Opening exhibition: Shaken grounds

Monday, 04.05.2026 / 6pm

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL) 
Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Seismography of Precarious Presences 

What holds us together, when the world is more than we can comprehend? This research project brings together artists, scientists, and curators to explore how seismic disturbances of the Earth shape perception, bodies, and collective forms of living together. 

Welcome and speeches

Ulrike Kuch, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Vesna Meštrić and Ana Škegro, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Alexander Damianisch, Head of Support Kunst Forschung, University of Applied Arts Vienna


Shaken Grounds Collective (with live perfofmance)
With contributions by: Bjarki Bragason, Nikolaus Gansterer, Mariella Greil, Victor Jaschke, Peter Kozek, Anna Líndal, Werner Moebius, Lucie Strecker

In artistic and scientific dialogue with: Valerio Acocella, Arno Böhler, Alexander Damianisch, Wolfgang Fiel, Oscar Fernandez Bellon, Helga Franza, Nicolas Freytag, Sabine Folie, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Vesna Meštrić, Susanna Ravelli, Sylvia Scheidl, Ana Škegro, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir, Kaloyan Vasev, VestAndPage, Sandro de Vita, Mauro di Vito