The MAK invites students and
emerging artists living and working in Serbia, Romania, and Austria to apply for participation in an international Winter
Atelier on artists’ books with designer Sven Völker. The Atelier will be held as part of the EU project AbeX – Anthologies of Cooperation: Encounters in/through Artists’ Books and Experimental Poetry
and will take place within the framework of the exhibition TURNING PAGES: Artists’
Books of the Present.
The MAK Winter Atelier (16–20 February 2026) offers an intensive
five-day workshop on the topic of artists’ books with Sven Völker, a Berlin-based artist, graphic designer, and author.
The Atelier places particular emphasis on the co-creative process. The focus will be on designing
prototypes that demonstrate how the book can be used as a medium for sharing ideas, and on making its potential for developing
and expressing visions accessible to others as a tool for creative processes. Experimenting with and testing various tools
and instruments for image, text, and material design will play an important role. We will therefore develop and evaluate a
toolkit for making picture books that can be shared long-term with kids and adults, and which is freely available to all.
The Winter Atelier will culminate in a pop-up exhibition, which participants will co-design
as part of the workshop.
Criteria for the Call:
Students and emerging artists working and living in Serbia, Romania, and Austria
Application
deadline: 15 September 2025
A jury will select nine participants – three from each
country –
and will announce the decision on 14 October 2025.
Further information can be found at mak.at/winteratelier
The call for the MAK Winter Atelier is available at this download link (PDF).
