Platz nehmen #2: Parliament of Delicacies

The second event in the series Platz nehmen in front of the Academy building, conceived by a group of students from the Institute of Art and Architecture, designs a parliament as an architectural intervention in and with the public, which is intended to initiate both an assembly and a free exchange between invited discussion partners, participants and the public. As a core and steering element between the program contributions, the distribution of small, delicate appetizers is intended to create a culinary guideline for the discourse. The event at Schillerplatz, which will take place in changing settings, will be complemented by an expansive artistic performance by Luiza Furtado. The aim of the event is to combine action and conversation.

The designed furniture represents a flexible component of the event, which will be set up variably during the event. The architecture students are particularly interested in the interface between city and administration and the possibilities of shaping discourse through interventions in urban space, which they want to test on site with the Parliament of Delicacies. The spatial intervention at Schillerplatz will thus extend beyond a discussion on the topic of "art in public space" by raising questions and at the same time recording how the changed setting affects the various aspects of a discussion.

After the first part of the Parliament of Delicacies, the performance Hybrid Viscera by Luiza Furtado will encourage participants to change place and direction at Schillerplatz, as five dancers develop an interaction of interwoven relationships between fabric membranes and the audience in a ritual of social cohesion and care. Luiza Furtado, an artist with a migrant background, explores the intertwined relationships of upcycling materials and dance as community-building practices in her projects. In the 30-minute performance Hybrid Viscera, she creates a temporary fictional environment in which the performers guide the audience.

Concept and set design:
Alexander Groiss, Roxane Seckauer, Julian Schönborn and Maximilian Gallo, students at the Institute of Art and Architecture

Guests (requested):
Johan Hartle, Rector Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Aristide Antonas, Daniela Herold, Athens Public Space Projects
Mona Hahn, Professor of Art and Intervention | Public Spaces
Elke Krasny, Professor of Art and Education
Iva Čukić, Ministry of Space
Cornelia Offergeld, Curator KÖR Vienna
Stephan Hartmann, WieNeu +
Christian Teckert, Lecturer at the Institute of Art and Architecture
Andreas Spiegl, Lecturer, Department of Art and Cultural Studies

Performance: Luiza Furtado
Dancers: Frederike Gordillo, Leandro Barros, Luiza Furtado, Thomas Vava, Ziilia Qansura
Camera: Fedor Handzo
Photography: Vera Sommer
Editing: Anne Meehrpoohl
Sound design: Francis Hirschl

Graphic design: Beton Studio

Biographies (in alphabetical order)

Luiza Furtado, born in Florianopolis, an island in Brazil, lived in Rio de Janeiro for over 20 years, where she received her Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from PUC University in 2021. She has been living in Austria for two years, where she studies in the Contextual Painting Department with Professor Ashley Hans Scheirl at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Her performative works, which she describes as rituals of empowerment, are based on prosthetic experiments with upcycled textiles from a queerfeminist perspective.

Maximilian Gallo is an architectural designer who works between cultural studies and architectural practice. He communicates information and experience through publications, buildings and workshops. In his building practice - including for the Fanelsa studio in Berlin and Gerswalde and at BeAr architects in Bilbao - he aims to develop ecologically and energetically sensible solutions that mediate between spatial visions, contemporary and traditional building methods, between urban dwellings and rural surroundings. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies from the University of Hildesheim and subsequently a Bachelor of Architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

Alexander Johann Groiss, born in Austria in 1997, is currently completing his Master's degree in Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he also obtained his Bachelor's degree. Alexander's work deals with the city, its inhabitants and their ways of life. His projects operate in the field of tension between the socio-political words of Vienna and the world, aiming to anticipate social developments and act as a showcase for society, with the intention of actual participation and impact. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Architekturzentrum Wien, among others.

Julian Schönborn is currently completing his bachelor's degree in architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His studies combine his interest in design, but also in engineering professions. He began working outside the academic world at an early age. Among other things, he worked in various architecture firms and collectives. He is currently working on the design of social spaces with the tools of an architect. He is currently a member of the curriculum committee of the Institute of Art and Architecture, where he represents the students by helping to shape the teaching.

Roxane Milena Johanna Seckauer is a student of art and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Vienna and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the Academy. Among other things, she led a workshop at the European Architecture Assembly that explored the possibilities of public space and questioned the normative use of the commons by focusing on direct experience and immediate action on a small scale. Her work has been awarded prizes and exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Architekturzentrum Wien and the digital dreams exhibition in London, among others.