Zentrum Fokus Forschung

The focus lies on the PhD programme artistic research, and relating projects and processes.

ZFF

Center for the implementation of the doctoral programme in Artistic Research and its international networking.

ZFF

Research

As an engaged and critical space, the ZFF is the environment for projects in the Artistic Research PhD programme at the Angewandte.

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The center serves as a positioning point for the artistic doctoral programme.

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Maria Vittoria Franzini

Sozein ta phainomena

Doctoral Programme Scientific Research 2024

Sozein ta phainomena

Anđelković Sanja

Voice-shifting as a Method: Eco-Gods in Future Orthodox Chants

Doctoral Programme Artistic Research 2023

Voice-shifting as a Method: Eco-Gods in Future Orthodox Chants

Imani Rameses

Alcheothapy – The Myth of Psychotherapy and Alchemic Alternatives for the Avoidant

Doctoral Programme Artistic Research 2023

Alcheothapy – The Myth of Psychotherapy and Alchemic Alternatives for the Avoidant

Ksenia Yurkova

Figures of reticence as a (bio)political strategy, a forced necessity, and the impossibility of artistic expression

Doctoral Programme Artistic Research 2023

Figures of reticence as a (bio)political strategy, a forced necessity, and the impossibility of artistic expression

Calendar

2025
25. November25.
11 Aggregatzustände: Medien for and against Methods in Forschung und Kunst 19:00–20:00
 24. November24.
11 APPLIED CORRELATION LABORATORY 18:00 16. November16.
11 Loops, Multiplication & Remembrance 18:00–22:00
 10. November10.
11 IMZENTRUM 18:00 7. November07.
11 Understanding Practice 18:00-20:00 19. Oktober19.
10 W Welcome & Intro 16:00 18. Oktober18.
10 Co-Corporeality – Of Humans, Machines & Microbes 18:00 18. Oktober18.
10 Research Week 2022 11. Oktober11.
10 Space Un·Settlements 19. September19.
09 Contingent Agencies: Cross-Disciplinary Symposium
1. Dezember01.
12 Understanding Practice with William Kentridge 17:00–19:00
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna 1. Dezember01.
12 Book Launch. William Kentridge: Oh To Believe in Another World 16:00 – 17:00
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7 23. November23.
11 Understanding Practice with Astrid S. Klein 13. November13.
11 Lecture Performance Ontology of the Undefinable 13. November13.
11 ÆSR Lab Kick-Off at ZFF and AIL 25. Oktober25.
10 Angwandte Praxis – Digital War Applied Practice, 16:00–18:00 24. Oktober24.
10 Conference: Digital War – Media strategies and visual politics during the full-scale attack of Russia on Ukraine Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7 24. Oktober24.
10 Research Week Public Presentations until October 25 27. September27.
09 Micha Payer: Re-Enacting Tableaus 14. September14.
09 andother stage. posthuman social club Ab 19h 3. August03.
08 Morphology of Sound Morphology of Sound 6. Juli06.
07 Mothering Communities Mothering Communities 28. Juni28.
06 Digital Government: Citizens and Public Authorities in a Global Data Economy 27. Juni27.
06 Research at Angewandte Festival Angewandte Festival 13. Juni13.
06 Body – Object – Intersections 25. Mai25.
05 Understanding Practice: Yael Eylat van Essen in dialogue with Katja Schechtner 24. Mai24.
05 Angewandte Praxis – On Balance. Architecture and Vertigo 23. Mai23.
05 HASENHERZ with Sebastian Cichocki 11. Mai11.
05 IMZENTRUM mit Jörg Piringer und Marianna Mondelos 17. April17.
04 Understanding Practice: David Chisholm 17.04: Talk
18.04: Workshop 17. März17.
03 MorphoPoly 19:00–22:00 15. März15.
03 Das Ephemere und das Statische – Performancekunst als Ausstellungsgenre 19:00 9. März09.
03 Reposition Book Presentation 17:00 8. Februar08.
02 PhD in Art: Call for Applications 2023
21. November21.
11 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2025: Artistic Research PhD Programme (PhD in Art) University of Applied Arts Vienna 13. November13.
11 Eva Weinmayr: An intersectional feminist approach to publishing 19:00-21:00 27. Mai27.
05 Angewandte Praxis Art Intelligence How Generative AI Relates to Human Art-Making 14. Mai14.
05 Public Colloquium 2024 14. Mai14.
05 Understanting Practice with Richard Shusterman, Dominique Savitri Bonarjee & Jack Halberstam 15. April15.
04 Understanding Practice with Imanuel Schipper 21. März21.
03 Book Presentation The Octopus: On Diversities, Art Production, Educational Models, and Curatorial Trajectories 11. März11.
03 Understanding Practice with Amanda Beech 7. März07.
03 Angewandte Praxis LeFo-Projekt VR- & MR-Prototypen für multisensorische, haptische Formen der Dokumentation und Archivierung digitaler Kunst 29. Februar29.
02 Exhibition Vibrant Fields 19. Februar19.
02 PhD in Art: Call for Applications 2024 19. Februar19.
02 Barbara Graf: STITCHES AND SUTURES – Phenomenological Archive of Body Sensations 12. Februar12.
02 Call: INTRA 2024 17. Januar17.
01 Chimera: the Animal, the Machine, and the Almost Human 11. Januar11.
01 Ausstellung “Archival Sites of Speculation” – INTRA-Projekt “Anonymity and Absence”
3. März03.
03 Architectures of Proximity (Hinnerk Utermann. PhD Artistic Research Defense) 19. Januar19.
01 Juli Sikorska: Collective Climate Imagination (PhD Artistic Research Defense)

Calendar

2025
25. November25.
11 Aggregatzustände: Medien for and against Methods in Forschung und Kunst 19:00–20:00
 24. November24.
11 APPLIED CORRELATION LABORATORY 18:00 16. November16.
11 Loops, Multiplication & Remembrance 18:00–22:00
 10. November10.
11 IMZENTRUM 18:00 7. November07.
11 Understanding Practice 18:00-20:00 19. Oktober19.
10 W Welcome & Intro 16:00 18. Oktober18.
10 Co-Corporeality – Of Humans, Machines & Microbes 18:00 18. Oktober18.
10 Research Week 2022 11. Oktober11.
10 Space Un·Settlements 19. September19.
09 Contingent Agencies: Cross-Disciplinary Symposium
1. Dezember01.
12 Understanding Practice with William Kentridge 17:00–19:00
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna 1. Dezember01.
12 Book Launch. William Kentridge: Oh To Believe in Another World 16:00 – 17:00
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7 23. November23.
11 Understanding Practice with Astrid S. Klein 13. November13.
11 Lecture Performance Ontology of the Undefinable 13. November13.
11 ÆSR Lab Kick-Off at ZFF and AIL 25. Oktober25.
10 Angwandte Praxis – Digital War Applied Practice, 16:00–18:00 24. Oktober24.
10 Conference: Digital War – Media strategies and visual politics during the full-scale attack of Russia on Ukraine Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7 24. Oktober24.
10 Research Week Public Presentations until October 25 27. September27.
09 Micha Payer: Re-Enacting Tableaus 14. September14.
09 andother stage. posthuman social club Ab 19h 3. August03.
08 Morphology of Sound Morphology of Sound 6. Juli06.
07 Mothering Communities Mothering Communities 28. Juni28.
06 Digital Government: Citizens and Public Authorities in a Global Data Economy 27. Juni27.
06 Research at Angewandte Festival Angewandte Festival 13. Juni13.
06 Body – Object – Intersections 25. Mai25.
05 Understanding Practice: Yael Eylat van Essen in dialogue with Katja Schechtner 24. Mai24.
05 Angewandte Praxis – On Balance. Architecture and Vertigo 23. Mai23.
05 HASENHERZ with Sebastian Cichocki 11. Mai11.
05 IMZENTRUM mit Jörg Piringer und Marianna Mondelos 17. April17.
04 Understanding Practice: David Chisholm 17.04: Talk
18.04: Workshop 17. März17.
03 MorphoPoly 19:00–22:00 15. März15.
03 Das Ephemere und das Statische – Performancekunst als Ausstellungsgenre 19:00 9. März09.
03 Reposition Book Presentation 17:00 8. Februar08.
02 PhD in Art: Call for Applications 2023
21. November21.
11 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2025: Artistic Research PhD Programme (PhD in Art) University of Applied Arts Vienna 13. November13.
11 Eva Weinmayr: An intersectional feminist approach to publishing 19:00-21:00 27. Mai27.
05 Angewandte Praxis Art Intelligence How Generative AI Relates to Human Art-Making 14. Mai14.
05 Public Colloquium 2024 14. Mai14.
05 Understanting Practice with Richard Shusterman, Dominique Savitri Bonarjee & Jack Halberstam 15. April15.
04 Understanding Practice with Imanuel Schipper 21. März21.
03 Book Presentation The Octopus: On Diversities, Art Production, Educational Models, and Curatorial Trajectories 11. März11.
03 Understanding Practice with Amanda Beech 7. März07.
03 Angewandte Praxis LeFo-Projekt VR- & MR-Prototypen für multisensorische, haptische Formen der Dokumentation und Archivierung digitaler Kunst 29. Februar29.
02 Exhibition Vibrant Fields 19. Februar19.
02 PhD in Art: Call for Applications 2024 19. Februar19.
02 Barbara Graf: STITCHES AND SUTURES – Phenomenological Archive of Body Sensations 12. Februar12.
02 Call: INTRA 2024 17. Januar17.
01 Chimera: the Animal, the Machine, and the Almost Human 11. Januar11.
01 Ausstellung “Archival Sites of Speculation” – INTRA-Projekt “Anonymity and Absence”
3. März03.
03 Architectures of Proximity (Hinnerk Utermann. PhD Artistic Research Defense) 19. Januar19.
01 Juli Sikorska: Collective Climate Imagination (PhD Artistic Research Defense)

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Public Colloquium 2025

Dramaturgical Matters in Mixed-Reality: Marie-Claude Poulin Defensio

Architectures of Proximity (Hinnerk Utermann. PhD Artistic Research Defense)

Defensio 2025

Juli Sikorska: Collective Climate Imagination (PhD Artistic Research Defense)

Defensio 2025

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