Format .strk

23/02/2023

is back at fluc + fluc wanne (upstairs!) with WELIA & video by Peter Mazur!
03.03.23, 23-5:00
join us for some early spring jelly action

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Welia is a Vienna-based DJ and producer. She has performed in various local and international clubs as well as festivals, hosts her own radio show on Swedish Retreat Radio and in 2022 released her EP "Medusa" on Morbit Exile. Welia's musical taste is broad, which reflects in her distinct productions, always characterized by unexpected drum patterns and her own distorted and sometimes heavily manipulated vocals. Expect a creative journey through experimental, abstract UK techno, breakbeat and ambient sounds.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexandracsws
Retreat Radio: https://www.retreatradio.net/welia
Photo credits: Fabian Held

Peter Mazur is a 3D artist, graphic designer and illustrator based in Kyiv, Ukraine, exploring organic forms, nature as well as the fear of nature, boundaries of the body and the relationship between civilization and nature.

https://vimeo.com/petermazur
https://teia.art/peter_mazur

10/02/2023

Our latest arrival:
Claudia's () article, a feminist dialogue between fictional literature and political theory on narratives of transformation, was published in the current journal of FEMINA POLITICA!
Congratulations!

02/02/2023

We congratulate Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir on being awarded a post-doc grant from the Icelandic Research Fund (RANNÍS ) for her project ‘Post-war Surrealism in Iceland’. Follow for updates & insights into her work!

31/01/2023

While we floated…

Some impressions of the last exhibition at Währinger Straße 128, with artworks by Ivana Lazic, Lucy Ivanova, Gloria Pagliani, Anatoly Belov, Olha Horiunova and Mark Chehodaiev; curated and co-organized by Sasha Horbatiuk, Natalia Gurova and Claudia Strate. Thank you to all of you, and to our collaborators Vital’nya Vienna & Office Ukraine!

Photo credits: Kevin Daryl Ferdinandus
Funded by BMKOES, Sektion IV: Kunst und Kultur

03/01/2023

"Walking among these strange new surroundings, I keep wondering, are they just as suspicious of me as I am of them? I leave parts of myself behind wherever I go, and now I’m reassembling. Looking in the mirror, I can’t seem to make out the shape of my own face, but there’s something moving behind me. Canvas creeps around the corner, lights are flickering. Plaster peels off the walls, with cracks spreading wide like pulsating veins. I turn around and I realize: This space is not actually empty, it is filled with absence. My feet are suddenly wet, my body soaking up with water. But I’m not drowning, I branch out, my socks grow into a beautiful tree. My ribcage has fallen out, yet I still feel so very alive. The walls of this house, they hold my breath."

WHILE I FLOAT
Group show with artworks by Ivana Lazic, Lucy Ivanova, Gloria Pagliani, Anatoly Belov, Olha Horiunova and Mark Chehodaiev.

A cooperation between Vitalnya Vienna, Office Ukraine & Format (*.strk)
Curated and co-organized by Sasha Horbatiuk, Natalia Gurova and Claudia Strate
Funded by BMKOES, Sektion IV: Kunst und Kultur

Opening: 13.01.23 17-22:00
Closing: 20.01.23 17-22:00
Additional showings on request!
Währinger Straße 128, 1180 Vienna
(please note, the exhibition space is on the 3rd floor, no lift)

#1180

19/12/2022

Throwback to Cycle II of our exhibition "Tempor[e]alities"
15. - 23.09.2022 at Währinger Str. 128
artists:
Florian Bocksrucker
Kristina Cyan
Daria Eameri
Klimentina Li
Käthe Löffelmann
Paola Lopez
Michael Wallinger
[exhibition pictures by www.kunst-dokumentation.com]

04/11/2022

Group exhibition: 'Riot within'
Währinger Straße 128
8.-18.11.22

Opening: 8.11., 17-22:00
Closing: 18.11., 17-22:00

Life is a riot of emotions - fear being one of the most powerful among them. Sparked through a variety of factors, such as social injustices and distorted realities, this intense feeling might manifest in panic attacks, phobias or the fear of not fitting in, up to the point of an enduring state of angst. Dealing with the uneasy side of life can be overwhelming at times, overcoming or submitting to fear seemingly the only choices we have. The exhibition “Riot within” shows artworks that approach different aspects of fear, and explore ways of confronting and dealing with it.

With artworks by Stefan Kainbacher, Roman Prostejovsky, Chucky Schuster and Manfred Unger; curated by Anemona-Ligia Spanache.

29/08/2022

From the 15th to 23rd of September we will show the 2nd cycle of our exhibition „Tempor[e]alities“ at the space at Währinger Str. 128, 1180 Vienna

Tempor[e]alities - Cycle II: Unfolding archives
opening: 15.09.2022, 17:00-22:00
closing: 23.09.2022, 17:00-22:00
additional showings on request

We will introduce the participating artists more in detail soon on our insta account!

instagram.com/format.strk

25/08/2022

the 2nd edition of GELEE is coming up in september!
join us 🐙

gelee #2 ft. SCHIRIN, Katana, Anemona, Egon Schielte and Kevin Daryl Ferdinandus

12/08/2022

More impressions of Cycle I: Landscapes of time
30.6.- 9.7.2022

The artworks shown in the first cycle of “Tempor[e]alities” explore material traces of time and give us a glimpse into the manifold ways temporality is perceived. They examine the ways objects, environments and humans change, which can take the form of decay, erosion and destruction, but also growth, regeneration and evolution - unveiling the relative and multilayered nature of time.

With artworks by Adina Camhy, Kevin Daryl Ferdinandus, Natalia Gurova, Selin Karaman, Maximilian Prag, Roman Roth & Anna T. - and a mysteriously appeared fax from the legendary krëlex zentre!

Pictures by Manuel Carreon Lopez /

Save the date for Cycle II: 15.-23.9.2022

03/08/2022

Throwback to Cycle I of our exhibition "Tempor[e]alities"
30.6.- 9.7.2022 at Währinger Str. 128

artists:
Adina Camhy
Kevin Daryl Ferdinandus
Natalia Gurova
Selin Karaman
Maximilian Prag
Roman Roth
Anna T.

[exhibition pictures by www.kunst-dokumentation.com]

Save the date for Cycle II: 15.-23.9.2022

05/07/2022

As an afterparty of Cycle I of „Tempor[e]alities“ we will kick off the new bi-monthly party series „gelee“ .

Come and dance with us from 11 pm on until the end of the night to techno, electronic and dystopian dance music from Egon Schielte, DJ STEVE, KATANA, Anemona and visuals by Chucky Schuster.

5 EUR entry, free jello shots at the door 🍓

event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2895502577422607

29/06/2022

Setting up for thursday! Join us tomorrow for the opening of Cycle I of "Tempor[e]alities" at Währinger Str. 128, 1180 Wien (3rd floor) 🔥

28/06/2022

18/06/2022

Tonight!

We're visiting .radio with DJ sets by KATANA, Anemona, Egon Schielte and DJ STEVE, and talk a bit about our new party series "gelee" and the upcoming exhibition "Tempor[e]alities"! Tune in 17-22:00🦑

https://res.radio/

13/06/2022

We are exhited to announce the artists participating in CYCLE I: Landscapes of time
30.06. - 09.07.22

Adina Camhy

Kevin Daryl Ferdinandus

Natalia Gurova

Selin Karaman

Maximilian Prag

Roman Roth

Anna T.

We will introduce them in more detail soon - and cannot wait for you to explore their artworks at our exhibition „Tempor[e]alities“, opening on 30th June at Format (*.strk) temporary art space at Währinger Straße 128!

09/06/2022

Now properly launching: gelee!

gelee is a new bi-monthly party series at , organized by members of our collective. Mixing an enigmatic variety of techno, electronic and dystopian dance music, this edition is also part of our upcoming exhibition „Tempor[e]alities“

08.07.22
23-6:00
Fluc (upstairs)
Entry: 5€
jelly shots at the door for early birds

Line-up:

// Anemona //
https://soundcloud.com/anemona_ligia

// KATANA //
https://linktr.ee/_____________katana

// Egon Schielte //
https://soundcloud.com/olivier-silbertaler

// DJ STEVE //
https://soundcloud.com/digestive2000

Visuals by // Chucky Schuster // .studio/

07/06/2022

Tempor[e]alities

CYCLE I: Landscapes of time

CYCLE II: Unfolding archives

The first exhibition at our new temporary space, a vacant Altbau apartment in the 18th district of Vienna, will be opening on 30th June 2022. We cannot wait to give you more insight into the full program and announce the participating artists! Stay tuned..

25/05/2022

24/05/2022

happy 100k to our friends MELA
music video 'eternal' we made 5 years ago

"Anxiety EP" out now!https://soundcloud.com/mela-54743323/sets/anxiety-ep-1https://mela-music.bandcamp.com/releasesGet your physical order via contact@mela-m...

23/05/2022

OPEN CALL for a group exhibition at our new temporary art space in Vienna is open until tomorrow, 24.05.22!

OPEN CALL for a group exhibition at the Format(*.strk) temporary art space, a vacant Altbau apartment in the 18th district of Vienna from 30th June – 9th July.

We invite submissions of artistic works dealing with concepts of temporality and the future.

Taking as a starting point the notion that the flow of time is not unidirectional, we envision the exhibition as a form of speculative cartography, illustrating scenarios and moments in time, presenting different positions on the subject of futurity and temporality. Wandering around the abandoned rooms, we explore ideas of past, present and future, and their various interconnections. As the writer Lola Olufemi observes: “the future is not in front of us, it is everywhere simultaneously: multidirectional, variant, spontaneous. We only have to turn around.”

We accept submissions in various media, including performance, video works, poetry/text, objects, sculptures and installations.

Send your work concept/documentation and a short CV to [email protected]

Submission deadline: 24.05.22
Selected artists will be informed before: 30.05.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a Zine and an event program. A professional photographer and videographer are available to document all the works.
Please note, the appartment is on the 3rd floor, no lift.

18/05/2022

since facebook seems a little abandoned these days, follow us on instagram for the latest news (spoiler: there will be a new temporary space!) >>> https://www.instagram.com/format.strk/
see you 💜

[photo is from the last exhibition at Zirkusgasse before lockdown, “Beyond the Golden Gates” by Ekaterina Kormilitsyna, 2020]

18/05/2022

OPEN CALL for a group exhibition at the Format(*.strk) temporary art space, a vacant Altbau apartment in the 18th district of Vienna from 30th June – 9th July.

We invite submissions of artistic works dealing with concepts of temporality and the future.

Taking as a starting point the notion that the flow of time is not unidirectional, we envision the exhibition as a form of speculative cartography, illustrating scenarios and moments in time, presenting different positions on the subject of futurity and temporality. Wandering around the abandoned rooms, we explore ideas of past, present and future, and their various interconnections. As the writer Lola Olufemi observes: “the future is not in front of us, it is everywhere simultaneously: multidirectional, variant, spontaneous. We only have to turn around.”

We accept submissions in various media, including performance, video works, poetry/text, objects, sculptures and installations.

Send your work concept/documentation and a short CV to [email protected]

Submission deadline: 24.05.22
Selected artists will be informed before: 30.05.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a Zine and an event program. A professional photographer and videographer are available to document all the works.
Please note, the appartment is on the 3rd floor, no lift.