Independence and Self-Organization brings together students from different contexts, in a collaborative curatorial experiment at the Neuer Kunstverein Wien as part of the Independent Space Index festival, a city-wide Open House event, all participating spaces, including the NKW, will extend their opening hours and visitors are invited to view ongoing exhibitions and attend special events.

Independence and Self-Organization is an opportunity to learn by doing, within the context of the Independent Space Index Festival in Vienna, and Independent Synergies at the Neuer Kunstverein Wien.

The goal of this course is that it will foster interest and curiosity in independent thinking and collaborative work that is necessary for social engagement in artistic practices. The participants will engage in a broad, contextual learning experience and will have the opportunity to shift their ideas and expectations about what it is to leave the familiar ground of an educational setting. They will discover agency in peer to peer networks as an alternative or supplement to traditional validation methodologies of slow moving institutions or fast moving marketplaces. It will be a chance to take work out of the private space of the studio and see how it functions within a broader social network and how this experience in turn informs the private experience.

All events will take place in English language.