Mind The Gap

July 1st 2026, 18.30
Opening and tour through the exhibition led by Prof. Oliver Kartak

Exhibition 1. – 4.7.
Design and Narrative Media/Prof. Oliver Kartak
SR 7, 1st Floor, Fersteltrakt
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Every narrative produces a gap. Narratives simplify to function, and every simplification conceals something. What is concealed is not random: it serves interests, protects comfort, lets systems continue without scrutiny. The gap between a narrative and its reality is where power lives. This power goes unnoticed; it operates because nobody is asked to examine it. Gaps persist because they are actively maintained: institutionally, interpersonally, internally, The effort to keep them visible is often proportional to what they contain and what is at stake.

This exhibition by students of Design and Narrative Media presents the same structure: a story on one side, a reality on the other, and a space between them. You are invited to experience these spaces.

We also proudly present our diplomas in the framework of AAA at Angewandte Festival featuring Anaïs Erkisson, Simon Hundsbichler, Claus Wares, Danbi Sung and Jeroen Wijne.