Be honest, how fast do you walk home from the train stop to your apartment door? Do you walk at a leisurely pace to have a look at the buildings and people you are passing by or are you thinking about the to-do list, you will have to finish off […]
One day before her talk at this year’s TEDxVienna event I got to chat with our wonderful speaker Martha Cooper about her work and what it means to be OUT THERE. Having documented graffiti and street art in New York from its very beginnings, her book “Subway Art” is now known […]
Maker Faire 2016 didn’t fail to impress. It is the first time the event took place in Vienna and more than 200 makers had the chance to present their do-it -yourself projects and ideas to a broad audience. Creatives and creators from all genres came together to commonly discover the […]
At this year’s FORWARD Festival in Vienna (7.-9.April) the creative industries will get together to hang out, to inspire and talk to one another, share their ideas and to connect. We had a chat with founders Othmar Handl and Lukas Kauer about their concept and innovative ideas for the festival in its […]
Deadlines are my personal nightmare. Whether it’s a paper that I have to hand in for a lecture or an article that has to be published on time for our lovely TEDxVienna blog. Being creative on demand is not actually the easiest thing to do. Gerhard Richter, a German painter, who […]
If Dan Meyers from Mountain View, California, had appeared in a math class at the Thusnelda Gymnasium in Cologne-Deutz in early September 2002, my life would have probably taken a whole other turn – for the better. But he didn’t. And so I am sitting here, hating math for more […]
When “The Welcoming Organization” invited us to their NGO Camp in Traiskirchen, the TEDxVienna Bloggers did not hesitate to take the opportunity and have a close look at their daily work. Here is some food for thought from our day in Traiskirchen: Thanks a lot to the NGO “The Welcoming […]
We interviewed Nina Nöhrig from the Mozarthaus Vienna, a museum about Mozart’s life and work, situated in the 1st district of Vienna. Read about her work in the Sales department of the museum and about how the latter is bridging gaps between Vienna and the world. Q: Nina, please tell […]
If you are smart and creative enough the result would probably be something like „Victoria“. The latest coup by german actor/filmmaker Sebastian Schipper is a 138-minute feature film shot in a single take. The movie had its premiere at the 65. Berlin Film Festival earlier this year where it ran […]
When we fell into the Viennese artists’ rabbit hole, we did not only find one, but two magnificent members of the Weird crew. The humble LOOK the Weird is currently exhibiting his artwork at his companion Nychos’ Art Space in the sixth district of Vienna. “In his third solo show […]