Symposium
Tue, 10. und Wed, 11.6.2025
Free entry
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This symposium, The Long History of Viennese Modernism 1900 to the Present, will examine and discuss the development of Viennese modernism since the late 19th century in the fields of music, literature, visual arts, design and architecture.
The aim of this interdisciplinary event is to identify similarities and differences as well as interconnections between the various cultural and artistic fields. In addition, the origins of Viennese Modernism, its impact in the interwar period and its reception after 1945 up to the present day will be reflected upon. A further focus will be on a comparative view of developments in other European cities, which will be incorporated into the discussion.
Tue, June 10th, 2025, 6–7.30 pm
Opening panel at the MAK Säulenhalle
Participants:
Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Executive City Councillor for Culture and Science in Vienna
Ralph Gleis, General Director, Albertina
Lilli Hollein, General Director, MAK
Markus Schinwald, Artist, Lecturer, State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
Moderation: Oliver Rathkolb, University of Vienna and Chairman, Vienna Institute for Cultural and Contemporary History and Arts (VICCA)
Followed by a reception
Wed, June 11th, 2025, 10 am – 6 pm
Symposium in the MAK Vortragssaal
10–10.30 am
Greeting Words
Lilli Hollein, General director, MAK
Oliver Rathkolb, University of Vienna and Chairman, Vienna Institute for Cultural and Contemporary History and Arts (VICCA)
Introduction
Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of MAK Library and Kunstblättersammlung/Archiv
Das MAK und die Wiener Moderne
10.30–12 pm
Literature
Norbert Christian Wolf, Professor of Contemporary German Literature, University of Vienna: 1900 davor/danach
Bettina Hering, Dramaturge and former Director of Drama at the Salzburg Festival: „Von morgen bis mitternachts“. Zwischenkriegszeit – Exil – II. Weltkrieg
Daniela Strigl, Author and Literary Scholar at the University of Vienna: Modernitäten, Avantgarden, Traditionen. Die Literatur von der „Stunde Null“ bis Covid-19
Moderated by: Klemens Renoldner, dramaturge and former director of the Stefan Zweig Center at the University of Salzburg
Presentations 20 minutes each, discussion
12–1pm
Lunch break
1–2.30 pm
Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
Matthias Boeckl, Professor of Architectural History, University of Applied Arts Vienna: Wien um 1900 und die Folgen. Regionale politische und globale künstlerische Netzwerke
Anita Kern, Designer and Cultural Scholar: „Gestalter ihrer Umwelt“. Die Zweite Wiener Moderne – Aufbruch und Vernichtung
Mechtild Widrich, Professor and Director, Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Zwischen Mythos und Kritik: Feministische Auseinandersetzungen mit der Wiener Moderne
Moderated by: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of MAK Library and Kunstblättersammlung/Archiv
2.30–3 pm
Coffee break
3–5 pm
Musical Awakenings
Barbara Boisits, Head of the Department of Musicology, Austrian Academy of Sciences and Deputy Chairwoman, Vienna Institute for Cultural and Contemporary History (VICCA): 1900 davor/danach
Anita Mayer-Hirzberger, Associate Professor of Historical Musicology, mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna: Zwischenkriegszeit, Vernichtung und Exil – NS und II. Weltkrieg
Conversation with HK Gruber, composer, conductor and chansonnier: Die verzögerte Rekonstruktion der modernen Musik und Gegenwartsmusik
Moderated by: Gerald Heidegger, Germanist and head of the contemporary history/current affairs department, ORF Wissen
5–6 pm
Closing discussion
Wohin entwickeln sich die Gegenwartskünste in Wien und Österreich – über 100 Jahre nach dem Fin de Siècle 1900?
Participants:
Daniel Ender, musicologist and Secretary General, Alban Berg Foundation, Vienna
Lydia Haider, Germanist and writer, lecturer at several art universities in Vienna
Peter Kogler, Artist and Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
August Ruhs, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine, psychoanalyst (IPV)
Moderated by: Gerald Heidegger, Germanist and head of the contemporary history/current affairs department, ORF Wissen
Idea and concept: Oliver Rathkolb
Program committee: Lilli Hollein, Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Lydia Rathkolb, Oliver Rathkolb
Funded by:
City of Vienna, Culture (MA7)