2023-09-25 05:00:31
From September 26th to October 10th, the Weltmuseum Wien is offering a diverse program on topics of biodiversity, climate protection and sustainability
Vienna (OTS) – The ongoing climate crisis and its impacts are bringing questions and fears regarding the future of our planet to the center of public discourse. The Weltmuseum Vienna wants to use its participatory space zam With free admission, visitors have the opportunity to take up, work on and shape the current and relevant topics of our time together. Here you are invited to actively participate in the museum and to a variety of workshop programs. zam offers opportunities to deepen topics and small-format events.
A rich program of workshops, interactive tours and artistic interventions was put together for the theme days:
Im Workshop Diversity For example, visitors can be part of an art project by Tom Poe from the Artists for Future become. Together with the club Origami for everyone Animal species threatened with extinction will be folded and will be part of an art installation as part of the exhibition from October 7th Extinct!?.
Visitors can expect the ORF Long Night of Museums on October 7th Climate time machine by Tom Poe, originally for the launch event of the It’s burning!campaign was developed by Artists for Future. Now it can be seen as a transportable version in the Weltmuseum Vienna, as well as the Awakening machine by Lilly Panholzer and Carmen Fetz. In this artistic installation, people stand on a vibrating plate and listen to a text regarding the climate crisis via headphones – in order to be “woken awake”. artist Käthe Loffelmann leaves that evening in a four hour Live-Painting a positive vision of the future emerges on a gray canvas.
“Why are you committed to climate protection?”
The Weltmuseum Vienna asked people who are committed to a future worth living and climate protection in civil society. Their answers can be found in the form of those posted on the walls Quotes soon in the exhibition Extinct!? read up. Since February of this year, the special exhibition has been questioning common narratives of extinction and telling them from different perspectives.
Newly used showcases From September 26th, the show will focus on topics such as the necessity of water (for survival) and illegal deforestation and the trade in ebony.
You can find more information regarding the individual program items in calendar of the World Museum Vienna.
Press materials to the exposition Extinct!? are here to find.
Questions & Contact:
KHM Museum Association
Nina Auinger-Sutterlüty, MAS
Head of Communications
+43 1 525 24 – 4021
presse@khm.at
www.khm.at
1695619323
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