VIENNA BIENNALE 2015 - IDEAS FOR CHANGE

Opening speeches VIENNA BIENNALE 2015: IDEAS FOR CHANGE
6:30 p.m., MAK Columned Main Hall

Speakers
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Director, MAK
Gerald Bast, President, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Nicolaus Schafhausen, Director, Kunsthalle Wien
Dietmar Steiner, Director, Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien
Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör, Vienna Business Agency, creative unit departure
Mariana Gheorghe, CEO, OMV Petrom

Opening
Andreas Mailath-Pokorny,
Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science of the City of Vienna


In attendance of
Pedro Gadanho, Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Harald Gruendl, Co-Partner, EOOS; Director of IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna
Maria Lind, Director, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
Peter Weibel, Executive Director, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Professor (emer.), University of Applied Arts Vienna

Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection
Bärbel Vischer, Curator, MAK Contemporary Art Collection
Marlies Wirth, MAK Curator/MAK NITE Lab

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Timetable Public Opening Night

6 p.m.–midnight: Access to all VIENNA BIENNALE exhibition venues
6:30 p.m.: VIENNA BIENNALE Opening speeches at the MAK
8 p.m.: Opening at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
9 p.m.: Opening at the Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien
9:30 p.m.: Opening at the Kunsthalle Wien

7:30 p.m.–midnight: Opening party at the MAK
DJ lineup with IL Rampelotto & EL Salgado (ZIRKUS MAXIMUS)

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Cultural Partners
MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art
University of Applied Arts Vienna – Angewandte Innovation Laboratory
Kunsthalle Wien
Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien
Vienna Business Agency, creative unit departure

Research Partner
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology


More information at viennabiennale.org