Ever since Antiquity, the republic has stood for (political) freedom, common welfare and the right to have a say. A dedicated House of the Republic will therefore open its doors, halls, courts, cafés and stairwells during the months of May and June. Local and international activist initiatives, students and the Free Republic team will move their workplaces to these lively headquarters of the Free Republic of Vienna at Volkskundemuseum. Prevalent attitudes, institutional processes and ingrained norms will be questioned with regard to a potential future, creating in the process a place for joyously controversial discussion and practical examination. What do we need for a successful future of climate justice and solidarity.
The Free Republic of Vienna, the Aktivism Camp of Klima Biennale Wien and before it gets better... by Volkskundemuseum Wien work in Cooperation with +++ AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE +++ KLASSE FÜR BÜHNENGESTALTUNG +++ AREAL +++ ARTISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ ATTACBEWOHNER:INNEN DER ZAD DE NOTRE-DAME-DES-LANDES +++ CIVIL ACTION NETWORK +++ CRIP MAGAZINE +++ DAS KLIMA PUZZLE – THE CLIMATE FRESK +++ DECOLONIZING IN VIENNA! +++ ECOSYSTEM OF CHANGE +++ EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVES +++ EXTINCTION REBELLION WIEN +++ FREMDE WERDEN FREUNDE +++ FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ GEWÄCHSHAUS +++ GLOBAL 2000 +++ GREENPEACE +++ HEALTH FOR FUTURE WIEN +++ HOF DER KULTUREN +++ HINT WIEN +++ INITIATIVE MINDERHEITEN +++ INSTITUTE OF REST +++ JUGENDRAT +++ KIDS OF THE DIASPORA +++ KLIMABOX +++ KLIMAVOLKSBEGEHREN +++ KONGRA STAR +++ KÜLTÜŘ GEMMA! +++ LETZTE GENERATION +++ LOBAU FORUM +++ LOBAU LISTENING COMPREHENSIONS +++ MAI LING +++ MST – BEWEGUNG DER LANDLOSEN +++ MUSEUM DER MIGRATION +++ NEUER WIENER DIWAN +++ OCA: PARENTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ RADIKALE TÖCHTER +++ RETTE DIE LOBAU, LOBAU BLEIBT +++ RISEUP WIEN +++ SCHNITTPUNKT +++ SCIENTISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ SOLIDARITY KITCHEN VIENNA +++ SYSTEM CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE +++ TEACHERS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ TOXIC DREAMS +++ THE LABORATORY OF INSURRECTIONARY IMAGINATION +++ VIENA CHILENA +++
The Free Republic of Vienna, the Aktivism Camp of Klima Biennale Wien and before it gets better... by Volkskundemuseum Wien work in Cooperation with +++ AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE +++ KLASSE FÜR BÜHNENGESTALTUNG +++ AREAL +++ ARTISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ ATTACBEWOHNER:INNEN DER ZAD DE NOTRE-DAME-DES-LANDES +++ CIVIL ACTION NETWORK +++ CRIP MAGAZINE +++ DAS KLIMA PUZZLE – THE CLIMATE FRESK +++ DECOLONIZING IN VIENNA! +++ ECOSYSTEM OF CHANGE +++ EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVES +++ EXTINCTION REBELLION WIEN +++ FREMDE WERDEN FREUNDE +++ FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ GEWÄCHSHAUS +++ GLOBAL 2000 +++ GREENPEACE +++ HEALTH FOR FUTURE WIEN +++ HOF DER KULTUREN +++ HINT WIEN +++ INITIATIVE MINDERHEITEN +++ INSTITUTE OF REST +++ JUGENDRAT +++ KIDS OF THE DIASPORA +++ KLIMABOX +++ KLIMAVOLKSBEGEHREN +++ KONGRA STAR +++ KÜLTÜŘ GEMMA! +++ LETZTE GENERATION +++ LOBAU FORUM +++ LOBAU LISTENING COMPREHENSIONS +++ MAI LING +++ MST – BEWEGUNG DER LANDLOSEN +++ MUSEUM DER MIGRATION +++ NEUER WIENER DIWAN +++ OCA: PARENTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ RADIKALE TÖCHTER +++ RETTE DIE LOBAU, LOBAU BLEIBT +++ RISEUP WIEN +++ SCHNITTPUNKT +++ SCIENTISTS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ SOLIDARITY KITCHEN VIENNA +++ SYSTEM CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE +++ TEACHERS FOR FUTURE AUSTRIA +++ TOXIC DREAMS +++ THE LABORATORY OF INSURRECTIONARY IMAGINATION +++ VIENA CHILENA +++
Opening hours
23 June at the House of the Republic
HEARINGS
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
Wir schulden der Welt eine Revolution. +++ We owe the world a revolution. +++ Nous devons au monde une revolution. +++
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
Wall painting by Victoria Lomasko
Who better to tread in the footsteps of Eugène Delacroix than the ‘muralist’ Victoria Lomasko? Her visual accounts and critical chronicles of the Putin regime predestine her to be the painter of the revolution at the Free Republic of Vienna. As a dissident, she has been in West European exile since the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Lomasko will spend two weeks creating a large mural at the House of the Republic. La liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People) was Delacroix’s take on the July Revolution 1830. What are the forces to unite the citizens of the Free Republic?
7 to 23 June
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS VIENNA
Guided tours with the scenography class
23 scenographers from the scenography class under the direction of Nina von Mechow spent two semesters developing the central spaces of the Free Republic of Vienna. Confronting historical models, they wondered: how does utopia manifest itself? What emerged are spaces that issue an invitation to take on unexpected perspectives, to try out alternative forms of community, to instigate a dialogue between the preliminaries and the unwritten future of the Free Republic of Vienna. Spaces to think and work, to eat and dance, spaces that are not static, but mutate over the course of the five weeks. To make this possible, the artists will operate an open workshop in the House of the Republic. Every second week, the Academy of Fine Arts scenographers will invite the audience on a tour of discovery of the house and to cast a look behind the facade.
22 May, 5 / 19 June, 4pm Guided tours with the scenography class
With Alma Rothacker, Anna Grebennikova, Aylin Mutuler, Carlos Alfonso Ibanez-Reyes, Constanze Bieber, David Degasper, Elia Kreutz, Elias Emil Borgeest, Emma Ait-Kaci, Hannah Lowe, Laila Rosenbauer, Louis Platzer, Marc Pierre, Marcus Möller, Nike Hartmond, Philipp Banholzer, Philipp Lossau,Qian Qin, Roman Berleth, Ruth Erharter, Shan Kim, Sophie Glaser
