Soft Machine
An exhibition in Vienna in cooperation with Phileas
May 6th - September 18th 2022
Opernring 17, 1010 Vienna
The extensive supporting program accompanying the Austrian participation at the Biennale Arte establishes a link between Venice and Austria and is also taking place in Vienna. For the first time, Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl are accompanying the Austrian Pavilion in Venice with a sideshow that is being staged at the same time in Vienna. The venue in Vienna is the new exhibition space of Phileas (Opernring 17, 1010 Vienna).
The exhibition showcases the work of Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl alongside that of their students at the University of Applied Arts (Transmedia Art class) and the Academy of Fine Arts (Contextual Painting class). The exhibition of the students’ works, selected and installed by Knebl and Scheirl, will be rotated several times during the exhibition’s run, in keeping with the collaborative strategy pursued by the artists for their project in Venice.
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
Opernring 17, © Jamie McGregor SmithPublic Events
TUESDAY 24TH MAY
8.30pm, Filmmuseum, Vienna
Screening of Flaming Ears (1991)
Flaming Ears the 1991 sci-fi fantasy co-directed by Ashley Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer and Dietmar Schipek, will be presented at the Filmmuseum for the first time following its recent restoration. The screening will be introduced by Karola Gramann and Heide Schlüpmann, who restored the film. It will be followed by a discussion between Ashley Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer and film scholar Prof. Dr. Marc Siegel.
WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE
6.30pm, Forum am Schillerplatz, Robert-Stolz-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Conversation with Philipp Sarasin
8pm, Phileas, Opernring 17, 1010 Vienna
Opening of the second presentation of works by students of the Transmedia Art class at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna
The Swiss historian Philipp Sarasin, author of the book 1977: A Short History of the Present, will discuss the influence of the decade on artistic and cultural production, with a focus on the work of Ashley Hans Scheirl and Jakob Lena Knebl. Later the same evening, a new presentation of works by students of the Transmedia Art class at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna will open in the exhibition space of Phileas next door at Opernring 17.
TUESDAY 5TH JULY, 2022
6.30pm, Phileas, Opernring 17, 1010 Vienna
Opening of the presentation of works by students from the Contextual Painting class at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
9pm, Celeste, Hamburgerstrasse 18, 1050 Vienna
A concert curated by SISTERS+
The opening of a presentation of works by students of the Contextual Painting class at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, will be accompanied by a performance by WERISTDICHTER and music by Voiler. Afterwards, we will move on to Celeste for a concert curated by SISTERS+ including live performances by W1ZE, enesi m, FARCE and isocialbutterflyy, among others.
