| News Group exhibition Hanging #05 In dialogue with the print editions of IG Bildende Kunst  Exhibition opening: November 15, 2024, 6 – 9 pm Duration: November 15, 2024 – March 14, 2025 Location: IG Bildende Kunst, Gumpendorfer Straße 10-12, 1060 Vienna Organized by: IG Bildende Kunst Editions by: YeLa An, Renate Bertlmann, Dunja Krcek, Anna Paul and Werner Reiterer Curators: Eva Dertschei and Anna Ebner-Quadri The works enter into a dialog with the historical editions of IG Bildende Kunst, which this time come from Thomas Freiler, Regina Hadraba, Lisi Huber, Helmut Swoboda and Grete Yppen. With the format Hängungen we are focusing on the topic of “editions”: on the one hand, the editions published by IG Bildende Kunst between 1996 and 2001 will be shown again, and on the other hand, we are inviting current members to participate with their own works. For Hängung #05, all members were invited to submit their own (completed) editions. Five works were selected from over a hundred submissions and are now being presented in an exciting dialog with the historical editions of IG Bildende Kunst. Group exhibition fragility of being In cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Curated by May Alqaydi, Andreja Drobnjak, Daniel Gardeazábal and Nitza Perry Curatorial mentoring by Anamarija Batista Opening: Saturday, November 9, 2024, 7 pm Duration: November 12, 2014 – January 15, 2025 Location: DAS WEISSE HAUS, downstairs space Address: Hegelgasse 14, 1010 Vienna, Austria Artists: Yela An, Luiza Furtado, Ava Binta Giallo, Sunggu Hong, Sebastian Konzett, So Young Park, Luiza Spotorno, Francisco Valença Vaz, Esther Vörösmarty Description: The exhibition fragility of being delves into the precarious nature of human existence, weaving together themes of power, relationships, liminality, and memory. It examines how power structures govern our bodies and actions, influencing the way we navigate the world. The intricate dynamics of relationships, from connection to isolation, reflect our need for community and the challenges of maintaining it. Liminality explores the transitional spaces where we shift between presence and absence, belonging and estrangement. Memory, ever fluid, is shaped by dominant narratives; it questions which stories are preserved or forgotten. Together, these themes provoke reflection on the delicate balance between control, connection, and transformation. In this context, fragility of being highlights the tenuous relations between external forces and internal experiences, revealing how our sense of self, connections, and memories are subject to shifts that influence how we navigate and exist within the spaces we inhabit. This exhibition marks the culmination of the intensive Curators' Agenda: VIENNA 2024 residency program. It is realized in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and under the supervision of curator and researcher Anamarija Batista. Launched in 2015 by the Vienna-based association BLOCKFREI, Curators' Agenda is an annual residency that offers international curators the opportunity to expand their curatorial knowledge and immerse themselves in the Viennese art scene over six to eight weeks. In January 2024, BLOCKFREI Collective (Nevena Janković, Eva Kovač, and Jana Dolečki) took over the direction of DAS WEISSE HAUS, integrating this residency project under the umbrella of DAS WEISSE HAUS. Duo Exhibition at Kunstraum St. Virgil Salzburg Yela An and Elisabeth Eiter Opening and Artist Talk: September 14, 2023, at 7 pm With Kerstin Klimmer-Kettner, Curator and Art Historian, Salzburg and Andrea Lehner-Hagwood, Director of Studies - Kunstraum St. Virgil Duration: September 15, 2023 - November 10, 2023 Location: Kunstgraum St. Virgil, Ernst-Grein-Straße 14, 5016 Salzburg  1:1:2 at the Schindler House PERFORMANCE Friday September 9 - Sunday September 11, 2022 6pm - 8pm Schindler House 835 North Kings Road West Hollywood, CA 90069  Photo: Miae Son © Bildrecht 2022, designed by Yela An and Miae Son What does it mean to eat a poem? Through poetry writing and eating, sugar papers and palettes, Vienna-based artists Yela An, Ting-Jung Chen and Miae Son ask how writers “transform feelings into words” and subsequently into confectionery. This performance invites Los Angeles poets alongside workshop participants, including literary and performance academics, to contribute texts centering on traditional poetic forms and structures found throughout Asia. Each of the poems will be inscribed with the four seasons, a critical element in poetry genres from Asia, and transposed into writing. Artist-produced sugar boards and ink serve as props to the literary workshop and performance, which will subsequently be consumed as an act of nourishment and pleasure-practice. 1:1:2 unfolds in three parts over three nights, featuring one poet/artist per night: through writing, reading, and digesting. This oratory and oral activity enacted within the Schindler House transforms the modernist house with Japanese associations into a staging ground for an exploration on the history of sweetness, consumption, and migration that spans continents. 1:1:2 is part of the centennial celebration of the Schindler House, made possible with support from the Graham Foundation for Art and Architecture, City of West Hollywood, California Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, the MAK Center Centennial Council, the MAK Center Patron program, and our sponsors. Group exhibition, Different Worlds 2021 Exhibition of the 9th Open Call for Young Photographers From March 11, 2022, as part of the Foto Wien photography festival. Photon Gallery Vienna- Zieglergasse 34, 1070 Vienna, Austria Group exhibition, Different Worlds 2021 Exhibition of the 9th Open Call for Young Photographers The exhibition will be on view from December 2nd The group exhibition of the 9th edition of the Different Worlds 2021 will present works by ten selected artists of the open call for young artists (up to 35 years of age) in the field of contemporary art photography from the CEE region. The selection of the artists was in the hands of an international 3-member jury, composed of Martin Fojtek, the director of the renowned Galerie Fotografic in Prague, Jošt Dolinšek, the winner of the Different Worlds 2020, and Špela Pipan, a curator at Photon Gallery.  Finalists Aaron Kimmig (AT) / Yela An (AT) / Lenka L. Lukačovičová (SK) / Svetlana Mijić (RS) / Asiana Jurca Avci (SI) / Magda Pacek (PL) / Marek Šefrna (CZ) / Michaela Nagyidaiová (SK) / Vincent Forstenlechner (AT) / Sara Rman (SI) Award winners 1. prize: Aaron Kimmig– Xinjiang – Sentinel 2, 2021 2. prize: Yela An – In Wien, 2018 3. prize: Lenka L. Lukačovičová – Ice Melts, Temperature Drops, 2021 |
Video Preview @ Virtual Arbeitszimmer thealit
From her studio work at thealit's Arbeitszimmer (COAPPARATION* part 3) YeLa An already presents first results. Some of her Bremen interview series with Corean artists are prepared to be shown as a preview in our ’Virtual Arbeitszimmer.’
It's on the situation of these women, anti-Asian resentments in the times of COVID-19, on sexism and much more: "Indeed, they narrate why they thematize Asian female identities and Asian bodies in their artistic works." Let's find out about that! The interviews are the first part of her project Sorrow, in the Tireless Year.
This project is not only supported by thealit Frauen.Kultur.Labor. also supported by the BMKÖS and Bildrecht.
To be seen Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 7 p.m. at thealit's website.