Hope4Hope

As global crises multiply and exhaustion becomes chronic, the very notion of hope feels suspiciously kitschy, yet dangerously all the more desirable. While despair tempts us with a certain clarity, the challenge of our time lies in rediscovering the potential of hope as a driving force for change. In the exhibition Hope4Hope, MA students from the Department of Cross-Disciplinary Strategies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna undertake a search for traces of hope across various fields, exploring the conditions under which hope manifests. Undermining the rigid logic of delimited research areas, their investigations combine a wide range of artistic strategies, scientific methods, and technological tools to reflect the richness and ambiguity of different modes of hoping. Interweaving these different methodologies, Hope4Hope generates a manifold map: hoping as collective emotion, hoping as poison, hoping as an act of resistance. Together, the works materialise a constellation of diverse perspectives, depicting “hope for hope” in a collective brainstorm. 

Groupexhibition by Cross-Disciplinary Strategies at Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 

Exhibitiondesign: Arbeitsgruppe TAT 

Content Note: One exhibition contribution deals with old-age dementia, two others with political violence.