In Conversation: Vienna

'In Conversation' is an early afternoon programme accompanying the exhibition 'Games, Planes and Soft Openings' that looks at the ways of preserving and presenting art from the point of view of artists, gallerists, art curators and consultants.

How do cultural producers contribute in creating a healthy art ecosystem? What is the missing link between producing and collecting art? How can art curators, consultants, gallerists and cultural mediators best fulfil their role, provide value and support and recharge the system? Two panels of art experts and producers will discuss the currents in Serbian and Austrian art, our interconnected issues and histories, and contrasts and similarities of our co-working realities.

The panels are free and open to the public by reservation. Moderated by Alexandra Lazar and Hektor Peljak.

14:00 pm | Gallery: friend or foe?

Building and maintaining trust, teamwork and dialogue. Snapshots on transition economy and practice: keeping the channels open.

Speakers:

Nevena Janković, cultural manager, founding director of BLOCKFREI; collaborative leader (from January 2024), Das Weisse Haus

Vanja Žanko, cultural manager, NOMAD

Mia Legenstein, independent cultural producer; International Relations, Spark

Ksenija Marinković, founder and owner, XVitamin Gallery

15:00 pm | Artists as Activists

Artist’s experiences of creating in collaboration with galleries, and the different ways the audiences perceive cultural and societal value of activism and creative labour.

Speakers:

Louise Deininger, conceptual artist and activist, former Co-President of the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ), the founder and President of GYCO-Global Youth Conference

Vladan Jeremić, artist and activist, president of painters’ section of Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS)

Uros Djuric, artist

Paul Landauer, artist

16:00 pm | Refreshments and open forum

The exhibition 'Games, Planes and Soft Openings' is curated by Alexandra Lazar and Hektor Peljak, and produced by AUGS.ART for Galerie Hilger NEXT.