The department of Artistic Strategies with Art x Science School for Transformation / University of Applied Arts Vienna

Sedentarily obsessed – sedated on the edge of our seat

brut nordwest

Performance / Installation as part of Angewandte Festival in English

{Waiting} {Working} {Reflecting}

In cooperation with the Department Artistic Strategies with Art x Science School for Transformation / University of Applied Arts Vienna, brut Wien presents a performative and installative intervention as part of the Angewandte Festival. A temporary collective of students and artists will occupy the spaces of brut nordwest and invite visitors to follow and experience its work for an afternoon. The project has the title Sedentarily obsessed – sedated on the edge of our seat.

An empty classroom with rows of neatly arranged yellow chairs and matching desks. The walls are painted in a warm peach color, and the ceiling features acoustic panels. The room is well-lit, with natural light coming in from the left side.

Poster for a performance series titled "Sedentarily Obsessed – sedated on the edge of our seat". The event takes place on June 26, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at brut nordwest in Vienna. Organized by students from the Art x Science School for Transformation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, accompanied by Anne Faucheret and Thomas Geiger. A stylized red chair graphic is featured in the background. The names of participating students are listed at the bottom.

Places to rest, tools of work and production, partitions of space, sockets of authority or silent obedience.
How do they mold our bodies, our culture?
Take a seat and watch, as students of the BA program Transformation Studies. Art x Science dissect these antagonisms – using their own bodies to examine the sediment that our sedentary society is built upon – in a series of performances.

Timetable:

14:00 | Open studios / Open doors

15:00–18:00 | Performance series

18:00–20:00 | Finish with drinks

Accessibility
Parts of the project takes place in rehearsal rooms on the 1^st floor. They are only accessible via a staircase. There is no elevator available. A barrier-free toilet is located on the ground floor.

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