15.03.2024 - 29.03.2024
EN The exhibition at the Vienna Medical Chamber shared GoG’s artistic research with doctors, an important target group for the health concerns of refugees. The opening took place as part of the ‘Medical Diversity Days,’ which offered specialist lectures on health topics. PARABOL produced brochures for the exhibition, which summarised the project for doctors.
Vienna (AT)
Institution
Vienna Medical Chamber
EN The short film ‘Geography of Ghosts’ combines narratives of personal experience with the materiality of the 3D LIDAR scanning process. It unfolds spatial fragments collected in and around Vienna: the interior of a sprawling doctor's office, a subway station, the interior of an asylum shelter in a building once constructed as a hospital and the surroundings of another shelter, embedded in the context of a school, a court and a police station. The result is a visual language that, on the one hand, quotes medical imaging procedures and, on the other, questions the “objective” representations of illness by negotiating past and future wishes, disappointments and hopes.
18:23 Min.
Format
HD 1920 x 1080
Editing & Camera
Dominic Schwab
Script
Wanda Spahl
Voices (German/English/Arabic/Farsi)
Nour Barakeh, Sophia Hörmann, Amrullah Mohmand, Johanna Paschen, Helena Segarra
17.06.23
EN The Panel Discussion invited an English-speaking audience to reflect on the connection between scientific and artistic methods, with questions such as: What is the significance of artistic practice in the context of scientific disciplines? What motivates artists to collaborate with scientists (and vice versa)? What hinders or enables this joint work? Wanda Spahl (PARABOL) moderated the lively discussion. Afterward, attendees were invited to a reception with drinks and snacks.
Vienna (AT)
Institution
Fabrikraum
Moderation
Wanda Spahl
Participants
Nour Barakeh (Public Policy Specialist and Innovative Presenter), Jerome Becker (MAGAZIN. space for contemporary architecture; Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven), Elisabeth Falkensteiner (AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, University of Applied Arts Vienna), Katharina Gsöllpointner (Department International Programmes in Sustainable Developments, University of Applied Arts Vienna), Dominic Schwab (./studio3, Institute for Experimental Architecture, University of Innsbruck; PARABOL), Mirko Winkel (mLAB, Institute of Geography, University of Bern), with a welcome by Deniz Güvensoy (FABRIKRAUM)
Photo Credits
Jakub Klak, Dominic Schwab
15.06.2023
EN Wanda Spahl presented PARABOL’s artistic research in the talk ‘3D LIDAR Scans as a Social Science Method for Researching Health.’ She reflected on the scientific-artistic collaboration in the Geography of Ghosts project and possible further fields of application for the developed method. The workshop brought together researchers from the Health Matters research group (Prof. Janina Kehr, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna) and the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (Prof. Barbara Prainsack, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna).
Vienna (AT)
Institution
University of Vienna
13.06.2023
EN At the free Kids Day, mothers, parents with babies and small children were invited to the “Geography of Ghosts” exhibition at the gallery Fabrikraum. Snacks and drinks were provided, and there was the opportunity to picnic and play on the lawn in front of the gallery. A babysitter ensured that parents could visit the exhibition undisturbed. The Kids Day was supported by the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (Prof. Barbara Prainsack, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna).
Vienna (AT)
Institution
Fabrikraum
Support
Güneş Doğan
Photo Credits
Güneş Doğan
02.06.2023 - 23.06.2023
EN The social scientist Wanda Spahl offered free guided tours through the exhibition GoG at the gallery Fabrikraum. She provided insights into PARABOL’s working methods as well as spatial and material aspects of the health of refugees. Together, questions such as the following were discussed: How do hospitals create a sense of belonging? What does an X-ray image reveal? Do we live here and there at the same time? Each of the tours – two in English and one in German – was attended by 8 to 12 people.
Vienna (AT)
Institution
Fabrikraum
Support
Güneş Doğan
Photo Credits
Güneş Doğan
02.06.2023 - 23.06.2023
EN Specifically designed for the gallery’s space, the exhibition further developed the GoG project. It attends to the in/visibility of refugees in the healthcare system, societal discourse and public space. Interweaving the lucid, spectral and inconsistent materiality of 3D scanning technologies with spoken stories, political statements and conceptual thoughts, the exhibition unfolds a landscape of spatial narratives. The exhibition venue in a working-class district of Vienna facilitated a dialogue with refugees in Vienna and with people working in the Viennese healthcare system. The exhibition opening was part of the Independet Space Index Festival 2023.
Vienna (AT)
Institution
Fabrikraum
Support
Güneş Doğan, Deniz Güvensoy, Sarah Wilhelmy
Photo Credits
Jakub Klak, Dominic Schwab
03.05.2023
EN The half-day interactive workshop introduced the working methods of PARABOL’s artistic research, using the example of the Geography of Ghosts project. It reflected on the communicative, epistemological and dialogical potential of the installation ‘Spatial Narratives’ (Institute of Geography, University of Bern). It also included a hands-on session on the 3D LIDAR scanning process (by Wanda Spahl and Ewa Wasilewska) and a hands-on session on working with a real-time game engine (by Dominic Schwab).
Bern (CH)
Institution
mLAB (Transdisciplinary Media Lab, University of Bern)
Support
Mirko Winkel, Ewa Wasilewska
Participants
Researchers and artists from the University of Bern and the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design: Dr. Carole Ammann, Andrea Bordoli, Linus Fässler, Prof. Constanze Fischbeck, Dr. Sarah Hartmann, Johanna Paschen, Dr. Laura Perler, Philipp Schell, Dr. Susanne Schultz, Prof. Carolin Schurr, Prof. Susan Thieme, Luca Tschiderer & Mirko Winkel
01.05.2023
EN The guest lecture ‘Mapping Multiple Media/Meanings of Healthcare for Refugees’ took place as part of the lecture ‘Migration, Im/Mobilities, In/Equalities’ by Prof. Susan Thieme (University of Bern). Wanda Spahl and Dominic Schwab reported on their transdisciplinary artistic research approach, using the example of spatial aspects of the health of refugees. They then guided students through the installation ‘Spatial Narratives’ at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern.
Bern (CH)
Institution
Institute for Geography,
University of Bern
01.-05.2023 - 03.05.2023
EN The installation ‘Spatial Narratives’ displayed a hybrid media geography that unfolds the work in progress of the interdisciplinary collaboration GoG. Through integrating artistic research methods into classical social science methods ‘Spatial Narratives’ formed a fragmented landscape of experiences, legal frameworks, spaces and affection. The installation displayed the outcome of Wanda Spahl’s and Dominic Schwab’s residency at the mLAB (spring 2023) at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern. The festive opening attracted a large audience, including university students, faculty members, and an engaged public.
Bern (CH)
Institution
mLAB (Transdisciplinary Media Lab, University of Bern)
Support
Mirko Winkel