November 29 till Dezember, 2025 - Villach/ Beljak

schau.Räume_regional organized performances, installations, and discussions on the topic of post-migration in (vacant) commercial premises in Villach in 2025.  Postmigration. post-Muslim, and post-Balkan.

These are not labels—they are statements. They stand for lifestyles that cannot be reduced to origin, religion, or migration history. They arise from all of these things, but do not remain stuck in them. These terms break with expectations. They undermine categories and demand new narratives. They open up spaces for contradiction, for ambivalence, for a self-image that does not need to be explained or justified. It refers to a society in motion. With the title: UND/I, schau.Räume invited people to rethink society – as something movable thing, as a togetherness that is constantly being reshaped in language, memories, and experiences. Three guided tours of approximately 80 minutes were offered each evening. Guides led visitors through the rooms; they were prepared for their work as guides within the framework of biographical storytelling with a one-year lead time. 
All rooms were accessible with as few barriers as possible. Assistance and accessible materials were available upon request. 
This event opened up perspectives beyond folklore of origin and integration rhetoric and created spaces for belonging, memory, and room for action.

Spaces & special guests
Performative spaces emerge between vacancy and public space – places for remembrance, encounter, and debate:
haček.Raum: An office for special characters. Stories about names, attributions, and the right to name oneself. Design: Marie Lenoble
Y(o)U.Raum: Nostalgic objects and memories simply preserved. An installation about loss, belonging, and reappropriation. Design: Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp and Anita Tunjić. There will also be readings
Special guest: Reading from Toxische Pommes (Toxic Fries) “Ein schönes Ausländerkind” (A Beautiful Foreign Child) with Gertrud Reiterer-Reményi
Special guest: Reading by Davor Stojanovski “If I were to write a diary, it would be my autobiography”
traum.Raum: A hip-hop rap station inspired by dreams, embedded in post-migrant living environments. Design: Jasmin Donlic with
students from AAU from two courses: "Spaghetti, Strudel & Sarma: Transnational Life Stories, Belongings, and
Memories in the Alps-Adriatic Region“ and ”Hip-Hop Education in Post-Migrant Society" – both with a participatory focus.
Special guest: Rapper and singer-songwriter AZRA
Special guest: Jasmin Donlic and Katrin Ackerl Konstantin
verein.ter Raum: A collaboration with associations such as Salam Oida, EqualiZ, and Radio AGORA. The space becomes a forum against racism, for empowerment, and social participation.
Special guest: EqualiZ
Special guest: Salam Oida with Asma Aiad
Special guest: Radio AGORA broadcast live.
verander.Raum: Lectures and discussions with Jasmin Donlic and Erol Yildiz on post-migrant and post-Muslim generations, multiple homelands, and homeland.
Special guest: Erol Yildiz “We are home”
Special guest: Jasmin Donlic “Post-migrant post-Muslim generation”
transtopische_Teppich.Räume: An installation in indoor and outdoor spaces, inspired by Azra Akšamija, Tunay Önder, and Erol Yildiz. Ropes intertwine and explore this idea, becoming a network of connections. Design: Marie Lenoble. 
kahva.Raum: A place of arrival and exchange. This is where every tour ends – kahva, conversations, and music. Design: Ajla Brajević-Ðonlić.

In preparation from July to October 2025, there was: Spiel.Raum & schau.Räumchen 
An intervention in public space based on the children's book “Die Neuen” (The New Ones) by Susanne Isern and Sonja Wimmer (Karl Auer Verlag), which deals with deportation and inclusion. Characters from the book appear as mask figures in three interventions: The first two parts already took place in July: ‘Landen’ (Landing) on the Drau River and October: “Ankommen” (Arrival) in the city. “Staying” will be completed with students from the Villach St. Martin Gymnasium in a school workshop on January 22, 2026. 
Director: Katrin Ackerl Konstantin | Assistant: Mitch Münzer, Rosalia Kopeinig
Performers: Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp, Amalia Contarini, Martina Konrad, Maria Leeb, Anita Winkler.
A collaboration with the inclusive dance training group Freak out from Lebenshilfe Ledenitzen.
 

UND/I unfolds at a time when boundaries are being redrawn—culturally, politically, geographically. But in between, spaces are emerging that connect rather than divide: places for dialogue, reflection, and solidarity. The project understands migration not as an exception, but as a norm that shapes our society. It makes visible what otherwise remains invisible and asks how coexistence can be shaped under pluralistic conditions.

Team
Artistic direction: Katrin Ackerl Konstantin 
Concept & research management: Jasmin Donlic (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) 
Production management: Gertrud Reiterer-Reményi 
Biography work: Rosalia Kopeinig, Gertrud Reiterer-Reményi 
Scenography: Marie Lenoble
Technology: Philip Kandler
Guides: Jasmina Deljanin-Hudelist, Eszter Drienyovszki, Enis Husić, Daria Jadreškić, Carolina Jakubovič, Ildikó Kovács, Margarita Kuzova, Gerda Pistrick, Sophia Romanov, Anita Tunjić, Kristina Vojinović
PR: Isabel Brugger, Mitch Noah Münzer  
In cooperation with the Villach Integration Office and the Institute for Educational Science and Educational Research at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt/Celovec.

Special thanks to: Alim Görgüly, Karin Eder, Senada Mustafić, Olga Krainer, Ulrike Reinprecht, Fleischerei Wiedauf, Wasserrettung Villach, Lebenshilfe Ledenitzen, Kulturhof Villach.
 

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Photos of the two interventions in July and October with “Die Neuen”
And more photos of UND/I you find here.

This project was funded by: BMWKMS - Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture of the Republic of Austria; Province of Carinthia - Department of Culture, City of Villach: Department Culture.

show.Rooms_regional is an intervention on a marginalized topic in several vacant business premises of a city together with regional artists, scientists and associations that work on the topic. A more detailed explanation of the format can be found here.