WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURAL CRITIQUE? – in Memoriam Marina Vishmidt

Conference

The conference What is Infrastructural Critique? – in memory of Marina Vishmidt will feature artists, critical theorists and collaborators with Marina, who will come together to think through her concepts and relate them to their own work and artistic practices. Themes of discussion will include: infrastructural critique and ecology, infrastructural critique vs. institutional critique, art and political economy, art and logistics, the politics of abolition in contemporary art, infrastructural critique and music and the relationship of infrastructure to race.

Overview times of the conference

29.10, 18-20.00

30.10, 10.30-18.30

31.10, 10.30-18.30

A more detailed schedule is coming soon.

The discussion will take place over three days from the evening of 29 to 31 October 2025. The event will begin with a talk on the forthcoming book Infrastructural Critique: Contemporary Art Between Reproduction and Abolition, forthcoming with Verso in 2026.

With talks and presentations by
Marwa Arsanios
Hannah Black
Maria Bussmann
Helmut Draxler
Rose-Anne Gush
Danny Hayward
Angela Melitopoulos + Kerstin Schroedinger
Taylor Le Melle
Mattin
Andreas Petrossiants
Natascha Sadr Haghighian
Robert Schlicht + Romana Schmalisch
Kerstin Stakemeier
Alberto Toscano

The conference is curated by Danny Hayward and Rose-Anne Gush, and organized by Sofia Bempeza, Rose-Anne Gush, Danny Hayward, Annette Krauss.

Hosted by the department Art and Communication Practices, Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education, University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Registration
Register via infrastructural_critique@uni-ak.ac.at

Event

Conference

29. October 2025 - 31. October 2025

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Auditorium, VZA, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Wien

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