Klasse für Alle

Klasse für Alle is a program of continuing education, created by the University of applied Arts Vienna to opening up their institutes and departments towards all those who are interested in discussing, reflecting upon, and redesigning of our society. The urgency of current existential dangers requires collective action and dialogue. We invite people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds, from all professional fields, with or without previous education, and with a diverse range of skills and interests, to work with us on building a present and future worth living. In Klasse für Alle, we will learn from and with each other, and with as little hierarchy as possible. Artists and other specialists (from both within and outside the university) guide and accompany this learning. Mutual appreciation and respect for different opinions forms the basis for this cooperation.


Klasse für Alle is part of the Vienna Klima Biennale's Solutions & Strategies series this summer semester with two groups (compost group and common ground), together with other classes from the University of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts. The projects began as spatial installations at the festival site at Nordwestbahnhof and will be continued in a participatory manner in many workshops during the Biennale period until July 14. The groups are made up of long-standing members of the Klasse für Alle, regular students from other Angewandte classes and temporary participants.

Festival site of Klima Biennale
Nordwestbahnstraße 16
1220 Vienna

garden group is a cooperation partner of Klima Biennale and works in the studio at Heiligenkreuzerhof, in Naschgarten at Zukunftshof (1100 Vienna) and in the Angewandte courtyard at Oskar Kokoschka Platz.

For updates on workshops, guided tours and other events, see the Klasse für Alle website and Instagram @klassefueralle
 
compost group: compost care

with: Vik Bayer, Camille Belmin, Yeonwoo Chang, Paul Ebhart, Kristina Feldhammer, Victoria Ferreri, Joanna Gruntkowska, Michael Haag, Pauline Hosse-Hartmann, Ivie Isibor, Karin Lang, Aki Lee, Andrea Lumplecker, Gundi Mayerhofer, Stefan Meyer, Michael Reindel, Dunia Sahir, Małgorzata Suś, Günther Vock

At compost group, we care about compost in an organic as well as in a metaphorical sense. Composting is a ritual of gathering, acknowledging and transforming and becomes a metaphor for all life processes. Through compost practices of moving, writing, deep listening, soundmaking and care, we give meaning to organic residue and unlearn the human-made definition of waste vs. valuable materials. "We are humus, not homo, not anthropos; we are compost, not posthuman." (Donna Haraway)
@compostgroup


common ground

with: John Paul Ayodo, Ingrid Garschall, Marieluisa Lenglachner, Johanna Preissler, Carina Riedl, Paul Röttger, Elisabeth Smejkal, Dominika Svarc, Barbara Ziegelböck

A large carpet is created through the common work of many people. Each person leaves behind a braid that becomes part of the carpet and thus leaves a trace in it. The time spent together opens up space for exchange and conversation. The technique is simple and can be used immediately. Discarded and wastre materials are transformed into an object that offers space for everyone to enter into dialog, listen and learn from each other.
Dates for joint sessions @commonground


garden group: building forest

with Denise Ackerl, Olga Ageeva, Alexander Dobcak, Victoria Ferreri, Gundi Mayrhofer, Stefan Meyer, Nicole Miltner, Carolina Páez Vélez, Sabine Schertler, Alexander Thoma, Ritger Traag, Johannes Wiener

In the Building Forest project, Klasse für Alle garden group initiates forest plantings using the Miyawaki Tiny Forest method in order to contribute to the eco-social transformation of the city. Workshops will be held at various locations to plant trees together, produce and distribute seedbombs and dye them with natural tree dyes. In addition, there will be preparatory meetings for the garden group's main event: Rooted Resilience: A Tree Demonstration on 26.6.24 from 6 pm (location: tba) @kfA_gartenfueralle




CONTACT
Klasse für Alle
Continuing Education für Alle
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Location: Heiligenkreuzerhof
A-1010 Wien, Entrance Schönlaterngasse 5 or Grashofgasse 3
Stairs 8 / Ground level
www.klassefueralle.uni.ak.ac.at
klassefueralle@uni-ak.ac.at
0043 1-71133-3545

TEAM
Head Andrea Lumplecker (andrea.lumplecker@uni-ak.ac.at)
Intern Barbara Ziegelböck
garden group Agent Ritger Traag
common ground group Agent Johanna Preissler
Hobby Lobby Cooperation Victoria Ferreri, Ritger Traag
Program Consulting Yasmina Haddad
Guest Lecturers summer term 2024 Vik Bayer & Michael Reindel, Paul Ebhart, Watering Words (Kristina Feldhammer, Joanna Gruntkowska, Małgorzata Suś), Johannes Wiener