The Applied-Photography and Time-Based Media Department is placing the encounter between
photography and the object at the heart of an exhibition as part of Vienna Design Week.
The
exhibition ZERO AND ONE CHAIRS was created as part of MATCH!, a recurring initiative organised by the department of
Applied Photography and Time-Based Media, led by Maria Ziegelböck, which explores the synergistic potential of student teams
from different degree programs. In collaboration with the department Industrial Design, led by Stefan Diez, this year’s focus
was on the intersection of photography and the object, with particular attention paid to the relationship with set design,
styling, casting and narrative.
The collaborative works are on display at the AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary
Lab, and on the billboards at the university’s main entrance on Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz.
Seen from the perspective
of Applied Photography, the object and thus the chair, is a welcome protagonist. Photography’s multiple applied genres are
cited here: documentary, fashion, advertising, architecture and the portrait. When the function in Industrial Design coalesces
with the idea of the purpose in Applied Photography, the question of factuality emerges.
Be not mistaken: The most literal
things are often the most confusing and enigmatic.
Between what it is and how it is*, worlds unfold. We put
the images to work.
*David Campany, Out in the World: Still Life Photography between Art and Commerce, Frieze
magazine, no. 143
Featuring works by:
Benjamin Kos/ Emil Leckert
Caterina di Muzio & Francis
Grill/ Elisa Oberth
Laura Schagowetz/ Yoomin Sun
Magdalena Chan/ Virginia Pagliarini
Nejra Maslicova/ Sina
Svetina
ojaswit/ Marlene Egger
Pavle Banovic/ Julius Esser
Vanessa Kügerl & Leila Schiraz/ Ambrosia Koeb
Yulli Kwon/ Vincent Paul Müller & Charlotte Vecsei
Organized and curated by: Yasmina Haddad and Elisabeth
Wildling, supported by Nora Mayr.
Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday, 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
