About

Elke Krasny, PhD, Professor for Art and Education and Head of the Art and Education Program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is a feminist cultural theorist, urban researcher, curator [more]

Exhibitions

Yasmeen Lari  Architecture for the Future Exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien —  09.03.2023 – 16.08.2023 Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan’s first woman architect. She designed iconic moderni [more]

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet  Flanders Architecture Institute, J. V. Rijswijcklaan 155, 2018 Antwerpen Exhibition: 28 May 2022 – 11 September 2022 A planet in crisis. The [more]

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet  08.02.2020 – 22.03.2020 daz — Deutsches Architektur Zentrum Exhibition: 08.02.–22.03.2020, Wed – Sun 3– 8 PM A Planet in crisis [more]

Critical Care at DAZ Deutsches Architekturzentrum Berlin  The exhibition Critical Care. Architecture for a Planet in Crisis deals with man-made ecological and social catastrophes and the resultin [more]

Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2 Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna Exhibition  25.04.2019–09.09.2019, daily 10:00-19:00 A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made env [more]

A public workspace of the Architekturzentrum Wien in the framework of the Vienna Biennale 2017 Curated by Angelika Fitz and Elke Krasny How can we repair the future? And how can architecture and urban [more]

Care+Repair – A Growing Exhibition at the Public Workspace by Az W — Eine wachsende Ausstellung im öffentlichen Arbeitsraum des Az W Nordbahnhalle 21.6.–31.7.2017 —  [more]

A curatorial exhibition, research and education project Opening | March 10, 2016, 7.00 p.m. Exhibition dates | March 11–May 16,  2016 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, x hibit, Schillerplatz 3 1010 Vie [more]

Exhibition, Nov 27, 2015 – January 17, 2016 Governor’s Palace (Knihovní sál) Exhibition opening, Nov 26, 18:00 Moraviany gallery in Brno Sympozium Termín konání: pátek 27. 11. 2015 [more]

Venue | Gallery, Toni-Areal, ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, Level 4 + 5, Pfingstweidstrasse 96 Time | March 21–April 13, 2015 Opening | March 20, 2015, 7 p.m. Organized by Eleonora Stassi, [more]

Hands-On Urbanism. Le droit à l’espace vert au Salon Laurette 1950 du Centre, Montréal 6 novembre 2014 au 11 janvier 2015 Conférence de Elke Krasny suivi par une table ronde sur l’appropriatio [more]

izložba | 13. – 23. listopada 2014. Pogon Jedinstvo, Mala dvorana Trnjanski nasip bb, Zagreb radno vrijeme | pon–sub od 17–20, nedelja 11–15 otvaranje izložbe | ponedjeljak 13. listopada [more]

Praktični urbanizem. Pravica do zelenega Hands-On Urbanism. The Right to Green kustosinja: Elke Krasny 8.–22. september 2014, galerija Dessa, Židovska steza 4, Ljubljana Pridružite se nam na otvo [more]

B1|A40 DIE SCHÖNHEIT DER GROSSEN STRASSE 14. Juni bis 7. September 2014  AUS DER LANDSCHAFT DER EIGENSTÄNDIGKEIT Temporäres Museum und Landschaftslesekreis von Elke Krasny Im „Museum Berggate 69 [more]

Article in CANADIAN ARCHITECT June 2, 2014 “Hands-On Urbanism explores urban gardening through the lens of informal settlements and the politics of space. Curated for the Architecture Centre Vienna [more]

Hands-on Urbanism – Vom Recht auf Grün wird von der Heinrich Böll Stiftung im Rahmen von Stadt ist Zukunft in Bremen gezeigt. Seit der Industrialisierung des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur aktuellen N [more]

HANDS-ON URBANISM – How to Make a Difference, Urbanspace Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Exhibition 01.09.2014 – 03.07.2014 [more]

HANDS-ON URBANSIM 1850-2012. THE RIGHT TO GREEN. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig Jun 8–Sept 8, 2013 [more]

 \\ Urban Gardening\\ Kongress \ 1.–2. Juni 2013, 9.00 \\ Hands-on Urbansim 1850-2012 – Vom Recht auf Grün\\ Ausstellung//botanika – Das Grüne Science Center im Rhododendron-Park, Deliusweg [more]

The exhibition Hands on Urbanism presents a series of contemporay and historical examples of ways in which cities worldwide have been dealing with landscapes in urban space. [more]

Le Corbusier Re-orient-ed Journey 1911-2011, 8th Belgrade International Architecture Week 2013 [more]

Le Corbusier's voyage reORIENTed 1911-2011, 13-24 February 2013 STUK KUNSTENCENTRUM LEUVEN [more]

Le Corbusier’s Voyage Re-orient-ed 1911:2011, kunsthaus muerz, Steiermark, 24.11.2012–27.1.2013 [more]

13. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, La Biennale di Venezia 2012, Common Ground, 29.8.–25.11.2012 [more]

HANDS-ON URBANISM 1850-2012. THE RIGHT TO GREEN. Interview with Elke Krasny (curator) and Alexandra Maringer (scenographer). Exhibition graphic design: Alexander Ach Schuh. Video by CastYourArt.com, [more]

“Stadtentwicklung von unten.” Elke Krasny zu Gast in „Von Tag zu Tag“, Moderation: Stella Damm, Ö1/ORF-Radio, Do., 29.03.2012 > Der Link zum Nachhören > http://oe1.orf.at/pro [more]

STADT LERNEN – SCHÜLERINNEN UND STUDIERENDE ARBEITEN MIT DEM WIEN MUSEUM Die Stadt als Spielmaterial, Lern- und Lehrort zu nutzen: Das war der Ausgangspunkt eines Projekts, um angehende Kunster [more]

Mapping the Everyday, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, Nov 17, 2011–Feb 25, 2012 [more]

Projekt 29: Elke Krasny: “Creating Venice Beach” A collective walk, Dienstag 18.10.11, 19 Uhr Projektraum k48 – Offensive für zeitgenössische Wahrnehmung Kirchengasse 48/Lokal 2, 1070 [more]

8. April 2011 | Haus der Architektur Graz HDA im Palais Thinnfeld, Mariahilferstraße 2, 8020 Graz Wie gehen ArchitektInnen in der Praxis an ein neues Projekt heran? Wie sehen die Räume aus, die sie [more]

Eröffnung: Mittwoch, 23. März 2011, 17.30 Uhr Laufzeit: 24. März bis 28. August 2011 DIE GROSSEN FERIEN Eine Mitmachausstellung des ZOOM Kindermuseum Wien Für Kinder von 6 – 12 Jahren (1. &# [more]

Lerchenfelder Straße. Schöne Aussichten? Symposion: Vorträge, Diskussionen Datum | Mittwoch, 9. März 2011 Zeitrahmen | 16.30-20.30 Uhr Ort | 25hours Hotel Wien, Skylobby im Dachgeschoss, 
Lerch [more]

Exhibition 10-28 January 2011 Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lecture Tuesday 11 January 2011, 7:00 pm Auditorium, 5410 Spring Garden Road [more]

Kurtiert von Veronika Barnas und Elke Krasny | Krotenthallergasse 3, 1080 Wien | Eröffnung: Freitag, 19. November 2010: 19 Uhr | Performance: Hilde Fuchs. Ida- Marie Corell. | Öffnungszeiten: Samsta [more]

‘2 or 3 Things we’ve learned’ – Intersections of Art, Pedagogy and Protest Talking in the exhibition, about the exhibition space RE:solutions. Intervention and Research in Vis [more]

2 or 3 Things, We’ve Learned. Intersections of Art, Pedagogy and Protest, IG Bildende Kunst Vienna, Sep–Oct 2010 [more]

WIE WIR ARBEITEN, Elke Krasny AUSSTELLUNGSBETEILIGUNG IM < ROTOR > With contributions by: Marianna Asatrjan, Mikael Asatrjan, Cactus, Paola di Bello, Joseph Dim, Aslan Esiev, Marlene Hausegger, [more]

Freitag, 23. Juli 2010, ab 21.00 Uhr an der Bushaltestelle Hörnum-Steintal (nahe der Kunsthalle, Berliner Ring 9, 25997 Hörnum/Sylt) Die Reihe „Boomtown Hoernum“ beginnt an bedeutender Stelle, [more]

Penser tout haut. Faire l’architecture. Centre de Design de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada, Feb–April 2010 [more]

Architektur beginnt im Kopf – The Making of Architecture Architekturzentrum Wien, Oct 2008 – Feb 2009 [more]

Kuratorin von Architektur und Urbanismus sowie Kultur- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte 2009 — Da, Dort & Dazwischen, 20 Jahre ff. Kulturkontakt Austria, in der Start Galerie, Kuratorin im Auftrag [more]

2000 — TransArt. Internationales Transdisziplinäres Kunstfestival im Lamparna Art Centre, Labin, Kroatien;  Idee, Konzeption und kuratorische Durchführung gem. mit Thomas Jelinek, eine Koproduk [more]

Publications

Elke Krasny, Maintenance and Visibility, Arch+ Contemporary Feminist Spatial Practices, 2023, 192-196 This text is intended as a contribution to the development of a critical theory of architectu [more]

Yasmeen Lari. Architecture for the Future edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, Marvi Mazhar and Architekturzentrum Wien MIT Press 2023 A rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebra [more]

Curating with Care edited by Elke Krasny and Lara Perry London: Routledge 2023 This book presents over 20 authors’ reflections on ‘curating care’ – and presents a call to give curatorial atten [more]

Curating as Feminist Organizing edited by Elke Krasny and Lara Perry London: Routledge 2023 What makes curating feminist organizing? How do curators relate to contemporary feminist concerns in their l [more]

Elke Krasny’s essay “Radicalizing Care. Feminist Futures for Living with an Infected Planet” was translated into Japanese by Yayo Okano on the occasion of the exhibition Thinking about Caring an [more]

Elke Krasny. ‘The Museum and the Anthropocene. Ecological Grief, Planetary Mourning, Healing Feminist Curating.’ 2023 The essay introduces the museum as a modern institution, through which we can [more]

For centuries, public space has been given special significance in the context of political ideas and collective imaginaries. Thus understood, the idea of public space speaks of a politics of appearan [more]

The word ‘care’ is becoming as present in the vocabulary of contemporary art and culture as has the word ‘curating’. While some may suspect this upward trend in use reflects mere fashionabilit [more]

Depictions of sexual violence are frequently found in the collections and displays of art museums, and material that represents and affirms violence against women often is displayed unchallenged. This [more]

Elke Krasny, “Scales of Concern. Feminist Spatial Practices.” In: Empowerment. Art and Feminisms, edited by Andreas Beitin, Katharina Koch, Uta Ruhsam, 2022 There is no space without concern. Ther [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Care Trouble. Thinking through gendered entanglements in architecture.’ In Women Architects and Politics. Intersections between Gender, Power Structures and Architecture in the Long [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Implicated in Care. Haunted by Protection. The Violence of Stone and Bronze Bodies.” 2022In Infrastructural Love: Caring for Our Architectural Support Systems, edited by Hélène Fr [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘#Climate Feminism.’ How:// Do We Speak #Feminism?// New Global Challenges – A Glossary, FKW 70 (2022) Vanessa Nakate, an 18-year-old Ugandan climate justice activist who spoke [more]

Elke Krasny Das moderne Museum als Anthropozän-Institution Für feministisches Kuratieren im Zeitalter des Massensterbens Trauerarbeit und Zukunftssorge: Für Feministisches Kuratieren im Zeitalter d [more]

Elke Krasny, Sophie Lingg, Lena Fritsch, Birgit Bosold and Vera Hofmann (eds.): Radicalizing Care. Feminist and Queer Activism in Curating, Sternberg Press/Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Ar [more]

Krasny, Elke. “Die Wohnfrage. Von den Maßstäben der Sorge.” Arch+ 54/244 (2021): 52-55 Wohnen ist für das menschliche Leben unerlässlich. Dabei bezeichnet das Verb „wohnen“ im engeren Wort [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Radicalizing Care: Feminist Futures for Living with an Infected Planet.’ In Radicalizing Care. Feminist and Queer Activism in Curating, edited by Elke Krasny, Sophie Lingg et al, 28 [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘State of Anxiety: Hysterical Studies for Reproduction Struggles.’ In Hysterical Methodologies in the Arts. Rising in Revolt, edited by Johanna Braun, 127-147. Basingstoke: Palgrave [more]

Gaugele, Elke und Elke Krasny. ‘Von Figurationen der Verfolgung. Der Sklavenmarkt von Jean-Léon Gérôme (1886) im rechtsextremen Wahlkampf der AfD.’ In Rechte Angriffe – toxische Effekte. [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Architecture.’ In Connectedness. An Incomplete Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, edited by Marianne Krogh, 52-55, Copenhagen: Strandberg Publishing, 2020. [more]

Archive, Care and Conversation. Suzanne Lacy’s International Dinner Party in Feminist Curatorial Thought, Zurich: OnCurating, 2020. What happens when feminist activism turns art making into social p [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Architecture and Care.’ In Critical Care. Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet, edited by Fitz, Angelika, Elke Krasny, and Architekturzentrum Wien, 33-43. Boston: MIT Press [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Divided We Share: On the Ethics and Politics of Public Space.’ In Shared Cities Atlas. Post-socialist Cities and Active Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Helena D [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Queering Yerevan: A Feminist Materialist Analysis.’ In Queering Visual Cultures, edited by Subashish Bhattacherjee, 15-41. Montreal: Universitas. [more]

Edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny and Architekturzentrum Wien Published by The MIT Press How architecture and urbanism can help to care for and repair a broken planet: essays and ill [more]

The second half of the 1990s witnessed a conversational turn in curating. Ranging from small discussion circles to blockbuster- like marathons, conversations abounded in museums, art galleries and exh [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘For Us Art is Work. In♀Akt – International Action Community of Women Artists.’ In All-Women Art Spaces in Europe in the long 1970s, edited by Agata Jakuba and Katy Deepwell, 96- [more]

Krasny, Elke. ‘Exposed: The Politics of Infrastructure in VALIE EXPORT’s Transparent Space.’ Third Text volume 31, 2017: 133-146. On 16 May 2001 the renowned feminist artist and occasional curat [more]

by Elke Krasny, published May 2016 in: On Curating / Issue 29, CURATING in feminist thought Download PDF [more]

Regina Bittner, Elke Krasny (eds.) 2016, 352 Pages Spector Books, (Edition Bauhaus) 978-3-95905-091-3 (ISBN) “How are we to live in a way that is healthy and economical?” This question was raised [more]

by Elke Krasny, published October 2015 in: On Curating / Issue 26, Curating Degree Zero Archive: Curatorial Research Download PDF [more]

by Elke Krasny, published 25. September 2014 in “Common – Journal für Kunst & Öffentlichkeit” Nummer 04, 2014 – KUNST – STADT – NORMALITÄT Ästhetische Verfahren und die Produktio [more]

| Women’s:Museum. Curatorial Politics in Feminism, Education, History, and Art | Frauen:Museum. Politiken des Kuratorischen in Feminismus, Bildung, Geschichte und Kunst | Edited by | Herausgegeben [more]

Based on several years of international research, this book presents urban research on subsistence gardens and on urban gardens often developed bottom-up and informally in modernist urban development. [more]

Demands on Education: Things, We’ve Learned … Written by Eva Egermann & Elke Krasny http://occupyeverything.org/ POSTED ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2012 AT 1:32 PM. [more]

Auf Basis von mehrjährigen internationalen Recherchen, stellt dieses Buch Stadtforschungen zu Subsistenzgärten und zu oft bottom-up und informell entwickelten urbanen Gärten in der Stadtentwicklung [more]

“Für einige ist sie der tägliche Beweis, dass Multikulti in einer Stadt funktionieren kann, für andere gilt sie als „gefährlich und trist – wo nur ,Jugo’ existiert“. So beschreiben Wiene [more]

Angela Heide und Elke Krasny; Aufbruch in die Nähe. Wien Lerchenfelder Straße // Other Places. Vienna Lerchenfelder Street Mikrogeschichten zwischen Lokalidentitäten und Globalisierung. Mit 12 Es [more]

Elke Krasny. Stadt und Frauen. Eine andere Topographie von Wien, Wien: Metro Verlag, 2008 Stadtforschung ist ein feministisches Anliegen. Stadtforschung kann zu neuen feministischen Forschungspraxen u [more]