The Arts of Resistance

Ruth Anderwald & Leonhard Grond (eds.)

The Arts of Resistance constitutes a collaborative and intergenerational artistic research inquiry into the historical and contemporary (artistic) means of resistance against fascism, initiated by Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond as part of their long-term engagement with the topic. 
This action research project aims to uncover links between historical, cultural, social, political, and physical ecologies of resistance against Fascisms employing a co-creative approach within an international exchange format. Based on Umberto Eco’s text, “Ur-fascism” (1995), questions of Europe as a peace project, European identity, and resistance against fascism, past and present, were explored and then co-creatively transformed into works of art. 

Association HASENHERZ oder die Lust am bewegten Bild und Wort, Vienna in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, and University of Art Braunschweig.

Contribution by Ruth Anderwald, Leonhard Grond, Martin Krenn, Jo O’Brien, Alexander Damianisch, Robert Rotifer, Preeti Kathuria, Gelavizh Abolhassani, Jo Schmeiser, Ruth Mateus-Berr, Ana Škegro, and Barbara Staudinger.
BOOK PRESENTATION

Thursday, November 27, 2025 – 6 p.m.
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Georg-Coch-Platz 2
Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL)
1010 Wien

With
editors Anderwald and Grond

More information on the book presentation
The Arts of Resistance
Ruth Anderwald, Leonhard Grond (eds.)

VFMK, Verlag für moderne Kunst
ISBN: 978-3-99153-196-8
Book presentation
Book presentation
27. November 2025, 18:00
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL), 1010 Wien