Like UFOS on our tables Four days. Four objects. Many questions.

Exhibition curated as part of the Angewandte Festival 2025, Vienna
by the /ecm – educating/curating/making student group of 2024-2026

Curators
Julia Aldrian, Anna Angleitner, Clara Arnold, Magdalena Bauer, Iduna Dessovic, Hanna Gassner, Livia Giampieri-Deutsch, Martin Grabner, Krisztina Löbl, Nici Mairhofer, Fulvia Modica, Elisabeth Paulhart, Elena Petuhova, Brigitte Rohrmoser, Alma Sammel, Ana Laura Santos Ribeiro, Alissa Schertler, Katharina Stamminger, Friedrich Teutsch, Tanja Witzmann

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In cooperation with
Institut für Konservierung und Restaurierung der Angewandten, LANGENZERSDORF MUSEUM, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, Mühlbauer Hut und Mode GmbH & CO KG, Omas gegen Rechts, Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

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With contributions by
Kasia Baginska, Karin Berger, Ingrid Garschall, Edson Krenak, Elena Messner, Nishmi, Elsbeth Wallnöfer, Blanka Hedvig Wittmann

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A majolica bowl with traces of breakage, a saddle blanket with jaguar skin, a contradictory mother-and-child sculpture and a group of toxic traditional hats: It all started with a speed-dating session with objects from the conservation class, in which we got to know our exhibits. We questioned them, listened to their many voices – some loud, some quiet – and uncovered their stories. Which questions haven’t been asked yet?