Thanks to support from kültüř gemma!, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was able to offer a new fellowship, the aim of which is to increase the awareness and appreciation of migrant positions in design. For this year’s festival, the artist Natalia Gurova, who was selected from the many applicants, has addressed the context of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK in detail and developed, together with the Dutch 1m2 Collective, an exhibition with constantly changing exhibits (everyday objects) that cover a wide range of positions: LIQUID HOUSE revolves around issues of historic and cultural identity as well as aspects of the (in-) accessibility of resources and formal and informal structures and networks. In addition to this, the outreach program of the group exhibition offers workshops with people interested in design from a number of migrant communities: Participants will work with Natalia Gurova and other designers represented at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK on furniture designs that express financial, institutional, social, or political restriction – as metaphors in the form of an object.

Jury: Jeffrey Heiligers (1m2 Collective), Catrin Seefranz (kültüř gemma!), Gabriel Roland (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK)

Project by Natalia Gurova

with Mila Balzhieva, Aleksandra Bulgakova, Bartosz Dolhun, Shahrzad Nazarpour, Neda Nikolic, Tanya Shtykalo, Mariia Yeroshkina

supported by kültüř gemma!, Stadt Wien, 1m2collective

Workshops: 

Mo 19.9. 16:00 – 19:00

Furniture that grows with Natalia Gurova

During this workshop, you will be able to build a simple furniture piece together with the artist Natalia Gurova. We will use simple materials, leftovers from bigger objects, and simple tools like a hammer, saw, screwdriver, and wire to design furniture that will reflect the limited resources.

Short guided tour about the whole project is included in the workshop  

Mi 21.9. 16:00 – 19:00

Furniture that grows with Natalia Gurova

During this workshop, you will be able to build a simple furniture piece together with the artist Natalia Gurova. We will use simple materials, leftovers from bigger objects, and simple tools like a hammer, saw, screwdriver, and wire to design furniture that will reflect the limited resources.

Short guided tour about the whole project is included in the workshop  

Fr 23.9. 16:00 – 18:00

Ceramic repair workshop with Mariia Yeroshkina

Bring your broken ceramic pieces (cups, plates, vases etc.) to repair or find a new life in a new form for them under the guidance of Mariia Yeroshkina. Simple materials will be provided during the workshop, you just have to bring things you want to repair with you. 

ANNOUNCEMENT which could be present during the festival in our zone:

Ceramic repair workshop with Mariia Yeroshkina Fr 23.9. 16:00 – 18:00

Here you can leave broken ceramic pieces you would like to donate or repair during the workshop 

So 25.9. 16:00 – 18:00

Chalk drawing workshop with Neda Nikolic

Painter Neda Nikolic will discuss works and materials used for the exhibition and favorite materials, objects at audience’s home, and the ways they could be used. Collective chalk floor drawings inspired by objects in the show will follow.