Save the Date: July 1–4, 2026
From July 1 to 4, 2026, the University of Applied Arts Vienna will present curated exhibitions, final-year projects and a diverse range of artistic and academic projects. The programme ties in with the exhibitions and demonstrates how the University of Applied Arts Vienna brings interdisciplinary ideas to society. Under the theme unfinished business, students from the Institute for Language Arts are dedicating this year’s installation at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz to a linguistic exploration and create a space that emerges through dialogue.
Preview
Under the theme unfinished business, students from the Institute for Language Arts are dedicating this year’s installation at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz to a linguistic exploration of what is missing: Who speaks with whom? And with whom not? What worlds sustain the show? The square,as a gathering place, can be static, representational – or we can keep it unfinished: a place that emerges through dialogue. A place of languages, of speaking.
Festival opening and start of the Institute for Language Arts' programme unfinished business at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz, with sign language interpreting (ÖGS)
Wednesday, 1 July, 4.00 pm
This year, the exhibitions open with the festival opening, which leads into a performative reading by the Institute for Language Arts. Afterwards, the music programme begins on the square!
Exhibition opening hours
Wednesday, 4.00 pm–9.00 pm
Thursday and Friday, 11.00 am–9.00 pm
Saturday, 11.00 am–6.00 pm
After the exhibitions close at 9.00 pm, the programme continues on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz and in the courtyard until midnight with music programme, performances, readings, film screenings and much more.
From mid-June, all exhibition and the full programme will be available online.
Exhibitions
Most of the exhibitions are located in the buildings surrounding Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz, but other venues—such as those at Paulusplatz (Site Specific Art, Sculpture and Space) or in the Heiligenkreuzerhof (University Gallery, Klasse für Alle)—also open their doors. For orientation within the buildings, a guide is available on site with an overview of all exhibitions and the program. It is available in the buildings and at the Infopoint at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz.
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna (OKP-Ferstel Wing + OKP-Schwanzer Wing)
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna (VZA)
Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna (GCP, formerly PSK)
Schönlaterngasse 5, 1010 Vienna (University Gallery of the Angewandte at Heiligenkreuzerhof)
Paulusplatz 5, 1030 Vienna (Sculpture and Space, Site Specific Art)
+ further locations
Programme
A multidisciplinary programme complements the exhibitions and covers a variety of formats: book, discourse, film, guided tours, interventions, reading, performance, sound, games and workshops. The workshops (Werkstätten) – the places where many of the exhibited projects were created – will also be opening their doors.
Guided tours of exhibitions from various departments and of final graduation projects will be offered on every day of the festival. Each tour will focus on different aspects and will take place several times a day. The detailed tour programme will go online in mid-June.
Sign language interpretation (ÖGS) will be provided for selected programme items. Further inclusive mediation formats are also currently being developed.
'AAA Summer 26 (Angewandte Abschluss Arbeiten)
The majority of the final graduation projects will be exhibited in the university buildings as part of the festival. At the same time, the final graduation projects will be available online at aaa.dieangewandte.at. The website showcases the final graduation projects from all departments at the Angewandte and expands with every semester.
Visit
The festival is free of charge and can be visited without prior registration. For some guided tours and workshops, the number of participants is limited, so we recommend booking in advance (these events are marked with a note and a link for registration). We recommend starting your visit at the Infopoint at Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz.
The Angewandte is committed to reducing barriers to visiting the Angewandte final projects exhibition, and in particular to making the guided tours more accessible. Under Accessibility, you will find information on building access and the inclusive programme (from mid-June).
Graphic design concept
HELLO! :•)
We made this for you.
Sorry about that!
The world is already absurd.
We just stopped denying.
So what if visuals refused to behave?
Refused to soothe, to resolve?
Too bright. Too loud. Too much.
We refuse to make sense.
We choose overload.
We choose contradiction.
We yearn for excess.
We made it worse.
Because we could.
There’s a dog.
Don’t worry about it.
If this annoys you, perfect!
If this confuses you, even better!
If you love it, we’re suspicious!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The visual concept was developed by Marie-Therese Blecha, Niayesh Habibian, Niki Hermkes, and Minna Rothbart, students of the Department of Design and Narrative Media, and is intended as a conscious counterpoint to conventional design
Contact
If you have specific enquiries about visiting the festival or general questions about the Angewandte Festival, the festival team will be glad to assist you at angewandte.festival@uni-ak.ac.at. We’re happy to help with planning! We particularly ask school groups or larger groups to get in touch in advance so that we can better coordinate your visit.
Please direct any questions regarding accessibility or our inclusive guided tours to: barrierefrei@uni-ak.ac.at
We welcome feedback, suggestions or ideas about the festival!