News from the International Office



Our team from left to right: Astrid Anna Behrens, Doris Grössing-Schima, Veronika Merklein, Lena Wicke-Aengenheyster

Philosophy

The International Office of the Angewandte sees itself as a gateway to the world for students, teachers and staff. Networking is of highly importance in the artistic field. This starts with our students and runs through all stages of development in their artistic career. That is why we as team support all networking activities worldwide and contribute a little to "world peace", as we say.

The head of the International Office, Astrid Anna Behrens, was asekd to write an article on this philosophy and its background in the specialist journal of the CUMULUS Association:
Call us the quiet Peace-Makers


IMPACT OF ERASMUS+ STAFF MOBILITY

The impact of Erasmus+ Staff Mobility.
Driving Impact of Erasmus+ Outgoing Academic Staff Mobility: Current Landscape and Pathways for the Future.
Click here for the current study on the impact and benefits of Erasmus+ Staff Mobility. (January 2024)

COOK BOOK

An annual project for the Sculpture and Space class

Photo of the cookbook and names of the participants

"Since the Sculpture and Space Department was founded, lunch together has been an important part of the weekly class meetings. The cooking teams are faced with similar considerations to those when developing an artistic work: which ingredients are combined, how they have to be processed, what form they take and who is my food aimed at? The care that comes with cooking for others, sharing food, and table conversations are essential to our relationships."

Doris while flicking through the cookbook Photo of a raspberry as a stud earing and a photo collage of parsley

The so-called "Cookbook" with an edition of 300 is more of a work of art than a cookbook. It contains spontaneous photo collages, objects, drawings, snippets of conversations and lots of recipes for groups of 30 people. We are pleased that many former outgoing and incoming students and thus also many cultural influences contributed to the recipe creation and cooking and that the “Cookbook” project culminated at our Angewandte Festival 2023.

Recipe of a Red Lentil Dal

Regenerative Design

An insight of a Zhe Sun, a PhD-exchange student from Tongji University Shanghai

Zhe Sun in discussion with other students Poster of the exhibition Imagine Coral Reef


I am grateful to be able to continue my doctorate at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, my research topic is about exploring an alternative mode of design collaboration. This topic has puzzled me for a long time: what is alternative collaboration against for? What is the goal or ideal state that this design collaboration could potentially achieve? Fortunately, my supervisor Harald Gründl offered me a concrete ground to root my research in. Last semester, I worked closely with the exhibition Imagine Coral Reef: Regenerative Design, I also helped to facilitate the workshop in Sarajevo, exploring the possible design strategies and ways of collaborating with students and colleagues.

Poster about regnerative Design

In the lecture series Design Revolution, we had the opportunities to share our progress in regenerative design research, and explore the potential of the X curve, a tool for design transition. All these practices and discussions helped me to deepen my thoughts on my own research topic. In the coming new year at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, I would like to further develop the reflexive insights, and formulate academic results.


Meet & Greet 2024

Outgoing applicants meet in incoming students and former outgoing students



We were very happy that we were able to reintroduce our Meet & Greet format after the pandemic. The basic idea is to bring together those interested in going out with incoming students and returning outgoing students. Over coffee, hot lemonade and delicious cake, the students reported on universities in Beijing, Tokyo, Flensburg, Jerusalem and a few more internship destinations.

For more than two hours there was a lively exchange, questions, partner lists were looked through and ideas were concretized. With almost 50 participants, our expectations were so exceeded that we were hardly able to bring in more tables and chairs in time. We are pleased that the students accepted this format so enthusiastically - and will therefore offer it regularly again in the future.

ERASMUS DAYS 2023

Logo whitch says #Erasmus Days


This year we celebrated the Erasmus+ Days with a scavenger hunt in the Inner City of Vienna. Our exchange students as well as first-year's-students (which are hopefully future outgoing students) learnt historical facts about the city center while bonding with other students and having fun.

Veronika Merklein with a group of students in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral holding the Erasmus+ flag.in front of them
Veronika Merklein with a student who collected the bags for her team

We were happy to hand over a bag with prizes such as sketch blocks and vouchers for a student restaurant to our winner team GROUP 3. It will remain a mystery why they named themselves like that as we only had two teams. ;)

#ErasmusDays2023AT


Angewandte Festival 2023

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
A soft Intervention

With works of Lola Berger, Paola Cenati, Niklas Fiedler, Alina Izmailova, Sophie Nadler, Ao Nagasaki, Arina Nekliudova, Jiun-You Ou, Lola Pfeifer, Signe Wiman Westberg, Rikki Winde, Agnieszka Zagraba

Plakat der Ausstellung


At this year's Angewandte Festival 2023, the International Office opened its doors and showed the exhibition “International Office”. The decision was made in favor of a sensitive, site-specific intervention, which quietly but firmly registered itself in the International Office of the University of Applied Arts Vienna during the four days of the festival.

About everyday noises and blowing leaves by Signe Westberg, whose work “Mind Blossom” populated a workplace and responded with quiet humor to the difference between administrative work on a computer and the precise perception of the outside space. A seemingly broken vase resting on a crushed file folder laid at the foot of another desk. Alina Izmailova's “I know your works: You are neither cold nor hot” showed brokenness as a sign of pain that one is trying to deal with.

Work by Signe Westberg - two screens showing trees Work by Alina Izmailova / A broken clay vase sitting on a folder on the floor

To be held and hold, but always with a wink, that's how Rikki Winde's Tonhand (Draw) came along and placed itself comfortably in one of the windows of the old Otto Wagner’s former Postsparkasse. Sophie Nadler had already spent some time in the International Office beforehand as observer. In her performance “Room 010” she discussed regulated and regulatory processes while acquiring typical work materials such as folders, copy paper, hole punches and printers.

Work by Rikki Winde / A clay hand in a hook, floating freely, held by suspenders Performance of Sophie Nadler / The performer cuts paper which falls to the ground

Jiun-You Ou’s half-graphic, half-painterly “dish hanger” named “DA QIAN HAO JING III” hung unpretentiously above a radiator as if it had been hung out to dry. Paola Cenati was represented with two works: in “To the sea” you seemed to be able to hear the sound of the sea in the plastic bag, while in “Through your eyes” Cenati referred to collecting shelves in which she placed fragile eggshells seemingly floating freely.

Work by Jiun-You Ou / Blue tie-dyed cotton towel lying on the radiator Work by Paola Cenati / Close up view of a clear soft plastic shelf with eggshells

Exhibition view

Arina Nekliudova's performance consisted of an oversized garbage bag that rolled through the office like a black cloud of dust, sometimes quietly, sometimes like a hurricane, and got lost in the depths of the building. Dominik Staszak showed a device that can be used to print standard invoices on thermal paper. In the four days, however, no invoices were created, but rather AI-generated poems in Polish.

Performance by Arina Nekliudova / Female performer in black oversized trash bag Close-up view of Dominic Staszak AI-generated poetry on a paper roll

In addition to a boozy champagne breakfast, the International Office also showed positions by Ao Nicole Nagasaki in the next room, who almost dreamily captures the feeling of being a girl, photos from the series “Mädchen” that were taken in the Ernst Fuchs Villa in Vienna's 14th district. In contrast to this was Lola Pfeifer, whose large-format wood print “Background” deals with traditional Christian figures and the concept of MA (Japanese: emptiness).

Installation by Ao Nicole Nagasaki with photographs, citrus fruits and flowers made of beads Work by Lola Pfeifer / Big white paper with clear plasWork by Lol Pfeifer / Big white paper with clear plastic frame and a small drawing and print on ittic frame and a smal drwaing and print on it

Speaking of tradition, we think we could introduce this tradition of making exhibitions.


A TRIP TO KREMS AN DER DONAU

- in cooperation withe Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

March 23, 2023, 8:40 am, Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Vienna.

Students on the train to Krems an der Donau

One month after the Welcome-Day in February we meet again: the ERASMUS+ and international students of the summer semester 2023 of the Angewandte and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. We travel to sunny Krems next to the Danube and visit the Kunsthalle Krems and the Karikaturmuseum.

Exterior view of the Kunsthalle Krems with students in the backgroundExterior view of the Kraikaturmuseum Krems with students in the background. In the foreground a bronze sculpture by Erich Sokol of a fat, seated woman.
 
The exhibition "The New African Portraiture. Shariat Collections" at Kunsthalle Krems shows works by 25 young artists from Ghana, France, USA and other countries. From oil, material to textile art - there is a great variety to be seen. Special is the art of Tesfaye Urgessa. He was born in Ethiopia in 1983 and now lives in Germany. Urgessa constructs psychological pictorial spaces that focus on the vulnerability of human beings. In his painting "No Country for Young Men" he alludes to current migration movements - people struggling for bare survival. The figures nevertheless radiate strength and form a unity. The artist Afia Prempeh, on the other hand, shows very powerfully strong female figures in their domestic or work environment in the exhibition.

The oil painting by Tesfaye Urgessa shows overlaid, male-read, black nude figures crowded close together.Afia Prempeh's oil painting shows a black seamstress in a tailor's shop. She looks directly at the audience.
 
Cobblestones, cream-colored house walls and fir-green shutters. We eat our lunch at the Austrian restaurant, the Salzstadl. Spring can be felt and the sun leads us to the first ice cream of the year.

Downtown in Krems on a sunny day

Then we visit the exhibition „The Immortal Austrian“. It represents many different caricaturists. The main protagonist is Erich Sokol, who would have turned 90 in March2023. Born in Vienna, he was one of Austria's best-known caricaturists and designed, among other things, the logo of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and illustrated for the Kronen-Zeitung. He was very successful internationally and worked as an art director in Chicago. Besides Erich Sokol, the Austrian Petar Pismestrović stood out with his caricatures of Michael Haneke and other well-known personalities. Three-by-three picture frames dominate the khaki green wall. The impressive and expressive caricatures release enthusiasm. Caricatures of female artists (of the younger generation) were also on display, such as Stephanie Sargnargel and Toxische Pommes.

Students in conversation with the guide in the exhibition Nine caricatures by Petar Pismestrović showing people in public life in Austria such as Elfriede Jelinek or Michael Haneke
 
On the way back, fatigue fills the stuffy air of the train compartment. Outside, field after field and flowering trees line up with tiny houses. At 5:24 p.m. we say goodbye at Julius Tandler Square.

Text: Leonie Anstotz
Photos: Leonie Ansotz, Veronika Merklein


PAPER ON TOUR - AWARD CEREMONY & EXHIBITION

Photo: Verena Gotthardt

Within the Erasmus Days 2022 we celebrated our "Paper on Tour" - award ceremony & exhibition. Together with the OeAD GmbH - Agency for Education and Internationalization we were able to offer nice cash prizes!

Eventually the Carinthian slovenian Mira Urbajs made the first prize with her work "Knitting". She has just returned from our partner university in Valencia and told us that the meditating "knitting" work helped her to reexperience and digest her one year's experiences abroad. Furthermore it shows the interwoveness of new relationships.

Photo: Verena Gotthardt

The second prize went to Anni Domino alias Dominik Pfeiffer & Anna Strüber's "Über das Schreiben von Briefen". As a couple they celebrate writing postcards to each other, so it was just very close to scoop new paper and make postcards out of it which is also a way to be in touch with your loved ones during your stay abroad.

Photo: Verena Gotthardt

The third prize went Marcus Wagner's video work "Let's Go!" which captured the easy way of living abroad. It also involves narratives of former artists' desires of traveling (e.g. painters traveling to Italy in the romantic era).

Photo: Verena Gotthardt

#paperontour
#Erasmusdays2022
#internationalofficeangewandte

#oead

9. November 2022, 10:00-18:00


 
The University of Applied Arts Vienna cordially invites you to the Open House on November 9, 2022 from 10 am to 6 pm! 

The International Office is open! We also offer two Zoom-meetings:
11:00-12:00: Outgoing Students (from Angewandte): https://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/65033216736 (Meeting-ID: 650 3321 6736)
13:00-14:00: Incoming Students (from other home institutions): https://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/69707860618 (Meeting-ID: 697 0786 0618)
 
Whether Graphic Design, Fashion, Stage and Film Design, Painting, Social Design, Experimental Game Cultures or Cultural Studies - the range of courses offered at the Angewandte is incredibly diverse and also includes many advanced studies! In order to get to know them better, all departments will open their doors from 10 am to 6 pm. Students and lecturers will be on site to answer questions about the studies. Away from the Open Studios of the departments, they additionally offer an information program on site and online.

Deadline: 1. November 2022


 
OeAD invites all Erasmus+ and ESK participants who complete their Erasmus+ stay or ESK project between November 1, 2021 and November 1, 2022 to tell their personal story.

Write a story of at least 300 words in the "My Story" app below - including pictures - by November 1, 2022 at the latest and share your Erasmus+/ESK experiences with your friends, family, acquaintances and other users. You can submit your story in the form of a diary entry, blog post, poem, etc. - there are no limits to your creativity and imagination!

A new face for the International Office of the Angewandte



In fall 2021, the new Erasmus program has started and so it was also time for a change process at our International Office. We started off with the wonderful illustrations of Lisa Vietze, who wrote a blog article (only German) about the collaboration with us. More to come!


13.10.2022, 14-16h PAPER ON TOUR - Award Ceremony & Exhibition with Snacks
14.10.2022, 9-14h Exhibition

In cooperation with the Austrian National Agency (OeAD) the University of Applied Arts Vienna awards three students' art works in a ceremony on October 13th, 2022, 2pm. On both days a collection of artistic projects which contain an upcycling of OeAD-brochures, will be exhibited to the general public.

We are happy welcoming visitors in our university!

In addition, a selection of the submitted works will be also shown at a slideshow during the 35 year Erasmus+ -festival of the OeAD on October 11th, 2022 at Palais Wertheim in Vienna.
 

Deadline: 15 September 2022


Have you already met that special person during your Erasmus+ mobility with whom you have a friendship beyond the end of the project? Then tell us about it and share your personal wealth of experience with us! On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus+ in Austria and 35 years of Erasmus+ in Europe, OeAD invites you to the #ErasmusPlusFreundship Challenge. Post a photo or video with your #ErasmusPlusFreundschaft on Facebook or Instagram and tell us: where did you meet? What characterizes your friendship? How do you keep in touch?

The five best entries will each win a travel package worth EUR 500.

HOW TO:
  • Post a video or photo of you and your Erasmus+ acquaintance publicly on Instagram or Facebook (if you post the entry privately, it will not appear on the social wall and unfortunately cannot be considered for the competition).
  • If you post the entry on Facebook, link to our Erasmus+ Bildung.
  • Tell your friendship story in the video or in the text below the picture: Where did you meet? Do you still keep in touch today? Or maybe you are looking for that person who made your stay so special? What are the benefits of long distance friendship? And what are you struggling with?
  • Use the hashtag #ErasmusPlusFreundschaft to have the post appear on our social wall
  • Fill out the form - this is the only way to enter the competition.
All information, conditions of participation and more can be found at erasmusplus.at/erasmusplusfriendship

Please support us in making as many friendship stories public as possible and also inform your environment about the #ErasmusPlusFreundship Challenge! Sharing is caring ;-)

We are looking forward to your friendship story!
 

Upcycling of paper brochures of the OeAD
Due date: 03. October 2022

Cooperation project between the University of Applied Arts Vienna & the OeAD GmbH - Agency for Education and Internationalization.

We celebrate 35 years of Erasmus+!
 
Erasmus+ is one of the most successful projects of the European Union, its greatest peace project. Not only a reason to celebrate, but also a reason to look at Erasmus+ and mobility in its entirety. For this purpose we invite all regular students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (incl. regular exchange students of the Angewandte) to a creative competition:
  • 1st prize (EUR 1.000,-)
  • 2nd prize (EUR 600,-)
  • 3rd prize (EUR 300,-)
SUBMISSION
There are few limits to the realization of an artistic work (e.g. collage, sculpture, poetry, video, performance, ...). The only requirement is that old printed materials of the OeAD - Agency for Education and Internationalization must be used in some way for this purpose, which can be viewed and collected from the International Office from 19. July 2022. The collection of the materials is possible on Tuesdays 14-16h and Wednesdays 13-15h in the PSK, International Office, Rosenbursenstrasse 3, 1010 Vienna, upper ground level, room: 010 without appointment. In order to ensure fairness, the International Office reserves the right to decide how many printed materials can be distributed in each case. In general, however, the "first come, first served" principle applies.

Applications are made by registering using the online form (https://form.jotform.com/221874936226362)
with details of your work. After registration, an automated email with an upload link will be sent to you. Via this link the documentation of your work has to be uploaded. Only complete applications will be accepted.

SELECTION
Based on this documentation, ten works will be invited to the award ceremony and exhibition, which will be on display during the worldwide #ErasmusDays from 13./14. October 2022 for all university members and the general public at the University of Applied Arts Vienna Lichthof A (grey) at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna). The award ceremony of the three winning projects will take place ibid on 13. October 2022.
In addition, all or a selection of the submitted works will be shown at a slideshow during the 35 year Erasmus+ -festival of the OeAD on 11. October 2022 at Palais Wertheim in Vienna.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Thematic realization, originality of the content, use of the OeAD's printed material.

JURY
Astrid Anna Behrens (Head - International Office Angewandte), Veronika Merklein (International Office Angewandte, Artist), Annibelle Seilern (OeAD), Ernst Gesslbauer (Director of the Erasmus+ programme, OeAD), Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed (Artist, Erasmus+ & Angewandte Alumni), Alexandra Grausam (Curator "Weisses Haus"), Aldo Gianotti (Artist)

ARCHIVE:


ANGEWANDTE FESTIVAL 28. June - 1. July 2022

 
Open Doors at the International Office
The International Office of the Angewandte opens its doors and invites you to find out "How to go international".

Open
28.June to 30.June
3:00 p.m.to 6:00 p.m.

Place
PSK
floor_005, Raum 010
Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien

Find full programm here: www.angewandtefestival.at/en/2022

International Day of Education: Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative
23.January 2022

Manuscript of Statement on International Day of Education by the European Commission and the High Representative Josep Borell on website of European Commission.

OPEN HOUSE 21 DIGITAL
Dearest students WE open our doors also!
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 2-4 pm
Open invitation in the context of Open House 21 Digital @Angewandte!
Meet & Greet the International Office
We will offer to you:
  • Two presentations from our partner universities: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (CH) and University of Hildesheim (DE),
  • A great talk and inputs by our past/current exchangies (Incoming and Outgoing) and
  • General Information about all our exchange programs (ERASMUS+, etc.), Deadlines and Application Procedures.

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 2-4pm
Zoom Link: https://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/66777072853?pwd=emJPeXNXRFNPMXVQNy9jSU5KK1d5UT09
 
The team of the International Office will be happy to answer all of your questions!

#ErasmusDays2021AT - We are with it!
Tour through the Grundsteinfestival Vienna and Meet & Greet with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
The incoming students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna receive a tour through one of the most known off-space destricts in Vienna where the Grundsteinfestival is happening in October 2021. Furthermore, they have a photo session and a meet & greet with the incoming students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. October 14th 2.00pm-6.00pm.
BAKE BAKE BAKE and WIN WIN WIN !!!
Erasmus+ Pizza-Challenge from the National Agency OeAD von 13. September to 17. Oktober 2021.

Find all Info to prices and application on the OeAD Website (scroll down to find the English text on OeAD webpage!)


International Home Office LIVE!
The International Home Office in an interview with its international correspondents.
In a performative news format, the International Home Office of the University of Applied Arts Vienna "talks" with its student correspondents about their current and again unusual semester abroad.
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 3pm - 4pm CET



LIVE STREAM -> https://angewandtefestival.at/projekt/international-home-office-live/  - our digital highlight!

Join, have fun and get to know our world-wide ambassadors!
 

Thursday, 10 December 2020, 2-3pm
Open invitation in the context of Open House 2020 – All virtual! 
At the annual Open House of the Angewandte students and lecturers provide insights into the studios, workshops and ateliers of the University of Applied Arts Vienna and provide information about the programmes. This will be done digitally for the first time, in order to give potential students and interested people the opportunity to inform themselves about studying at the Angewandte despite the current Corona regulations. Interested future students outside of Vienna will also be able to participate in the digital information event.
 
We will have a great talk and inputs by our partner universities: Newcastle University (UK) and University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein/Halle (DE)

Thursday, 10 December 2020, 2-3pm: https://zoom.us/j/96276640657

 
While our talk will be more interesting for outgoing students, the virtual visit in our departments will be highly informative for our incoming students. There is no official programme but please feel free to have a look on the departments websites you are interested in (https://www.dieangewandte.at/openhouse)
 
The team of the International Office will be happy to answer all of your questions!

Erasmus+ Diary - Story Edition 2020
The OeAD-GmbH/National Agency Erasmus+ invites all Erasmus+ participants who were/are able to complete their Erasmus+ stay between 11 November 2019 and 10 November 2020 - despite COVID 19 - to report about their physical or virtual mobility.
You can win travel vouchers by train.

The International Home Office
in an interview with its international correspondents
In the context of the Applied Festival 2020, the International Home Office of the University of Applied Arts Vienna "spoke" with its student correspondents about their past and unusual semester abroad in a performative news format.

Click for the interviews


ERASMUSDAY 2019 | Friday, 11.10.2019, 11am-1pm
Are you student? Member of teaching staff? Member of administrative staff?
Interested in going abroad or meeting people from all over the world?



Erasmus+ – one of the most successful mobility programmes of the world to be celebrated across Europe at the same day:

Friday, 11.10.2019, 11am-1pm
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Fersteltrakt, Lichthof A
1010 Vienna

Meet & Greet with the International Offices of all Viennese music and art universities:

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
JAM MUSIC LAB Private University
Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna
University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Austrian National Agency
 
Networking opportunity with fellow students and fellow artists
Yummy food & drinks (sustainable, Vegan options available)

PROGRAMME
Contact
International Office

Opening Hours
Tuesdays, 11-13 and 14-17h
and by appointment

Address:
Expositur Georg-Coch-Platz
Georg-Coch-Platz 2 | Room Nr. 010 | 1010 Vienna | Austria
international.office@uni-ak.ac.at

Mag.a Astrid Anna Behrens
Head
Contracts, Policy, Staff-Exchange
T: +43-1-71133-3170

Doris Grössing-Schima
Exchange Coordinator
Outgoing Students
T: +43-1-71133-3171
doris.groessing-schima@uni-ak.ac.at

Mag.a Veronika Merklein
Exchange Coordinator
Incoming Students
Exchange Grants
Disability Officer for Students
T: +43-1-71133-3173
veronika.merklein@uni-ak.ac.at

Dipl.-Theatr. Lena Wicke-Aengenheyster
Digital & Financial Officer
T: +43-1-71133-3172
lena.wicke-aengenheyster@uni-ak.ac.at

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University Name:
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien / University of Applied Arts Vienna (UAAV)
ERASMUS Code: A WIEN07
OID: E10207671
PIC number: 999542321





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