Secession Podcast
Secession Podcast is a digital series from the Vienna Secession, an artist-run contemporary art institution. In conversations with artists, curators, and experts, it offers insights into the twelve to fifteen exhibitions presented there each year. The series also explores current issues, experimental sound formats, and dialogues with members of the Association of Visual Artists. These conversations reflect on the institution's 125-year history and its role as a unique artist-run space.
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Lap-See Lam, Haris Giannouras – Reading
Curator Haris Giannouras reads a letter addressed to the artist Lap-See Lam. The artist reads her response which was written following the opening of her exhibition 192 Wing Lok Street at Secession. Their exchange is scored by parts of the sound work included in the exhibition composed by Linus Hillborg & Marlena Salonen.
Lap-See Lam
192 Wing Lok Street
11.9. – 22.11.2026
Lap-See Lam currently
Artists: Marianna Simnett in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Marianna Simnett shares insights into her conceptual thinking and the creative process behind her exhibition Circus at the Secession, a multimedia exhibition that brought together light, sound, and sculptural works drawing on her Yugoslav heritage. This episode was recorded on 6 March 2026, the day after the opening.
Marianna Simnett
Circus
6.3. – 31.5.2026
Personal references, including a work
Artists: Katherine Hubbard in conversation with Sophie Thun
Artists Katherine Hubbard and Sophie Thun explore how Hubbard's work is positioned within queer feminist art and critically engages with the tradition of analogue photography. The conversation was recorded during the installation of the exhibition on 7 June 2026.
Katherine Hubbard
The Great Room
12.6. – 30.8.2026
How do you capture the inner life of a person whose reality no longer aligns with the
Artists: Onyeka Igwe in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
British-Nigerian artist, filmmaker, and researcher Onyeka Igwe talks with curator Jeanette Pacher about her project No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame (2024/26) that lends its title also to her solo show; her interest in sound, especially protest songs, and her love for sacred harp singing, filming in the abandoned Nigerian Film Unit in Lagos, and her iterative practice. Their
Members: Sofie Thorsen, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, and Vanessa Joan Müller in conversation
On the occasion of the exhibition Vienna–Copenhagen. Den Frie Udstilling 2026 at the artists’ association Den Frie in Copenhagen, the co-organisers Sofie Thorsen and Henrik Plenge Jakobsen talk with the art historian and curator Vanessa Joan Müller about, among other things, the model of the artists’ association, its historical roots, and the collaborative work and lively exchange leading up to th
Members: Peter Sandbichler im Gespräch mit Angela Stief
Künstler und Secessionsmitglied Peter Sandbichler spricht mit Angela Stief (Direktorin der Albertina Modern), die seine Arbeit seit den frühen 2000er-Jahren intensiv begleitet und mehrfach mit ihm gearbeitet hat. Im Gespräch widmen sie sich Sandbichlers skulpturaler Praxis, die sich, wie Stief formuliert, „einer eindeutigen Kategorisierung entzieht“ und zugleich von einem tiefen Interesse an Archi
Artists: Reba Maybury in conversation with Haris Giannouras
Listen to Reba Maybury and curator Haris Giannouras talk about her new exhibition, about punk and labour, among other things. It was recorded on 4 March 2026, a day before the opening of Reba Maybury’s exhibition I Come in Peace.
For her solo exhibition at Secession Maybury worked on a new body of work that engages directly with the misogynistic histories of the institution, confronting Klimt as a
Artists: Ndidi Dike in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Ndidi Dike’s exhibition Rare Earth Rare Justice unfolds as a large-scale installation structured around absence, death, and mourning and was developed over a year by the artist in close collaboration with Secession’s tech and curatorial team. Thanks to a “Dialogue Residency” supported by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the artist was able to spend two months in Vienna,
Hans Schabus im Gespräch mit Kathrin Rhomberg
Der Künstler Hans Schabus, der in der Secession zweimal ausstellte und im Vorstand tätig war, und die dort langjährig tätige Kuratorin Kathrin Rhomberg sprechen über die Secession als Bezugsraum der eigenen Arbeit, über die Bedeutung der konfrontativen, provokanten Energie der Kunst als Ort der Handlung – und den Ausstellungsraum als Ort der die unmittelbare Erfahrung dieser Kraft ermöglicht. Sie
Members: Hans Kupelwieser im Gespräch mit Lisa Ortner-Kreil
In diesem Gespräch mit der Kuratorin und Kunsthistorikerin Lisa Ortner-Kreil spricht Hans Kupelwieser über seine langjährige Verbindung zur Secession, wo seine Arbeiten bereits 1981 in der von Peter Weibel und Anna Auer kuratierten Ausstellung Erweiterte Fotografie [Extended Photography] gezeigt wurden—ein Ereignis, das er als Beginn seiner künstlerischen Laufbahn betrachtet. Seit mehr als vier Ja
Members: Josef Dabernig im Gespräch mit Fanny Hauser
In dieser Folge spricht der Künstler und Filmemacher Josef Dabernig mit Kuratorin und Kunsthistorikerin Fanny Hauser über seine künstlerischen Anfänge in der Zeichnung und Kleinplastik, das Verhältnis von Film, Skulptur, Fotografie und Text in seinem Werk sowie über seine langjährige Beziehung zur Secession, wo er mehrmals ausgestellt hat, als Vorstandsmitglied tätig war und wo er nach dem Studium
Artists: Cevdet Erek in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Shortly before the opening on 28 November 2026, Cevdet Erek talks with curator Bettina Spörr about his exhibition and sound installation on Secession's façade.
Cevdet Erek
Secessions-Ornamentik
29.11.2025 – 22.2.2026
Some of Cevdet Erek’s site-specific installations and sonic environments, placed at the intersection of sound, sculpture, and architecture, evolve around the idea of ‘sound ornamenta
Artists: Julienne Lorz and Haris Giannouras on Duane Linklater
Departing from Duane Linklater’s exhibition mâcistan at Secession, on view through 15 February 2026, Julienne Lorz, Professor for Expanded Museum Studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and curator Haris Giannouras talk about the history and present of, and forms that have shaped institutional critique since the 1960s as well as the ways in which Linklater explores a new way of instituti
Sound: Duane Linklater
Duane Linklater Supplies for the Soul
During the opening of Duane Linklater’s exhibition mâcistan on 28 November 2025, the performance Supplies for the Soul was acted out by three performers. Listen and enjoy the recording of this unique event.
Duane Linklater’s work and practice is grounded on an inspective inquiry on the foundations of institutions as they relate to the contemporary life and his
Artists: Mimi Ọnụọha in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
What can we truly know about ourselves and our histories in an age of hypervisibility, when algorithms and social structures alike decide not only what is seen but what is pushed into invisibility or irrelevance?
On the afternoon of 28 November 2025, Mimi Ọnụọha talked about her exhibition Soft Zeros; what she learned about collecting data and organizing it, about the Convict Leasing system and th
Members: Ashley Hans Scheirl im Gespräch mit AntkeAntek Engel
Nach einem gemeinsamen Besuch der Ausstellung „In & Out of Painting*“ im Belvedere 21 unterhalten sich Ashley Hans Scheirl und AntkeAntek Engel, Leiter*in des Instituts für Queer Theory in Berlin, unter anderem über Zusammenarbeit, Community, Queering- und Genderfragen, Verletzlichkeit, Bewegung und Wahrnehmung und über Archive. Viel Spaß beim Hören der neuen Folge.
Diese Folge wurde am 17. No
Members: Otto Kapfinger im Gespräch mit Claudia Cavallar
Hören Sie in dieser Folge den Architekten, Ausstellungskurator, Architekturhistoriker, kritischen Beobachter und Kommentator seiner gebauten Umgebung Otto Kapfinger im Gespräch mit der Architektin Claudia Cavallar. Kapfinger ist seit Mitte der 1970er-Jahre Secessions-Mitglied und hat Mitte der 1980er-Jahre mit Adolf Krischanitz und Oskar Putz die umfassende Sanierung des Hauses verantwortet. In di
Artists: June Crespo in conversation with Bettina Spörr
June Crespo’s sculptural assemblages, which the artist understands as communicating vessels, resonate within our bodies. At times delicate, at others forceful, they always emanate a vital, living quality. Listen to the artist talk about her inspirations and working process.
This episode was recorded on 12 September 2025, the day after the opening of the exhibition:
June Crespo
Danzante
12.9. – 16.
Artists: John Smith in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Listen to John Smith talk about his most ordinary name and how that possibly has more impact on his work than you’d think; how this inspired him to make the (autofictional) film Being John Smith (2024), one of three films in his Secession show; about the power of language, used both as voice-over and caption, over imagery; and about bad puns.
This episode was recorded on 11 September 2025, shortly
Artists: Momoyo Kaijima from Atelier Bow-Wow in conversation with Haris Giannouras
This episode is a conversation between architect and Atelier Bow-Wow-founding-member Momoyo Kiajima and curator Haris Giannouras. It was recorded right after the opening of the exhibition Suturing Together by Atelier Bow-Wow on 12 September 2025.
Their discussion focuses on care work in architecture, books and their forms in designing and understanding the build environment, 1980s Japanese comedy
Members: Tobias Pils im Gespräch mit Sophia Rohwetter
Anlässlich seiner Einzelausstellung Shh, die im September 2025 im mumok eröffnet wird, spricht die Kunsthistorikerin Sophia Roxane Rohwetter mit dem Künstler Tobias Pils. Sie unterhalten sich über die Entstehung der Ausstellung, seine ortsspezifische Installation in der Secession im Jahr 2013, die Präsenz historischer Formen in der zeitgenössischen Malerei sowie über seine Freundschaft mit Frieder
Members: Constanze Ruhm im Gespräch mit Christa Blümlinger
Im Gespräch mit der Medien- und Filmkünstlerin Constanze Ruhm geht es insbesondere um Werke aus den letzten 20 Jahren, ausgehend von kuratorischen Tätigkeiten, zu denen die Ausstellung Fate of Alien Modes (2003) im Auftrag der Secession zählt, die Diskurszusammenhänge zwischen Film und Kunst ins Licht rückte. Von der Konzeptkunst und vom Interesse für digitale Technologien und mediale Dispositive
Members: Oliver Ressler im Gespräch mit Luisa Ziaja
Luisa Ziaja spricht mit Oliver Ressler über seine künstlerische Praxis, insbesondere über seine Videos und Videoinstallationen der letzten Jahre. Diese setzen sich mit dem Klimakollaps und aktivistischer Organisierung dagegen aus, geben Einblicke in Klimaaktivismen und laden ein zu einem Nachdenken darüber, wie Gesellschaft demokratischer und inklusiver gestaltet werden könnte. Luisa Ziaja kuratie
Members: Eva Schlegel im Gespräch mit Antonia Hoerschelmann
Eva Schlegel spricht mit der Kuratorin Antonia Hoerschelmann über ihre künstlerischen Anfänge, die prägende Zeit in New York und auch über biografische Einflüsse auf ihr Werk. Gemeinsam beleuchten sie entlang ihrer zahlreichen unverwechselbaren Werkserien die Rolle von Raum und Wahrnehmung in ihrem Schaffen und wie diese mittels künstlerischer Strategien wie Licht, Spiegelung und Unschärfe erweite
Artists: Jeremy Shaw in conversation with Damian Lentini
This episode is a conversation between the artist Jeremy Shaw and the curator Damian Lentini. It was recorded on 6 June 2025 in the context of his exhibition, when Jeremy returned to Vienna for the screening of Quantification Trilogy at the mumok.
Jeremy Shaw
Towards Logarithmic Delay
29.5. – 31.8.2025
The exhibition Towards Logarithmic Delay presents three new sculptural works that engage with th
Artists: Ariane Mueller in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Ariane Mueller talks with curator Jeanette Pacher not only about her current exhibition in Secession’s iconic exhibition hall, but also speaks about her experience of initiating projects, sharing space, ideas, and resources, and the importance of collaborating – providing broader insight into her creative practice and understanding as an artist. This episode was recorded on 3 June 2025, a week aft
Artists: Francis Offman in conversation with Kamogelo Walaza
This episode was recorded on 22 May, during the installation of Francis Offman’s solo exhibition at the Secession. Kamogelo Walaza, a curatorial fellow from South Africa, spoke with the artist about his work and the exhibition:
Francis Offman
Weaving Stories
29.5. – 31.8.2025
The walls of the stairwell that leads to Francis Offman’s exhibition Weaving Stories are covered in dried coffee grounds. T
Artists: Aglaia Konrad im Gespräch mit Jeanette Pacher
Stein ist in unser aller Leben omnipräsent, nicht zuletzt in Form der Architekturen, in denen wir wohnen und arbeiten. Mit deren Utopien und Widersprüchen beschäftigt sich Aglaia Konrad in Filmen, Fotografien und Skulpturen. Die Künstlerin ist in den Alpen aufgewachsen. Seitdem begleitet Stein als Urmaterial, das Felsformationen, Berglandschaften, aber auch Architektur bildet, ihr Schaffen. Mehr e
Members: Florian Pumhösl in conversation with Elisabeth Kihlström
This episode of Secession Podcast: Members features artist Florian Pumhösl in conversation with artist colleague Elisabeth Kihlström. It was recorded at the Secession on 7 November 2024.
Florian Pumhösl, born 1971, is an artist based in Vienna and Munich. Focussing on abstract vocabulary he has been working mostly on reliefs and drawings for the past years. Recent solo exhibitions have been held a
Artists: Ana Vaz in conversation with Damian Lentini
This episode is a conversation between the artist Ana Vaz and the curator Damian Lentini. It was recorded on 7 March, 2025 in the context of the exhibition:
Ana Vaz
Meteoro
8.4. – 18.5.2025
In her film-poems artist and filmmaker Ana Vaz collages images and sounds that revolve around violence and repression, the impact of ecological ruin and the continued colonization of the earth. The deconstruct
Artists: Minouk Lim in conversation with Bettina Spörr
This episode looks back at one of the central artistic positions in the group exhibition Forms of the Shadow. Minouk Lim's Currahee – Stand Alone, a floor-to-ceiling installation of painted military blankets, created a striking division of space and, in the context of the exhibition, could also be read in terms of the divided situation on the Korean peninsula, but also in the broader context of mi
Artists: Yuki Okumura in conversation with Bettina Spörr
This episode was recorded on 7 March 2025 in the context of the exhibitions:
Yuki Okumura. Yuki Okumura
and
Big White Playground
With Miriam Bachmann; Mario Batram; Paul Buschnegg; Said Gärtner; golden salamturtle; Grzegorz Kielawski; Emine Koza; Niklas Hofstetter; Yuki Okumura; Flavio Palasciano; Alex Pasch; Cristina Rüesch; Sebastian Scholz; Paul Spendier; Johanna Steiner; Lorenz Sutter; Kai P
Artists: Ali Cherri in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
The idea that natural elements can serve as witnesses to history is central to my work. When you look at the landscapes in my projects – what I refer to as ‘landscapes of violence’ or ‘geographies of violence’ – you see how these environments bear witness to historical trauma and conflict. (Ali Cherri)
This episode was recorded on 19 February 2025 in the context of the exhibition:
Ali Cherri
How I
Members: Helmut und Johanna Kandl im Gespräch mit Kathrin Becker
Diese Folge des Secession Podcast: Members präsentiert die Künstler*innen Helmut und Johanna Kandl im Gespräch mit Kathrin Becker, der Direktorin des KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin. Johanna Kandl ist seit 1984 Mitglied und war von 1999 bis 2003 und von 2006 bis 2007 im Vorstand der Secession.
Das Gespräch wurde am 11. Oktober 2024 in der Secession aufgenommen.
HELMUT & JO
Members: Matthias Herrmann im Gespräch mit Rike Frank
In dieser Folge hören Sie den Künstler und ehemaligen Präsidenten der Secession, Matthias Herrmann im Gespräch mit Rike Frank, aufgezeichnet am 17. Juni 2024.
Matthias Herrmann (*1963 in München) war von 1986 bis 1988 Mitglied des Balletts der Wiener Staatsoper. Von 1988 bis 1993 studierte er konzeptuelle Kunst bei Prof. Ernst Caramelle und Brigitte Kowanz an der Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in
Artists: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz in conversation with Bettina Spörr
“Lately, I have been considering how to get out of a structure in which I am forced to make sense. So, I’ve been thinking about the ways in which 20th century Caribbean poetry did a lot of work around nonsense. (…) I guess it’s very dadaist in a way: destroying the order around you, clearing a path so that other kinds of relationships between objects, ideas and places can happen.” Beatriz Santiago
Artists: Rochelle Feinstein in conversation with Damian Lentini
This episode is a conversation between the artist Rochelle Feinstein and the curator Damian Lentini. It was recorded on 3 December, 2024 in the context of the exhibition:
Rochelle Feinstein
The Today Show
6.12.2024 – 23.2.2025
For over forty years, the American painter Rochelle Feinstein has developed an oeuvre that infiltrates abstract painting with political, social and environmental concerns.
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Jin-me Yoon in conversation with Bettina Spörr
On the occasion of the group exhibition Forms of the Shadow, a spontaneous series of conversations with the artists who attended the opening in Vienna has evolved into a podcast mini-series. These audio recordings offer fascinating background information on the works and diverse artistic approaches.
“My work deals with tourism, militarism, colonialism, imperialism—forms of power” says Vancouver-ba
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Adrián Villar Rojas in conversation with Bettina Spoerr
The End of Imagination III is a newly reconfigured installation for The Secession. It features a recreation of the famous 1969 moon landing site, upon which two lunar glitched pillars (over which two flags are draped), are placed, as well as a NASA Lunar Exploration Robot. Via this tableaux, Villar Rojas wonders how the Moon, Mars, or any other extra-terrestrial landscapes brought to us by interpl
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Lee Kit in conversation with Bettina Spoerr
This episode within the Forms of the Shadow podcast series is dedicated to Lee Kit and his site-specific installation In Broad Daylight (2024). For Lee, whose practice is rooted in painting, the space has become a canvas, and the creation of the work a process of editing the space and himself, similar to the editing of the videos on view. His installations often create an intimate, almost meditati
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Joon Kim im Gespräch mit Bettina Spörr
Aufbauend auf dem Gespräch mit der Gastkuratorin Sunjung Kim konzentriert sich diese Podcast-Reihe zu Forms of the Shadow auf die einzelnen Künstler*innen der Ausstellung und beleuchtet ihre Werke.
Diese Folge widmet sich dem Installations- und Soundkünstler Joon Kim, seiner Arbeitsweise mit field recordings und geht Fragen nach Komposition, Manipulation und Arrangements von Klängen nach. Am Ende
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Jane Jin Kaisen in conversation with Damian Lentini
Following a conversation with guest curator Sunjung Kim, this podcast series now focuses on the individual artists in the exhibition, alongside their works.
Recorded on 19 September 2024, this episode focuses on the filmic work of the Danish/Korean artist Jane Jin Kaisen and her operatic multichannel work Burial of this Order – on display in the Gallery of the Secession – as well as her wider prac
Artists: Forms of the Shadow – Young In Hong in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Young In Hong is working across installation, sound, performance, textile and drawing. Her practice often focuses on undervalued cultural practices and seeks for a sense of equality that gently undermines ruling hierarchies. In recent years, Hong has increasingly examined notions of inter-species communication, symbolism and the hybridity of sound, movement and objects in the context of other-than
Artists: Forms of the Shadow - Sunjung Kim in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Forms of the Shadow is the first group exhibition at the Secession since 2018, continuing the loose series of guest-curated thematic shows held there at irregular intervals.
In this podcast, recorded on 20 September 2024, the day after the opening, Bettina Spörr speaks with Sunjung Kim about her REAL DMZ PROJECT and how Forms of the Shadow evolved from it. Their conversation also explores Sunjung
Artists: Katrin Hornek, Karin Pauer, Sabina Holzer, Zosia Hołubowska, and Jeanette Pacher in conversation
Katrin Hornek, Karin Pauer, Sabina Holzer, Zosia Hołubowska, and Jeanette Pacher in conversation
testing grounds is an immersive live installation conceived by Katrin Hornek and developed in a collaborative process involving artists as well as researchers and scientists from different fields. It addresses the measurable evidence and effects of radioactive fallout dispersed around the world as a re
Members: Rosa Hausleithner und Sophie Thun
Rosa Hausleithner erzählt im Gespräch mit Sophie Thun von ihren Anfängen als Künstlerin, ihrer Zeit an der Akademie in der Bildhauerklasse von Bruno Gironcoli und wie sich ihre Arbeiten von ortspezifischen, skulptural-architektonischen Interventionen zu gemalten Raumkompositionen entwickelt haben. Diese Folge wurde am 7. Juni 2024 im Podcast-Studio der Secession aufgenommen.
Rosa Hausleithners pol
Artists: Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo in conversation with Bettina Spoerr
The black dome of the Secession attracted everyone's attention in June 2024. The work, entitled Statement, was a highly visible symbol of the dignity of black women. It was part of the exhibition Achievement by Cuban artist Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo, whose work articulates feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial counter-visions, highlighting the achievements of black women and advocating a f
Artists: Zhou Siwei in conversation with Damian Lentini
Zhou Siwei translates the contradictions of living and working in contemporary China into playful, personally fragmented and nonlinear works on canvas and painted objects.
This podcast was recorded on 19 June 2024 in the context of the exhibition:
Zhou Siwei
I Sold What I Grow
21.6. – 8.9.2024
Probing the ambivalence of digital technologies, the unceasing global traffic in goods, and the sleeples
Members: Hermann Czech im Gespräch mit Andreas Spiegl
In dieser Folge hören Sie den Architekten Hermann Czech im Gespräch mit Andreas Spiegl, aufgezeichnet am 25. April 2024. Hermann Czech ist Ehrenmitglied der Secession und Preisträger des Großen Österreichischen Staatspreises 2024.
Hermann Czech (*1936 in Wien), studierte Architektur an der TH Wien und an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien bei Ernst A. Plischke. 1958 und 1959 nahm er an de
Artists: Simone Fattal in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
This episode is a conversation between Simone Fattal and Jeanette Pacher, the curator of the exhibition. It was recorded on June 19, 2024 in the context of:
Simone Fattal
metaphorS
21.6. – 8.9.2024
In her exhibition metaphorS, Simone Fattal presents bodies of work from different periods in her career and in a variety of media, including fired clay and ceramic sculptures, paintings, and collages. W
Members: Carola Dertnig im Gespräch mit Sabeth Buchmann
Secession Podcast: Members ist eine Gesprächsreihe mit Mitgliedern der Secession. In dieser Folge hören Sie die Künstlerin Carola Dertnig im Gespräch mit der Kunsthistorikerin und Kunstkritikerin Sabeth Buchmann, aufgezeichnet am 16. April 2024.
Carola Dertnig lebt und arbeitet in Wien. Seit 2006 leitet sie den Fachbereich Performative Kunst an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien. Sie nahm 19
Members: Werner Würtinger im Gespräch mit Claudia Märzendorfer
Secession Podcast: Members ist eine Gesprächsreihe mit Mitgliedern der Secession. Diese Folge ist ein Gespräch zwischen dem Künstler Werner Würtinger und der Künstlerin Claudia Märzendorfer. Das Gespräch wurde während mehrerer Treffen im Jänner und Februar 2024 im Atelier von Werner Würtinger in den Praterateliers aufgezeichnet.
Werner Würtinger (geb. 1941 in Hallein) ist ein Bildhauer, der in W
Members: Thomas Feuerstein im Gespräch mit Lucie Strecker
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the member Thomas Feuerstein and the artist Lucie Strecker. It was recorded on February 17, 2024.
Thomas Feuerstein is a visual artist. His oeuvre encompasses sprawling installations, process-based sculptures, drawings, audio plays, and biological and internet art. C
Artists: Zach Blas in conversation with Christian Lübbert
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Zach Blas and the curator Christian Lübbert. It was recorded on March 8, 2024 in the context of the exhibition:
Zach Blas
CULTUS
8.3. – 9.6.2024
Zach Blas’s practice spans moving image, computation, installation, theory, performance, and ficti
Artists: Imran Perretta in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Imran Perretta and the curator Bettina Spörr. It was recorded on March 8, 2024 in the context of the exhibition:
Imran Perretta
tears of the fatherland
8.3. – 9.6.2024
Imran Perretta’s transdisciplinary practice spans moving image, sound, composit
Artists: Joshua Simon, Christian Lübbert and Francesco Finizio in conversation
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the curator Joshua Simon, the curator Christian Lübbert (Secession) and the artist Francesco Finizio. It was recorded on February 18, 2024 in the context of the exhibition:
SLIME
Curated by Joshua Simon
16.2. – 30.6.2024
SLIME is a unique hybrid on-line and
Members: Dorit Margreiter Choy im Gespräch mit Sabine Breitwieser
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the member Dorit Margreiter Choy and the corresponding member Sabine Breitwieser. It was recorded on December 13, 2023.
Dorit Margreiter Choy lives and works in Vienna. She studied fine arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Extended study visits and scholar
Members: Marianne Maderna in conversation with Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the member Marianne in conversation with the members Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler. It was recorded on December 11, 2023.
Marianne Maderna (b. 1944) lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria. Her interdisciplinary installations, environments, and performances grap
Artists: Agency of Singular Investigations in conversation with Annette Südbeck
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the Agency of Singular Investigations (Anna Titova and Stanislav Shuripa) and the curator Annette Südbeck. It was recorded on December 15, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Agency of Singular Investigations
On New Thinking And Other Forgotten Dreams
1.1
Artists: Charlie Prodger in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Charlie Prodger and the curator Jeanette Pacher. It was recorded on December 1, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Charlie Prodger
The Offering Formula
1.12.2023 – 25.2.2024
Charlie Prodger (b.1974) is a Scottish artist working with moving ima
Artists: Mai Ling in conversation with Christian Lübbert
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist collective and association Mai Ling and the curator Christian Lübbert. It was recorded on November 3, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Mai Ling
NOT YOUR ORNAMENT
15.9. – 12.11.2023
Founded in Vienna in 2019, Mai Ling is an artists’ collectiv
Members: Sabine Bitter und Helmut Weber im Gespräch mit Elke Krasny
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the members Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber in conversation with Elke Krasny. It was recorded on October 18, 2023.
Sabine Bitter & Helmut Weber live in Vienna and Vancouver. They have worked, primarily in the medium of photography, on the politics of how cities, arc
Artists: Mykola Ridnyi in conversation with Anna Witt
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Mykola Ridnyi and the board member and artist Anna Witt. It was recorded on September 15, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Mykola Ridnyi
15.9. – 12.11.2023
Mykola Ridnyi’s generation of Ukrainians grew up in a climate of increasing orientati
Artists: Chen Chieh-jen in conversation with Meiya Cheng and Jeanette Pacher
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Chen Chieh-jen and the curator Meiya Cheng and the curator Jeanette Pacher. It was conducted in Mandarin and recorded on June 30, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Chen Chieh-jen
Worn Away
30.6. – 3.9.2023
A long-time denizen of Taiwan’s art
Members: Florentina Pakosta im Gespräch mit Melissa Lumbroso und Jürgen Tabor
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the member Florentina Pakosta and the curator Melissa Lumbroso and the curator Jürgen Tabor. It was recorded on May 16, 2022.
Florentina Pakosta (b. 1933) is an Austrian artist and pioneer of the feminist avant-garde. Initially active as an artist working wit
Discourse: Ricarda Denzer und Axel Stockburger im Gespräch
Secession Podcast: Discourse is a series of conversations with a focus on current discourses which the Secession addresses, too. In the first episode, board members Ricarda Denzer and Axel Stockburger discuss the benefits and opportunities of podcasts as a medium based on sound and listening. It was recorded on March 23, 2023.
Ricarda Denzer is an artist and teaches at the University of Appli
Artists: Lazar Lyutakov im Gespräch mit Annette Südbeck
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Lazar Lyutakov and the curator Annette Südbeck. It was recorded on July 7, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Lazar Lyutakov
1 Million Random Numbers
30.6. – 3.9.2023
Many of Lazar Lyutakov’s works appropriate ordinary articles of our modern m
Artists: Delaine Le Bas in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Delaine Le Bas and the curator Bettina Spörr. It was recorded on June 26, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Delaine Le Bas
Incipit Vita Nova. Here Begins The New Life/A New Life Is Beginning
30.6. – 3.9.2023
Delaine Le Bas works in a transdis
Members: Carl Pruscha im Gespräch mit Bettina M. Busse
Secession Podcast: Members
Carl Pruscha in conversation with Bettina M. Busse
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the member Carl Pruscha and the art historian and curator Bettina M. Busse. It was recorded on April 5, 2023.
Carl Pruscha (b. 1936 in Innsbruck) studied architecture at the Academy of Fine
Members: Barbara Holub im Gespräch mit Rainer Fuchs
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the former and first female president of Secession Barbara Holub and the curator Rainer Fuchs. It was recorded on December 13, 2022.
Barbara Holub lives and works in Vienna. Following her studies in architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart, Holub developed
Artists: Vivian Suter im Gespräch mit Jeanette Pacher
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Vivian Suter and the curator Jeanette Pacher. It was recorded on May 4, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Vivian Suter
A Stone in the Lake
28.4. – 18.6.2023
The Secession’s iconic light-filled main gallery, which opens onto a small park behin
Artists: Karrabing Film Collective in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the Indigenous media group Karrabing Film Collective (represented by Cecilia Lewis, Elizabeth Povinelli and Akaydia Lee), the curator Bettina Spörr. It was recorded on April 27, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Karrabing Film Collective
They pretending
Artists: Margaret Salmon in conversation with Annette Südbeck
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Margaret Salmon and the curator Annette Südbeck. It was recorded on April 5, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Margaret Salmon
Monument
28.4. – 18.6.2023
Margaret Salmon creates films, photographs, and objects that weave together poetry and n
Members: Edelbert Köb im Gespräch mit Thomas Mießgang
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the former Secession president Edelbert Köb and Dr. Thomas Mießgang. It was recorded on December 2, 2022.
If you want to know more about Edelbert Köb, his presidency at the Secession and his stories on matters such as the renovation of the Secession with the architect
Artists: Anna Daučíková in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Anna Daučíková and the curator Jeanette Pacher. It was recorded on October 22, 2022 in the context of the exhibition:
Anna Daučíková
16.9. – 6.11.2022
Anna Daučíková is a pioneer of feminist-queer art in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Teaching f
Artists: Christine Sun Kim in conversation with Bettina Spörr
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Christine Sun Kim and the curator Bettina Spörr. It was recorded on February 16, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Christine Sun Kim
Cues on Point
17.2. – 16.4.2023
Christine Sun Kim’s art brims with rhythm and dynamic energy. Small-format dr
Artists: Jordan Strafer in conversation with Marti Manen and Christian Lübbert
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Jordan Strafer, the curator Marti Manen and the curator Christian Lübbert. It was recorded on February 17, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Jordan Strafer
LOOPHOLE
17.2. – 16.4.2023
New York-based artist Jordan Strafer’s primary medium is vi
Artists: Kresiah Mukwazhi in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Secession Podcast: Artists is a series of conversations featuring artists exhibiting at the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Kresiah Mukwazhi and the curator Jeanette Pacher. It was recorded on February 17, 2023 in the context of the exhibition:
Kresiah Mukwazhi
Kirawa
17.2. – 16.4.2023
In Kirawa, her first solo exhibition at an Austrian institution, Kresiah Mukwazhi pr
Members: Lieselott Beschorner im Gespräch mit Berthold Ecker
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between the artist Lieselott Beschorner and the curator Berthold Ecker. It was recorded on June 2, 2022 in the context of the exhibition
Lieselott Beschorner
Im Atem der Zeit [In the Breath of Time]
June 29 – November 6, 2022
Lieselott Beschorner has made art for over seven de
Members: Meina Schellander im Gespräch mit Ricarda Denzer
Secession Podcast: Members is a series of conversations featuring members of the Secession. This episode is a conversation between Meina Schellander and Ricarda Denzer. It was recorded on April 5, 2022.
Meina Schellander (b. 1946 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1970. Since 1968 she has realized numerous projects, been part of solo and
