Initial exhibition „RE...What? - Kreise denken, Zukunft lenken“ at TU Wien and University of Applied Arts Vienna, 27.01.-13.02.2026

In the 2025/26 academic year, Cultural Collisions will focus on the topic of circular economy. The exhibition will examine a wide variety of facets—circles of production or consumption as well as natural cycles—and present them in interactive stations and artworks by students from TU Wien and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. There is much to learn and discover, try out, and help shape in two exhibition rooms at the two universities.

Some of the students and teachers from TU Wien and the University of Applied Arts who participated in the exhibition

© Ben Kaulfus

Some of the students and teachers from TU Wien and the University of Applied Arts who participated in the exhibition

This station demonstrates how the city can be understood as a vast reservoir of raw materials filled with reusable resources. By collecting, sorting, and creatively transforming these materials, new objects or small structures can be created.

Created and curated by:

  • Ardiana Peci
  • David Bayavuge
  • Noah Schmid
  • Rosalie Güntschl
  • Weronika Proch

This station illustrates how much energy is involved in the production, reuse, and recycling of packaging, showing that recycling and reuse are always more energy-efficient than producing new materials.

Created and curated by:

  • Ena Nikic
  • Magdalena Frank
  • Marvin Weinkauf
  • Till Bathe

The Water Journey explores where our drinking water comes from, how it is treated, the paths it takes, and how much we actually consume in everyday life, encouraging a more conscious and economical use of water.

Created and curated by:

  • Daniel Neumayer
  • Katharina Webhofer
  • Khanisagbol Mendbayar
  • Magda Kremsreiter
  • Tom Ihl

This station highlights the diversity of textiles, which materials can be recycled or reused, and how old garments can be creatively redesigned to give them a second life while protecting the environment.

Created and curated by:

  • Aleksander Balabanski
  • Laura Hammelmann
  • Otabek Kadirov

The Plastic station vividly shows the path a plastic bottle takes after use until it is recycled, inviting visitors to experience this process with all their senses – through hearing, touching, and seeing.

Created and curated by:

  • Ena Nikic
  • Isabella Schandl
  • Julia Wannenmacher
  • Lisa Gerner
  • Sarah Falkenburger

The Soil station invites visitors to discover soil as a living system and, in an escape room setting, to playfully explore how the ground beneath our feet works and why it is full of life.

Created and curated by:

  • Anouk Euler-Rolle
  • Daniil Makhmudov
  • Lucia Bojic

A Suitcase Full of Possibilities offers the chance to playfully explore the themes of Reuse, Reduce, Repair, and Recycle through four suitcases. Visitors are encouraged to creatively reuse, share, and repair materials in order to conserve resources and give old items new meaning.

Created and curated by:

  • Josefin Brand
  • Hajnal Miklós
  • Raphaela Leitner
  • Thomas Mädl

Created and curated by:

  • Albana Uka
  • Jo König
  • Khadisha Dabayeva
  • Melinda Glinac
  • Müge Durmus

A narrative that spans all stations provides visitors with further insights and connects the individual components of the exhibition, transforming it into a complete work.

Created and curated by:

  • Benjamin Musalek
  • Johanna Grote
  • Lea Plishtiev
  • Lorenz Kappler
  • Paul Arzberger
  • Sebastian Plachetzky
  • Virgina Bonareri
  • Viola Seefeldt

  • Paul Arzberger
  • Viola Seefeldt

  • Viola Seefeldt

  • Christine Hohenbüchler, Faculty for Architecture and Planning
  • Emanuela Semlitsch, Faculty for Architecture and Planning
  • Gesa Witthöft, Faculty for Architecture and Planning
  • Katharina Tielsch, Faculty for Architecture and Planning
  • Silas Martin, Faculty for Architecture and Planning

  • Andrea Lumplecker, Klasse für Alle
  • Raphaela Leitner, Klasse für Alle
  • Ritger Traag, Klasse für Alle

  • Theresa Unger

  • Michael Hoch (Initiator)
  • Anna Gudra
  • Hannah Frei
  • Laurenz Katamay
  • Daniela Milisic

Further dates

  • Art education workshops at the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (mumok)
  • Cultural education workshops at the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology (TMW)
  • Final exhibition at the mumok, June 2026