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  • The Historical Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    A guided tour through the historical premises of the A...cademy Library with Martin Kreuz as part of the WissensWert series.

    Guided tour in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Historic reading room of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, designed by Theophil Hansen. Readers with laptops and FFP2 masks sit at sunlit tables.
  • Photography as Motif – A Book, a Medium, and Many Motives

    An evening about photography, theory and practice, the act of reproducing, women and photography, the necessity of photography training, and book design under the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt

    Book presentation held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    A stack of three copies of the book Photography as Motif showing the spine and a front cover.
  • Kunst! Forschen

    Presentation of children’s book Kunst! Forschen with author Sigrid Eyb-Green and a reading by Lisa Kröll as part of the Academy Library’s Wer A… sagt event series.

    Book presentation held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Book cover Kunst! Forschen, cover detail with book title.
  • (Scientific) Publishing and Open Access

    An introduction to scientific communication with Andreas Ferus as part of the WissensWert series.

    Course held in German

    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Wien, room 3.11 (IT training room)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert
  • Opening: New worries in your family

    Opening of the exhibition with Lotti Brockmann, Sophia Davislim, and Jannis Neumann as part of the series Wer A... sagt of the A...cademy Library

    Exhibition opening

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The photo shows the artist and a truckapillar, a creature half wooden truck and half giant insect larva, standing together in a deciduous forest and looking into the canopy. It is part of the work truckapillar.com, a digital collage of photos, videos, drawings, and texts.
  • (Scientific) Research

    A course with Andreas Ferus on searching for professional literature as part of the WissensWert series.

    Course held in German

    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Wien, room 3.11 (IT training room)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert
  • Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings with Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann as part of the WissensWert series.

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The course provides an overview of available tools for searching for professional literature and other scientific information. The focus is on digital information resources.
  • Coffee Milk, Coffee, Cookies, Curd Cheese, Apricots. A Homage to the Shopping List.

    A book presentation plus exhibition at the Academy Library featuring editor Laura Nitsche as well as authors Martina Fleischer and Joachim Thaler

    Book presentation held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    An ornate still life showing packages of foods from a shopping list, including plastic, foil, net, egg carton
  • Marc Carnal, Katharina Tiwald, and Peter Waldeck present the Viennese Milena Verlag and read from new and old works.

    Marc Carnal, Katharina Tiwald, and Peter Waldeck present the Viennese Milena Verlag and read from new and old works.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Photographic portraits of the artists: Peter Waldeck, Katharina Tiwald, Marc Canal
  • Die Hochzeit (The Wedding)

    Live Performance of the fully rhymed “Ö1 Radio Play of the Year” with Michaela Bilgeri, Reinhold G. Moritz, and Author Marc Carnal as Narrator.

    Radio play

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

  • Bauaufnahmelehre im 19. Jahrhundert (Building Surveying in the 19th Century)

    Book presentation from author Hana Tomagová as part of the Wer A… sagt event series of the A…cademy Library in cooperation with the Art Collections of the Academy and the Federal Monuments Office.

    Book presentation (German)

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

  • Be a Part of Lost in Bass @ Documenta (13)!

    A film presentation by Anita Hafner as part of the series „Wer A… sagt“ of the University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    Filmscreening

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Film stills showing the artist at the turntables, a close up of the turntables, the technique used, and the audience.
  • The Historical Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    Classic tour of the historic rooms, original interior and antique holdings of the Academy Library.

    Guide

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert
  • Designing accessible documents in Word

    Reading is one of the oldest and most important cultural skills, and access to literature is fundamental to social and cultural inclusion.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom – link to be announced

    University Library

  • Sehnsucht. Über das Anderswo-Seiende, das Abwesende

    Exhibition with Sophie Neumann, Jana Straßer, Stefanie F. Weber in the context of the event series Wer A… sagt of the University library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    Opening

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Detail of unglazed porcelain object with shadow cast on gray background with the title Pause.
  • Cultural Policies of the Enlightenment. Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794) and the Arts

    A book presentation with Gernot Mayer, Max Kunze, and Monika Knofler as part of the series Wer A… sagt of the A…cademy Library

    Book presentation

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The painting shows the Protector of the Academy, Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg, in an idealized space with a temple of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, in the background. He presents himself as a man of state in the vestments of the Order of the Golden Fleece and an allonge wig, standing before an ornate chair and behind a small desk with writing utensils and pointing to the statue of Minerva with his right hand.