The Future Is Present Event

Eröffnung der Ausstellung „THE FUTURE IS PRESENT“ von Aleksandra Kołodziejczyk & Karl Wratschko im Rahmen des Rotlicht-Festivals.
mit einem ARTIST TALK moderiert von Bernd Gutmannsbauer und Kristina Gorke (Accomplices - Verein zur Erkundung multimedialer Ausdrucksformen).

Freitag 24.11. ab 19 Uhr Eröffnung, OpenCave, Kaisermühelnstraße 14, 1220 Wien
ab 20 Uhr Artist Talk
ab 21 Uhr gratis Glühwein (bitte Häferl mitbringen)
für Getränke wird gesorgt

ALEKSANDRA KOŁODZIEJCZYK, KARL WRATSCHKO

Aleksandra Kołodziejczyk (*1982) writes, photographs, makes films, does radio work and is active in the realms of development aid policy, women’s rights and feminism. Karl Wratschko (*1978) works as a curator, filmmaker and artist.

24/11/2023 | 19:00
Artist Talk mit Aleksandra Kołodziejczyk, moderiert von Bernd Gutmannsbauer und Kristina Gorke (accomplices – Verein zur Erkundung multimedialer Ausdrucksformen)

The exhibition examines how the future manifests itself in our present and how our perception of nature is changing. Animals and plants are at the center of the artworks. Different artistic practices like documentary series art, analog photography and field recordings are combined. While nature is present in the images, humans remain absent, yet always prevalent.

The short 16mm film »traces« portrays arctic animal sculptures in Vienna during a heat summer, questioning if we will soon only know these animals from zoos and depictions while »more traces« focuses on tropical animal sculptures in Vienna. The exhibition thus examines how our present is transformed by future imaginings.