Come visit the current exhibition ‘Thinking Through Weibel. Beginnings, Diversions, Elsewheres’ and the created open field where inquiry coexists with irreverent disruption, underscoring how creative freedom remains inseparable from sociopolitical stakes. The exhibition gathers works from the Peter Weibel Archive held by the Collection and Archive Institute at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and situates them alongside contemporary practices by Morehshin Allahyari, Nancy Baker Cahill, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Jakob Lena Knebl, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Thania ­Petersen, and Eva Schlegel. Curated by Valerie Messini and Brooklyn J. Pakathi The exhibition is divided across two ­spaces, the left space under the headline “RECHT” and the right space under the keyword “LEFT”, each following distinct conceptual approaches while maintaining continuous exchange. The division is both architectural and methodological, allowing each section to develop its own internal logic while remaining in dialogue with the other. RECHT (also a reference to Peter Weibels work "Das Recht mit Füßen treten" which leads into both exhibition spaces) studies devices, technical mediation, and the material life of text as they shape perception and legibility. LEFT pursues questions of desire, play, embodiment, territory, and the body’s entanglement with political and affective structures. C like Chain Code Correlation Connection Closed Locked Capture Camera Concrete Circuit Cybernetic Celluloid Carving… Rafael Lozano-Hemmer – Nothing is More Optimistic than Stjärnsund (2010) Ten modified padlocks can be assembled into multiple configurations, offering a flexible system of connection and separation. Inspired by a diary entry by Carolus Linnaeus and the writings of Jean-Luc Nancy, the work explores bonds as sites of both relation and incompletion. It pays homage to Lygia Clark’s relational objects, extending her ideas into participatory sculpture. @lozanohemmer Photos: Lea Dörl @_leafabienne