Vienna Otto Wagner Area Gets New Interim Users

But until the major anchor tenant moves in, the facility in Vienna-Penzing will be enlivened by interim users. Two new initiatives are now joining the already active proponents such as the Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art during its general renovation or the art fair Parallel Vienna (from September 10): The collective WEST and the cultural association Kollektiv Kaorle.

New Interim Users for the Vienna Otto Wagner Area

WEST, which has already implemented interim uses in the Sophienspital or the Old WU, will move into the historic administration building ("Pavilion C") of the facility, which opened around 120 years ago, starting in September. Under the label WEST/OWA, they will utilize around 60 studios, exhibition, and event spaces over 1,550 square meters. The former Art Nouveau hair salon on the ground floor will be opened for pop-up uses. (www.west-space.at)

Kollektiv Kaorle, on the other hand, is relocating to Pavilion 21. According to the announcement, this is to become a "place for experiments, collective structures, and lived cultural work." (https://kollektiv-kaorle.at) "Thanks to the interim uses at the Otto Wagner area, free spaces are created where artistic work becomes visible and people can participate directly," said SPÖ Cultural Councillor Veronica Kaup-Hasler with delight.

(APA/Red)

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