25. Mar. - 15. May 2021 Villach AT

show.Rooms_global was dedicated to a global dialogue on Discrimniation and Artistic Freedom and was realized in Iran and Austria.

The production, developed and realized in Iran, was shown online and in a gallery as well as in public space in Villach. Mana Mira, as a partner from Iran, chose the topic "Discrimination and Artistic Freedom" and included several artists in the project. The resulting paintings and photos, as well as an interview film, mainly dealt with the issue of discrimination against women* and girls* and were shown at dialogue events in Villach. The exhibition of the artefacts from Iran took place in Kunst Raum Villach, Hauptplatz 10 and Kaiser-Josef Platz, Villach. In addition, regional contributions on the topic of discrimination and artistic freedom were made (sculptural intervention in public space, performative audio walk in public space, online-talks) which stimulated dialogues about the current situation of discrimination of girls* and women* and of artistic freedom in Austria.

Persons and program:
Babak, Betty, Farimah, Hosein, Mana, Mina, Marjan, Maryam, Nasim, Naghmeh, Rahil, Sahar and Sara ("Discrimination" - Exhibition in Kunst Raum Villach)
Mana Mira (Film)
Alex Samyi ("Not Dora" - Skulptural Intervention, Kaiser-Josef Platz, Villach)
diverCityLab  (“Medea’s Daughter*/Medea’s Maze” - Performative audio walk experienced in public space during the entire event, followed by two joint online conversations)
Rosalia Kopeinig (Biography Workshops)
Alexandra Schmidt (historian), Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp (artist), Marie Theres Grillitsch (Women´s Department Villach), Alex Samyi (artist) (online -talk on the topic of discrimination - representation of women in public space) 
Yvonne Gimpel (IG Kultur Österreich) and Norbert Bachleitner (University of Vienna) (online-talk on the topic of artistic freedom/censorship/discrimination)
Eva Krainer (Association Equaliz) (talk/lecture on the topic of discrimination - violence against girls*/women*)
Katrin Ackerl Konstantin, Andreas Hudelist, Regina Klein, Martina Ukowitz (researchers "Mapping the Unseen")
Tina Perisutti (PR)
Edeltraud Günthör (translations) 

This show.Rooms_global with the research title “Mapping the Unseen” was funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund (AR 444-GBL), KWF Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund, Province of Carinthia.

Supported and hosted by University Klagenfurt.

Show.Rooms_global is an intervention in a vacancy of a city on a marginalized topic. The invited artists, artist group or scientists determine the topic. Afterwards, the project will be invited to Austria and parts of it will also be presented as an intervention.

More about show.Rooms_global is available here.