Kunsthalle Exnergasse Archive

The book Intersections of Conviviality: Voices from Communities brings together fifty contributions from scholars, artists, and activists based in Austria and beyond.

Performance by Nigar Hasib and Shamal Amin (Lalish Theaterlabor).

The starting point for the project ZOZAN are comprehensive multimedia documentations of Kurdish everyday cultures by Werner Finke and Mehmet Emir, created between 1964 and 2024 in Turkey. They reflect traditional ways of life and socio-political transformations.

Book presentation “VIYANO. A passion for Kurds and life in the mountains: The Werner Finke Collection.” With a music performance.

This event is dedicated to the people whose villages in Kurdistan disappeared, were burned down, or forcibly evacuated in the 1990s. In this context, we want to give space to their voices-each person tells his or her own story.

To mark the Kurdish Language Day on 15 May, there will be a lecture by Agnes Grond and readings by renowned Kurdish authors, including Hüseyin A. Şimşek and Aljeen Hasan.

Lecture by Yektan Türkyilmaz and Dengbêj

The starting point for the project ZOZAN are comprehensive multimedia documentations of Kurdish everyday cultures by Werner Finke and Mehmet Emir, created between 1964 and 2024 in Turkey. They reflect traditional ways of life and socio-political transformations.