That was Platz nehmen #5!
Many thanks to all teachers, students, participants, enablers, supporters and attendees for their dedicated contributions and collaboration on Platz nehmen #5: Lets stick with the Unicorns!
On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, the fifth edition of the event series Platz nehmen took place at Schillerplatz. Platz nehmen #5 was a project by Transformation group Akbild, Research Cluster Sustainability in the Arts and Academy | Art | Public Sphere, in cooperation with Klima Biennale Wien.
Conceived by Academy | Art | Public Sphere, the series of events with different focal points is intended to bring the teaching taking place at the Academy to the outside and invite public debate on socially relevant topics. The focus is on involving and generating a public at Schillerplatz. As a central signal for these meetings, furniture designed and built by students creates a setting that is staged and designed by students and lecturers from different departments, together with invited institutional cooperation partners and international guests. Once a semester, debates on various key topics are held jointly and openly for everyone at Schillerplatz. The public is cordially invited to take part in the discourse.
Find past Platz nehmen events here.