Karin Cheng is an artist, dancer and DJ. She is the founder of the Kiki House of Dive and of frisch getanzt and is a part of the DJ collectives a party called JACK and Hotpotposse. In this edition of EDUCULT im Gespräch, Karin talks about living, respecting and celebrating personal and cultural diversity, and […]
Orwa Saleh is an oud player and devotes himself mainly to (contemporary) jazz in the Viennese music scene. The last exhibition “Die Wiener Jammerei” of EDUCULT’s Salon der Kulturen was musically accompanied by him. The musician was born in Syria, where he studied at the Higher Institute of Music, amongst other places, as well as […]
The visual artist Yun Wang was born in China and lives and works in Vienna. After originally coming to Austria to study music, she decided to change plans and study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. Between June and September 2021, she showed some of her works at the Salon der Kulturen in the […]
The photographer and artist Reem Jarbou is originally from Saudi Arabia and lives and works in Vienna. Between December 2020 and June 2021, some of her works were on display in the exhibition “Roots: Origin and Appearance” as part of the “Salon of Cultures” series at EDUCULT, which can still be visited digitally on our […]
Sami Ajouri was born in Syria in 1980 and studied sculpting at the University of Fine Arts in Damascus. In 2006 he moved to Vienna and in 2011 obtained a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts with a focus on printmaking. His works have been exhibited in many cities in both eastern and western […]
Phoebe Violet hails from Costa Rica and came to Austria with her family as a teenager. EDUCULT spoke with the young violinist and singer about her life, her career as a musician and about cultural politics in Costa Rica and Austria. EDUCULT: Where do you come from artistically and what exactly does your musical work […]
Bekim Morina, born in Kosovo in 1986, has lived and worked in Vienna for the last several years. From 2004 to 2008 he studied acting at the University of Art in Prishtina and since 2017 he has been studying acting and performance at the diverCITYLAB Academy in Vienna. With EDUCULT he talked about his childhood […]
The Poland-born actor couple Agnieszka and Maciej Salamon have been living in Vienna for 18 years – with a few interruptions. EDUCULT spoke with them about their history, their lives in Vienna, the Polish and Viennese acting scenes and what the current political changes in Poland and Austria mean for them personally. EDUCULT: Where do you […]
Eleni Palles has lived and worked in Vienna for several years now. After studying architecture, she studied scenography and the art of illusion. In an interview with EDUCULT, she talks about arriving and living in Vienna, the challenges she faces, her interdisciplinary work and the possibilities art offers in initiating social change. EDUCULT: Let’s start with […]
EDUCULT talked to Reynier Diaz, a Cuban artist, conservator and restorer who lives and works in Vienna. He told us about the time he spent in the Netherlands before he came to Austria, about cultural differences between Cuba, the Netherlands and Austria, his experiences working as a restorer and conservator as a foreigner in Vienna, […]
The Indian Kathak dancer Kaveri Sageder is originally from Pune/India, now mostly living and working in Vienna. Next to her work as an international performer, she runs her own Dancing Studio in Pune and regularly teaches in Vienna. To EDUCULT she talked about her first experiences and establishment as an Indian artist in Austria and, […]
Artist Monika Piorkowska, born and raised in Krakow, has been working and living in Vienna since 2003. She holds a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where she graduated with honors in 2003. She then moved to Vienna and studied at the University of Applied Arts, graduating, once again, with honors. Her […]
Oleg Soulimenko is a Russian performer and choreographer living and working in Vienna and Moscow. He graduated in construction engineering before he decided to become a dancer. In 1990 Oleg Soulimenko founded the International Laboratory Saira Blanche Theatre. Their work has been shown throughout Eastern and Western Europe and in the United States and has […]
The singer Golnar Shahyar and the guitarist Mahan Mirarab have become an indispensable part of the so-called “ world music“ scene. Born and raised in Iran, the desire to become professional musicians, brought the duo to Vienna. For several years, they have been performing on different stages in Europe, in different musical arrangements (Golnar & […]
Osama Zatar was born in Ramallah/ Palestine in 1980. Insurmountable obstacles in the conflict between Israel and Palestine made a life with his Israeli wife Jasmin Avissar impossible in his home country. After a brief time in Germany, they made their way to Austria, where Osama Zatar was invited to the exhibition ‘’Overlapping Voices: Israeli […]
Linda Zahra and Alfoz Tanjour left Syria in 2012, because of the war after taking part in several demonstrations and producing critical films. First they came to Beirut, where they stayed for some months and then decided to flee to Europa. They arrived in Vienna in 2014 with their two children. Linda Zahra started working […]
Johnny Mhanna is 24 years old and originally from Syria. He fled his homeland since he would have been forced to fight in the civil war. In this war he had already lost his father, who disappeared under the Assad regime. Johnny performed in several theatre- and movie productions in Syria and in Lebanon before […]
Ahmad and Mohammed, two brothers from Syria, arrived in Austria some months ago after a tedious and partly dangerous escape. After two months in the “initial reception center” (Erstaufnahmestelle) in Traiskirchen they moved to a private apartment in Vienna provided by a new Austrian friend. Currently they support newcomers at the Vienna West station (Westbahnhof) […]