[ASJC Talk & Lecture]
Art Sonje Center strives to provide opportunities for the community to not only experience the artworks but also gain insights into the artists’ creative process by establishing communication platforms where all can engage in creative and critical discussions on art. The [ASJC Talk & Lecture] program aims to foster an organic and dynamic ecosystem among creators, curators’ researchers, and participants.

Doing Things Together: Curator Severin Dünser on participatory projects and the Viennese art scene
Since the early 2000s, Severin Dünser curated more than 80 exhibitions. Living in Vienna for more than 20 years and spending lots of quality time with the local art crowd led to many projects. Some of those were group exhibitions featuring the protagonists of the Viennese art scene. The lecture will include some of these shows to give an impression of the city’s multifaceted art practices. Furthermore, Severin Dünser will present some of his participatory projects that transformed conversation pieces into social sculptures (and the other way around). The lecture is followed by a tasting of various drinks, conceived and appropriated by young Korean artists.

About Severin Dünser
Severin Dünser is a curator living in Vienna. From 2012 to 2022 he worked at the Belvedere. Together with Christian Kobald, he founded COCO Kunstverein in 2009 (entirely project-based since 2012). Prior to this, he managed the project space of Galerie Krinzinger and wrote for, among others, Spike and mono.kultur. Most recently he realised the group shows “Bread and Digestifs”, “On Heavy Rotation”, “On the New”, “The Value of Freedom”, “Instructions for Happiness”, “The Grasping”, “The Gestural”, “The Concern”, and “Flirting with Strangers”. More information on his projects can be found on www.severinduenser.info