22.02.-23.02.24 The conference GARDENING OF SOUL: RESOURCES OF PERSPECTIVES is organized by the Faculty of Art and Design of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts. For information on the program see here. ............................................................. 
NACH.HALTIG
Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns (A) Opening: Fri, June 16, 2023, 7 pm Exhibition: June 17–Aug.11, 2023 Artists: Catrin Bolt | Julia Haugeneder | Marlene Hausegger | Barbara Holub | Imre Nagy | Giorgi Okropiridse | Edith Payer | Fabian Seiz For information see here. .......................................................... 
WE PARAPOM!
artist talks and discussion July 2, 2022, 14:00-17:00 Location: former EDEKA, Chemnitz talks by: Zbyněk Baladrán (artist, Prague) Amica Dall/Assemble (designer, London/Barcelona) Paul Rajakovics/ transparadiso (urbanist and artist, Vienna) Apolonija Šušteršič (artist and architect, Oslo/Ljubljana) Followed by a discussion: moderated by Kathrin Wildner (metroZones, Berlin) For the detailed program and more information see here:. ......................................................... 
Gestures of Emancipation
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague Symposium: Nov.8-11, 2021 Talks by: Swetlana Heger, SUI, Zurich, University of the Arts ZHdK (CH) Nicole Six / Paul Petritsch, Vienna (AT) Jonas Dahlberg (SWE) Barbara Holub/Paul Rajakovics (transparadiso), Vienna (AT) and others For the program see here ........................................................... 
CURRENT
Symposium Stuttgart 16.9.-17.9.2021 for the program see here ............................................................ 
3rd World Congress of the Missing Things
Dates: July 31-Aug.1, 2021 Location: Parish St.Paul, Waltendorf/ Graz _a project for NORMAL/ Graz Culture Year 2020 For more Information see here ............................. 
FLUSSFLUSS_Castaway on the Mur
by orizzontale (I) Opening: June 11, 2021, 5 pm Location: New beach "Am Grünanger"/Liebenau Graz _a project for NORMAL (transparadiso) Graz Culture Year 2020 
FAVORIT - SquareTransformerPerformer
We are happy to announce that our project FAVORIT was selected by SHIFT/ Vienna to be realized in 2021. .......................................................... 
OUT NOW:
transparadiso "Call against the border" Public Art Lower Austria (ed.), with a text by Maren Richter German/ English, 40 p., 2020 ............................................................ 
Opening: Oct.5, 2019, 7 pm
12 hour lecture performance by transparadiso: Oct.5, 8 pm- Oct.6, 8 am Exhibition: Oct.5-19, 2019 Artists: Michael Zinganel /Theresa Hattinger transparadiso (Barbara Holub / Paul Rajakovics) Curated by: alien productions / Gerda Lampalzer in cooperation with FLUSS - NÖ Initiative für Foto- und Medienkunst The exhibition "Visions of Media Art 8 - Utopia or Oblivion" is inspired by the multidisciplinary visionary Buckminster Fuller. His projects have shaped generations and until today are programmatically propagating the utopia of a better life for all. ............................................................. 
PLATFORM FOR ARGUMENTS /
PLATTFORM FÜR STREITREDEN in cooperation with Public Art Vienna Opening: 16.05.2019, 17-19:00 Location: Karlsplatz,entrance of the Vienna University of Technology Curated by: Christine Hohenbüchler and Barbara Holub Project: May 16 – June 16, 2019
On the occasion of "100 years of women study at the Vienna University of Technology" the Platform for Arguments will present manifold speeches and performances. Platform for Arguments is realized by students of the Institute of Art and Design 1/ Vienna University of Technlogy. For the detailled program see: Institute of Art and Design 1 .......................................................... 
SILENT ACTIVISM: FOR AN ACTIVE ROLE OF ART IN SOCIETY AND IN THE PUBLIC REALM
Nov. 20, 2018: 5 pm Talk by Barbara Holub PUBLICS, Helsinki ............................................................. CrossSections_Intervals
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Curated by: Basak Senova Opening: Sept.19, 2018, 7 pm Exhibition: Sept.20-Oct.20, 2018 
Performances: Sept.19, 2018, 8 pm:
Nancy Black (Vienna): speech in Romanes on the occasion of the state visit to the Blue Frog Society. Egle Oddo "The Splitter" Marcus Neustetter "Encounters" Artists: Heba Y. Amin (EG/DE), Nisrine Boukhari (SY/SE), Benji Boyadgian (FI/PS), Yane Calovski (MT), Ramesch Daha (AT), Ricarda Denzer (DE/AT), Nikolaus Gansterer (AT), Inma Herrera (ES/FI), Barbara Holub (DE/AT), Otto Karvonen (FI), Ebru Kurbak (TR/AT), Bronwyn Lace (ZA), Marcus Neustetter (ZA), Behzad Khosravi Noori (IR/SE), Egle Oddo (IT/FI), Isa Rosenberger (AT), Lina Selander (SE), Tamsin Snow (IE/UK), and Timo Tuhkanen (FI) .......................................... Shared Values, Ambulant Gardens, and Other Spaces
exhibition by transparadiso trieste contemporanea, Trieste Opening: Nov.25, 2017, 6 pm Exhibition: Nov.28 - Dec.29, 2017 curated by: Giuliana Carbi 
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Trieste (I), Oct.28, 2017 13:00-15:00: H/C workshop by transparadiso: Production of desires for a Harbour for Cultures: Shared Values, Ambulant Gardens, and Other Spaces meeting point: in front of the Hydrodynamic Power Station, Porto Vecchio 
15:30-19:00: EIGHTH CEI VENICE FORUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATORS FROM CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE. Trieste session. HARBOUR FOR CULTURES. Continental Breakfast 2017. Location: Magazzino delle Idee 19:00: H/C opening of the exhibition exhibition: October 29 - December 13, 2017 Studio Tommaseo For more information please see: www.triestecontemporanea.it ..........................................................
Barbara Holub / solo show Pursuing, advancing Nachgehen, vorgehen Peithner-Lichtenfels Gallery, Vienna Opening: June 8, 2017, 7 pm Artist Talk: June 21, 7 pm with Barbara Holub and Lucas Gehrmann (curator, Kunsthalle Wien) Exhibition: June 9-July 7, 2017 
Barbara Holub presents selected projects she conceived for various urban contexts during the past years, in which she addresses the vital issue,
what possibilities art has for establishing new social and communal values. The projects are connected by the essential questions: What kind of visions do we have? And how do we take initiative to pursue them? ............................................................
PICTURE Budapest – Østfold
Symposium: Feb.15-16, 2017 Location: Csepeli Munkásotthon (Csepel Workers’ House), 1215 Budapest Árpád u. 1. curated by: PLACCC Festival/ Budapest 
PLACCC Festival, in cooperation with its partner from Norway, Scenekunst Østfold and with the support of EEA Grants will realise the project PICTURE Budapest – Østfold focusing on the possible roles art can play in the redefinition of urban spaces.
Further info and program: PLACCC Festival ........................................................... Filmfestival "This human world"
Vienna, Dec.1-11, 2016 screening by transparadiso: date: Dec.3, 2016, 3:30 pm location: Top Kino, Vienna 
transparadiso will screen three videos on recent urban interventions dealing with migration, corruption and risk – for the first time as "trilogy":
Du bakchich pour Lampedusa (Sousse, Tunesien, 2014), 4'56" Je suis arabe - a right to poetics (Salzburg Museum, 2015), 12'40" The laughter that gets caught in your throat (Performing Public Art Festival/ Vienna Biennale, 2015), 4'49" ......................................................... East Centric Architecture Triennale Bucharest 2016
Agora Experiments Oct.8, 2016, 10 am: One direction versus many: Public debate with Barbara Holub Moderated by: Andreea-Livia Ivanovici Oct.8, 2016, 4 pm: Keynote by Barbara Holub Bucharest National Theatre bucharest-triennale.eu/events/schedule/barbara-holub 
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Theorie im Keller #14
Planning Unplanned AFO Linz March 15, 2016, 7 pm Discussion with: Barbara Holub and Peter Arlt Concept and moderation: Tobias Hagleitner and Franz Koppelstätter 
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KunstRaumGarage
Votivpark-Garage, Vienna March 16, 2016, 4-10 pm Performances and installations in a parking garage 
Curated by: Barbara Holub Artists/ students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna: Joanna Zabielska, Lisa Puchner, Hana Krizanova, Oliver Alunovic, Kollektiv OutSight, Matilde Igual, Feng Lei, Sarina Scheidegger, Marie Huth www.wipark.at www.angewandte.at ............................................................. "Performing Public Art"
Book Launch@urbanize 4.10.2015, 10:30-12:30 
Gerald Bast, Peter Weibel, Herwig Steiner (Hg.) De Gruyter Verlag | Erscheint in der Buchreihe „Edition Angewandte“ der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien with contributions by: Erdem Gündüz, transparadiso/Barbara Holub & Paul Rajakovics, Johan Lorbeer, Barbis Ruder, Shinseungback Kimyonghun, Amy Spiers & Catherine Ryan, Artur Żmijewski and Wiener Beschwerdechor urbanize.at/2015/event/performing-public-art angewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte/main.jart |