TRANSLOCAL ALLIANCES
Hosted by Tanzquartier Wien
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Translocal Alliances
07.11.2025 Tanzquartier Wien
The first day of Translocal Alliances opens with an afternoon dedicated to connection, care, and artistic exchange. From interactive formats to collective reflection, a panel with international guests, and a live concert, the program invites participants to rest, listen, and imagine strategies for transformation together.
5–7 pm Open Space for Connection, Rest, Listening& Transformation
Visitors are invited into an informal atmosphere where rest is resistance. Interactive stations will explore creative tools for collective reflection:
• Analogue Memes Creative Station with Anahita Neghabat invites to explore multiplicity of perspectives on translocal alliances
• Vinyl Session with Susana Ojeda, shaping the mood through sound
• Collective Listening Exercise with Graziele Sena da Silva, tuning into each other and into the space
• The program also includes the enjoyment of tasty food and imaginative cocktails.
7–9 pm Panel: Practical Knowledge, Mutual Connectivity – Translocal Alliances
Local and international guests reflect on how alliances can transform institutions and practices to create more equitable cultural structures. What can we learn from one another—locally and globally—that may nurture transformation within cultural institutions and cultural practices?
Speakers: Sonya Lindfors (UrbanApa, Helsinki),
Ceyda Berk-Söderblom (Trans Europe Halles, Lund),
Araba Evelyn Johnston Arthur (Wienwoche/Pamoja, Vienna),
Rio Rutzinger (Tanzquartier Wien)
Moderation: Zoe Gudovic
9 pm Concert: HUMMM
A sonic closing that brings the day’s reflections into an embodied, collective experience.
On Saturday, November 8, the gathering continues at Brunnenpassage with a Community Brunch and a workshop with Sonya Lindfors on artistic-activist strategies.
Translocal Alliances, is a two-day gathering of D—Arts in cooperation with Brunnenpassage, Tanzquartier Wien, Trans Europe Halles in the frame the Cultural Transformation Movement project.
Free admission. Registration: office@d-arts.at