In 2004, the City of Vienna created a special fund for promoting art in public space as part of a joint initiative by City Councillors Andreas Mailath-Pokorny (Cultural Affairs and Science), Werner Faymann (Housing, Housing Construction and Urban Renewal) and Rudolf Schicker (Urban Development, Transport and Traffic). This fund is administrated by the Cultural Department of Vienna, Unit for Fine Arts.

The fund is to be used to

  • realize outstanding projects and internationally exceptional positions in contemporary art in public space in Vienna
  • stimulate a focus on topographic aspects and special themes
  • adequately document and disseminate these projects and provide for proper PR work

Information on funding

Constituent board
Berthold Ecker / Silvia Eiblmayr / Brigitte Huck / Edelbert Köb / Wolfgang Kos / Roland Schöny

Statement of the advisory council for Art in Public Space

Project management and curatorial support
Roland Schöny
roland.schoeny@wzw.at

Production management
Clemens Haslinger

Management, administrative organisation
Astrid Rypar

Contact
MA 7 – Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
1080 Wien, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 5
Tel.: 0043-1-4000-84 743, Fax: 0043-1-4000-99 84 743
E-Mail: ryp@m07.magwien.gv.at

www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/foerderungen/kunstimraum.html

Special thanks for their initiative and support during realization of this project go to Katharina Blaas, Bernhard Denscher, Berthold Ecker, Klaudius Foltin, Maria Grygiel, Renate Joksch, Josef Ostermayer, Gabriele Strommer, Andreas Windisch, Anita Zemlyak.

Photographs: all Clemens Haslinger except for ARL /Matt Smith and Sandra Wintner (Audiomobile) Atelier Kurt Schlauss (Westpassage Project) Peter Fattinger and Michael Rieper (add on) Liam Gillick (Construction of One/left and right) Koweindl (Works Against Racism/left) Martin Krenn/Bunte Zeitung (Works Against Racism/ top right, bottom right) MD 7 – City of Vienna Department for Cultural Affairs (Südtirolerplatz project/right) museum in progress (Construction of One/ top right) Willi Dorner (Text:Space:Form/left) Paris Tsitsos, Vienna (roof garden for the Vienna Municipal and Provincial Library/right) Franz Wibmer (Wall of Language)

© Copyright maps: City of Vienna

Texts: Karl Bruckschwaiger (kb), Alexandra Henning (ah), Roland Schöny (rs), Christina Werner (cw), Andrea Winkelbauer (aw)
Übersetzungen: Emilie Brandl (eb), Othmar Lichtenwörther (ol), Camilla Nielsen (cn), Angela Parker (ap)