Get Off Your Robot Festival '17 Day 2: Panel "Where Are U From?"

“De-provincializing Vienna’s Art scene - Where Are You From?”
panel discussion / Mon Ami / Free Entry

As an art and cultural center, Vienna increasingly engages in the global discourse on decolonization and the critical debate of its own historical traces. Nevertheless, old and heteronormative structures seem to prevail. The economic and political emancipation of norms is still not being translated into practice.

The Viennese art and cultural scene – including artists as well as art organizers and administrators – needs to understand and raise awareness that the city’s demographics (gender, age but also ethnicities) are changing, which therefore needs to be reflected in the arts industries.

The panel discussion functions as an open platform for artists to talk about their individual careers and their place in the Viennese art and cultural hub. It should as well give space to discuss subjective perspectives, limitations within the industries but also possible opportunities. This format aims to set a positive impulse for the local art scene to change and give ways to include the many.

MAHIR JAHMAL
CHERRELLONE
TONICA HUNTER

Moderation:
LYNHAN BALATBAT-HELBOCK (SAVVY Contemporary Berlin / Urban Arts Vienna)

■ AFTER SHOW PARTY / Start 22:00
DJ-SETS BY THE PANELISTS

■ Due to limited seating we ask to RSVP by sending an email to hello@getoffyourrobot.com