Independent Space Index

Independent Space Index 2026

May 29th – May 31st, 2026

Save the date!
The 9th edition of Independent Space Index is happening on the last weekend of May 2026.

Independent Space Index 2025

May 31st – June 2nd, 2025

Placeholder text. For the first time, Independent Space Index cooperated with Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz to create a Festival Center. Guided tours in partnership with Fokus International guided visitors to selected program points. 60 spaces participated in the festival.

Field Report: An Exercise In Discernment

Diona Kusari reflects on the 2025 edition of Independent Space Index

Habitat Hybrid. Erkundungen im Raum und Zeit

Ethan Assouline: tout va bien

Olga Titus / Andy Guhl: Resonanz, Lichtrisse und Schalltritte

Santa Maria Paraffina - Mythos § Trope § Glitch

Ăśber Nacht

Zuza GoliĹ„ska x Cezary Poniatowski: Remnants of the Current

Minna Kangasmaa & Veera Komulainen: In the Liminal

Nina Zeljković: Calendar

About Termites and Beavers

Lisa GroĂźkopf: Schöner Schwitzen

Christoph Srb: Schlaflos gezeichnet

Dana Munro: Threshold

Waiting for a larger sun

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Nicolas Jasmin: L’Insecte

WEST WIND – raising flags: Jonathan Monk

Deep Skin

Beyond the High. The Chemsex Experience: Crisis, Resilience and Community

David Gruber: Persona

Independent Space Index 2025

Festival of independent spaces for contemporary art in Vienna

Jasper Jordan-Lang, Alexandra Ragg: Devil’s Mill

Katharina Ernst: Le temps / encore

Koloman Kann: Andere Baustelle…

Light bent backwards, waiting to be forgotten

Magdalena Herzog: I do not feel safe to own a body

Mirko Canesi: Natural

Under Pressure 2

Alexander Gottfarb: Encounters #1

Anat Stainberg: Speculation Diorama

Cäcilia Brown

Demokratie - Zelle

fini la la comĂ©die

Gert Resinger: Tourist

Ingrid Cogne: MĂ› au quotidien

Len Schweder: No Partial

Mahony Collective: The things we attend to

Mapping the Scene: What is an independent space?

Part 1 of a series of panel discussions at Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz

Margit Busch: The soul is fluid

Marta Beauchamp: Light Injuries

Mateja KavÄŤiÄŤ, Alja Piry: Above the Muddy Surface

Mike Kelley & Marlie Mul

Nanna Kaiser

Nina Hassert, Ora Katz, Loren Voth, Constantin Stähr, Jeanne Schmidt, Haruka Tomotaka

Nour Sokhon, Joanna Zabielska: Do You Hear the Silence?

Renate Pittroff, Christoph Theiler: Positionen

Sammlung Andreas Fogarasi invites you to SPLIT

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SOUND AND SILENCE

Stefanie Hintersteiner: Back to Concrete

Uncanny Gardens

Mapping the Scene: The unconscious of a scene

Part 2 of a series of panel discussions at Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz

Vittoria Totale: Solo Voce

Mapping the Scene: Lifespan of a space in a project oriented scene

Part 3 of a series of panel discussions at Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz

Program Booklet: Independent Space Index 2025

Program Website: Independent Space Index 2025

Video-Interview: Independent Space Index 2025

Werner Remm for artmagazine.cc

7pm in Vienna

Aodhan Madden on Independent Space Index 2025 for Spike

Independent Space Index 2024

May 31st – June 2nd, 2024

Antonie Angerer and Anna-Viktoria Eschbach organized the Independent Art Space Festival Beijing from 2015-2019, connecting local and international project spaces. For Independent Space Index 2023, we invited Antonie and Anna to Vienna to talk about their experiences during the festival of independent spaces in Vienna.

Independent Space Index 2023

May 31st – June 2nd, 2023

Antonie Angerer and Anna-Viktoria Eschbach organized the Independent Art Space Festival Beijing from 2015-2019, connecting local and international project spaces. For Independent Space Index 2023, we invited Antonie and Anna to Vienna to talk about their experiences during the festival of independent spaces in Vienna.

Independent Space Index 2022

June 25th – June 26th, 2022

Independent Space Index 2021

July 3rd – July 4th, 2021

Independent Space Index 2019

October 10th – October 12th, 2019

Independent Space Index 2018

October 10th – October 12th, 2018