Vienna Biennale 2015: Ideas For Change

How do we want to live and work in the future? How do we want to develop our cities? As the first multi-sector biennale, the Vienna Biennale is a platform for contributions in art, design, and architecture to make a better society. Initiated by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Director of the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, the Vienna Biennale is organized by the MAK in partnership with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Architekturzentrum Wien, as well as departure, the creative center of the Vienna Business Agency, with support from the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. 

Vienna Biennale curators: Pedro Gadanho, Curator of Contemporary Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Harald Gruendl, Co-Partner, EOOS, and Head of the IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna; Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Peter Weibel, Executive Director, ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe; Full Professor, University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Exhibitions and projects:

Mapping Bucharest: Art, Memory, and Revolution 1916–2016: An exhibition by the MAK; curators: Peter Weibel and Bärbel Vischer, Curator, MAK Contemporary Art Collection.

Performing Public Art Festival: A project by the University of Applied Arts Vienna; curators: Peter Weibel and Gerald Bast, President, University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2051: Smart Life in the City: An exhibition jointly organized by the MAK and departure, the creative center of the Vienna Business Agency; curators: Harald Gruendl and Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection. 

Future Light: A group exhibition at the MAK, an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Wien, an off-site commission in Vienna, and a reader; curator: Maria Lind. 

Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities: An exhibition realized by MoMA in collaboration with the MAK; curator: Pedro Gadanho. 

aspern INTERNATIONAL: A cooperation between the Architekturzentrum Wien and Wien 3420 Aspern Development AG, curator: Dietmar Steiner, Director, Architekturzentrum Wien

The Art of Working: Agency in Digital Modernity: An exhibition manifesto at the MAK by the Vienna Biennale Circle, supplemented by the exhibition 

24/7: the human condition, curator: Marlies Wirth, Curator, MAK


Complete list of the participating artists, designers, and architects:
Pablo Accinelli, Ovidiu Anton, Alexandru Bălășescu, Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée, Atelier Kempe Thill Architects and Planners, awg – Alles Wird Gut Architekten, Ayreen Anastas & René Gabri, Doug Ashford, Claire Barclay, Ion Bârlădeanu, Rana Begum, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Horia Bernea, Bevk Perović Arhitekti, Bikvanderpol, Ion Bitzan, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Mihuț Boșcu Kafchin, Geta Brătescu, Ben Thorp Brown, André Cadere, Cino Zucchi Architetti, Andreea Ciobica, Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra), Larisa Crunțeanu & Xandra Popescu, Elena Damiani, Shezad Dawood, Răzvan Delcea & Andrei Voica, Verena Dengler, Carola Dertnig, Harm van den Dorpel, Andreas Duscha, Ensamble Studio/MIT-POPlab, Annika Eriksson, Belu-Simion Fainaru, Matias Faldbakken, Mounir Farmanfarmaian, Harun Farocki & Andrei Ujică, Constantin Flondor, Sigma 1, Andreas Fogarasi, future.lab (Technische Universität Wien), Adrian Ghenie, Franz Graf, Eileen Grey & Jean Badovici, Ion Grigorescu, Erdem Gündüz, Ane Hjort Guttu, Oliver Hangl & Der Wiener Beschwerdechor, Helen & Hard, Hild und K Architekten, Kathi Hofer, Tom Holert, Barbara Holub, ID2 (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien), Marcel Janco, Peter Jellitsch, Klaus Kada, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, Julia Landsiedl, Hannes Langeder, Van Bo Le-Mentzel & Jakob Listabarth, Marysia Lewandowska, Johan Lorbeer, Lazar Lyutakov, Mahony, MAP Office, MAS Urban Design, Christian Mayer, Dan Mihaltianu, SubREAL, Milliardenstadt Hypotopia, Ion Lucian Murnu, Ciprian Mursean, NANK – Neue Arbeit Neue Kultur, Ulrich Nausner, Paul Neagu, Network Architecture Lab, Mircea Nicolae, NLÉ, Maria Daria Oancea & George Octavian Marinescu, Okin Collective, Dragoș Olea, Philippe Parreno, Dan Perjovschi, Danica Phelps, Amalia Pica, Eugenia Pop, Rareș Tudor Pop, Raluca Popa, Yelena Popova, Projekt Bank für Gemeinwohl, Walid Raad, Andra Răcășan & Elena Rucsandra Maior, RUA Arquitetos, Barbis Ruder, Valentin Ruhry, Carmen Secăreanu, Shinseungback & Kimyonghun, SITU Studio, Amy Spiers & Catherine Ryan, Daniel Spoerri, STEALTH unlimited & Stefan Gruber, Gina Ster, SUBOTRON, Superpool, Iulia Toma, URBZ: user-generated cities, Verein Samstag, Andrei Ujică, Dries Verhoeven, von Ballmoos Krucker Architekten, Seth Weiner, Wermke & Leinkauf, Haegue Yang, Artur Zmijewski, Zoohaus/Inteligencias Colectivas