Democratic Revolutions of 1989 in Art, Media, and Everyday Life

14, 15, & 17 February 2022
(Online / Vienna, Austria)
Hybrid format, combining online and live sessions:

Thursday, 17th of February

7 – 9 pm
“Democratic Revolutions of 1989 in Art, Media, and Everyday Life” (live/online)
Venue: Depot – Kunst und Diskussion
Breite Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna

This session will gather stake-holders from the field of history and civic education in person in Vienna, Austria, to present them the project, the educational film “How did 1989 change Europe?” and the manual with didactic materials “1989: a lesson from the past”. The following discussion will focus on the place of democratic changes in everyday life, media landscape, and the art scene in Europe – with a special focus on Austria and neighboring countries.
The session will be streamed on Zoom for the participants of the Forum. They will have the chance to ask the speakers additional questions and comment on the discussion in Vienna.

Speakers :

Boris Ondreička, curator, artist, author and singer based in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Vienna, Austria. He has been working as project coordinator at Soros centre for contemporary arts, Bratislava, SK, director of art-initiative tranzit.sk, Bratislava, and since 2012 curator at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna. As of 2021 he is the artistic director of the Viennacontemporary art fair.

Robert Misik – journalist, writer, political commentator. Starting his journalist career in 1989, Misik was a correspondent for the German news magazine Profil from 1992 to 1997. Since 2002 he has been working as a freelance author for numerous media outlets. His topics include the critique of capitalism and globalization, Austrian and German daily politics, the history of social democracy, and the relationship between consumer culture and commodity production. At the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, he directs the event series “Genial dagegen”.

Diana Todorova, Documenta, journalist

Gruia Badescu, CRIDL, a Zukunftskolleg Research Fellow at the University of Konstanz

Elzbieta Moczarska, The Kazimierz and Zofia Moczarscy Foundation, civil society educator

Moderator: Jana Dolečki, BLOCKFREI

Admission to all events at Depot Wien is free.
Please check current COVID regulations before visiting (2G at the moment).

The event will also be streamed on Zoom for those wanting to participate in the discussion online.
The online link to the discussion will be provided after the registration at https://forms.gle/xi2a8QmB7sYCcCkM7

The Forum will be held in English.