Lebt und arbeitet in Wien Talks: The Porous City – Memory at the Margins
Phileas, Opernring 17, 1010 Vienna
13 October 2026, 6.30pm
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Bouchra Khalili and Huda Takriti in conversation with Hannah Marynissen
A collaboration between Kunsthalle Wien and Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art in connection with the exhibition Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna at Kunsthalle Wien.
Vienna, like any capital city, is shaped by ongoing transnational movements of people arriving, departing, and leaving lasting traces within its social and cultural fabric. These historical and contemporary migrations profoundly influence urban life, yet they often remain overlooked or insufficiently acknowledged.
This talk focuses on artists who engage with archives as a way of grounding, revealing, and critically examining migratory experiences within their practices. Central to the discussion are questions of what such artistic approaches can uncover when they bring forgotten or marginalised narratives to light, and how archives contribute to the construction of collective memory. The conversation will also explore how these works are received across different contexts, and what these responses may reveal about a society’s willingness to confront contested histories and reflect on its relationship to the past.
The event will be in English.
