As global crises multiply and exhaustion becomes chronic, the very notion of hope feels suspiciously kitschy, yet dangerously all the more desirable. While despair tempts us with a certain clarity, the challenge of our time lies in rediscovering the potential of hope as a driving force for change.
In the exhibition Hope4Hope, MA students from the Department of Cross-Disciplinary Strategies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna undertake a search for traces of hope across various fields, exploring the conditions under which hope manifests. Undermining the rigid logic of delimited research areas, their investigations combine a wide range of artistic strategies, scientific methods, and technological tools to reflect the richness and ambiguity of different modes of hoping.
Interweaving these different methodologies, Hope4Hope generates a manifold map: hoping as collective emotion, hoping as poison, hoping as an act of resistance. Together, the works materialise a constellation of diverse perspectives, depicting "hope for hope" in a collective brainstorm.
Artists
Yiwen Che, Khadisha Dabayeva, Sophie Hamann, Sara Karimi, Lili Kátai & Elias Schulz, Aimée Kohn & Charlotte Kuoi, Marlene Lethmayer, Subham Manandhar, Alessia Meyer, Benjamin Palme, Marshall Paul, Ádám Salomvári & Laura Oyuela, Charlie Spies, Lea Würtenberger
Department
MA students of the department Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (CDS), University of Applied Arts Vienna
Exhibition Design
Arbeitsgruppe TAT