Zero and One Chairs

The exhibition Zero and One Chairs was created as part of MATCH!, a recurring initiative organised by the department of Applied Photography and Time-Based Media, which explores the synergistic potential of student teams from different degree programs.

In collaboration with the department Industrial Design, this year’s focus was on the intersection of photography and the object, with particular attention paid to the relationship with set design, styling, casting and narrative.

Seen from the perspective of Applied Photography, the object and thus the chair, is a welcome protagonist. Photography’s multiple applied genres are cited here: documentary, fashion, advertising, architecture and the portrait. When the function in Industrial Design coalesces with the idea of the purpose in Applied Photography, the question of factuality emerges.

Be not mistaken: The most literal things are often the most confusing and enigmatic. Between what it is and how it is*, worlds unfold. We put the images to work.

*David Campany, Out in the World: Still Life Photography between Art and Commerce, Frieze magazine, no. 143

The collaborative works are on display at the AIL and on the billboards at the university’s main entrance on Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz.

Featuring works by:
Benjamin Kos / Emil Leckert
Caterina di Muzio & Francis Grill / Elisa Oberth
Laura Schagowetz / Yoomin Sun
Magdalena Chan / Virginia Pagliarini
Nejra Maslicova / Sina Svetina
ojaswit / Marlene Egger
Pavle Banovic / Julius Esser
Vanessa Kügerl & Leila Schiraz / Ambrosia Koeb
Yulli Kwon / Vincent Paul Müller & Charlotte Vecsei

Organized and curated by: Yasmina Haddad and Elisabeth Wildling, supported by Nora Mayr

Cocktail: 29 Sep, 17:00

Open Saturdays:

26 Sep / 2 Oct, 11:00–17:00

Mon–Fri: 11:00–18:00