Tracing Spaces

Two people stand outdoors in front of an industrial building at dusk, wearing orange high-visibility vests over everyday clothes. One person, wearing a cap and glasses, stands with one hand on their hip, while the other looks directly at the camera. Pale wooden posts appear in the foreground, with a cloudy blue evening sky in the background.

Michael Hieslmair and Michael Zinganel (Tracing Spaces) have run the Museum Nordwestbahnhof since 2015. Their main aim is to explore the vivid history of downtown Vienna’s last big terminal for the transnational goods traffic between the city and both the North Sea ports and the Middle East, which was still in use until 2022.

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Out and about with irreality.tv & Tracing Spaces (2023)