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fall\/winter dates, starting October 2025, will be announced here from September<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSIONS

In monthly WORLD BUILDING READING SESSIONS, we turn to science fiction and speculative fiction (SF) to imagine alternative futures that counter the exploitative reality of racial capitalism. We encounter narratives that can help us rethink our human perspective on Earth, to break down binaries between dystopia and utopia, real and fictional, self and world. With SF we are looking for tools to test other forms of storytelling, which in turn will be the basis of our walking, working, material explorations and compost care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are reading all of the texts collectively and will create enough time for questions and clarifications. No prior text knowledge is required<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #6<\/a>
LESUNG<\/em>
Samstag 28. Juni , 2025, 16\u201318 Uhr
hosted by<\/strong> Mai Ling, Klasse f\u00fcr Alle
Ort<\/strong> Studio der Klasse f\u00fcr Alle im Heiligenkreuzerhof<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K\u00fcnstlerinnen des Kollektivs Mai Ling lesen mit uns aus dem Buch \u201eBotany of Empire\u201c von Banu Subramaniam. Das Buch untersucht, wie koloniale Praktiken die botanische Wissenschaft gepr\u00e4gt und indigenes Wissen marginalisiert haben. Stattdessen schl\u00e4gt sie eine antikoloniale Botanik vor, die verschiedene Formen von Wissen w\u00fcrdigt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mai Ling Reads ist eine monatliche Lesegruppe, die intersektionales feministisches Denken unterst\u00fctzt. Wir lesen gemeinsam und finden neue Verbindungen, indem wir \u00fcber das Gelesene sprechen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #5
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS \u2013 ROBIN WALL KIMMERER<\/em><\/strong>
Wednesday May 7, 2025, 5\u20137 pm
hosted by<\/strong> Vik Bayer
location<\/strong>  Studio at Heiligenkreuzerhof, Sch\u00f6nlaterngasse 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Together we will read excerpts from the book “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A book that talks about plants and animals as our teachers, as well as histories of Turtle Island, stories about the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, of which Kimmerer is a member, and economies that include careful relationships with the land and its environment. No prior knowledge is required. We will read together and talk about what we read.

We invite you to bring a plant that you feel a relation to and would feel comfortable to talk about that connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ARTISTS TALKS
EXHIBITION VISIT ANGELIKA LODERER: CITY BODY<\/em><\/a>
BRENNESSEL PROJEKT GESPR\u00c4CH<\/strong> KARL MICHAEL LANGE
Thursday March 27, 2025, 4\u20136 pm
hosted by <\/strong>Andrea Lumplecker
meeting point<\/strong> Galerie Sophie Tappeiner, An der H\u00fclben 3, 1010 Wien<\/a>
afterwards from around 5 pm<\/strong> studio at Heiligenkreuzerhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #4
Thursday January 16, 2025, 5\u20137 pm
hosted by <\/strong>Iketina Danso
Location<\/strong> Klasse f\u00fcr Alle, Heiligenkreuzerhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9Patti Perret\/The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Embrace diversity. Unite\u2014
Or be divided,
robbed,
ruled,
killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity
Or be destroyed<\/em>*
*Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (1993)
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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #3
Thursday 12.12.2024, 5\u20137 pm
Beyond Borders: Exploring Middle Eastern Dystopian Fictio<\/em>n 
hosted by<\/strong> Arwa Elabd
Location<\/strong> biblio box<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This workshop explored the intersection of dystopian and fantasy storytelling in Middle Eastern literature, focusing on We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal and The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz. Participants examined how these authors use speculative fiction to address themes such as identity, oppression, resilience, and societal change, drawing on the rich cultural and historical backdrop of the Middle East. Through group discussions and text analysis, the workshop offered a deeper understanding of how these narratives connect to real-world issues and inspire new ways of thinking about literature and society.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #2
Thursday 14.11.2024, 5\u20137 pm
Science fiction in times of ecological crises: Rethinking our being-in-the-world<\/em>
hosted by<\/strong> Vik Bayer
Location Klasse f\u00fcr Alle, Heiligenkreuzerhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a short recap of our first session, we will start reading N.K. Jemisin\u2019s \u201cThe Fifth Season\u201d together. A novel that examines social inequality and resilience in the face of planetary disaster. Besides thinking about ecological crises in Science Fiction, the book will also help us understand the idea of world building better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD BUILDING READING SESSION #1
Thursday 17.10.2024, 5\u20137pm
One of many possible entry points into Science and Speculative Fiction: Tools and Methods to unravel dominant narratives<\/em>
hosted by<\/strong> Vik Bayer
Location<\/strong> Klasse f\u00fcr Alle, Heiligenkreuzerhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We started the reading session with excerpts from Slyvia Wynter\u2019s \u201cOn Being Human as a Praxis\u201d to question and critique the dominant Western idea of the \u201chuman\u201d and concepts of modernity. <\/em>This also involved reflecting on how narratives and forms of storytelling create realities and how we can \u2013 in dialogue with the texts we will read \u2013 experiment with methods of world-building and speculation in order to create alternatives to hegemonic ways of storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We read excerpts from these texts in dialogue with each other and in an associative manner.
Sylvia Wynter: On being human as a praxis<\/em>
Kathryn Yusoff: A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None<\/em>
Stefanie Hessler: A condensed Modern History of Distance<\/em>
Elvia Wilk: Death by Landscape<\/em>
Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower<\/em>
Gary Zhexi Zhang: Catastrophe Time!<\/em>
Indigenous Action Media: Rethinking the Apocalypse: An Indigenous Anti-Futurist Manifesto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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