DESIGN OF THE ANONYMOUS

2024

by Joanna Zabielska

“Design of the Anonymous” is an audio-visual performative exhibition that opens an experimental physical and digital space where people can engage with stories, bodies, objects, and materials. Based on the research and participatory performances conducted in various public spaces within Vienna’s newly developed districts, performers transform their experiences into the exhibition space, retelling stories about being on the move, migration, home, feeling of belonging, displacement, re-settlement, and transformation.

Joanna Zabielska created inflatable sculptures from the infamous carrier bag, VR worlds, and performances in public spaces in collaboration with Bita Bell, Frederik Marroquin, and Verena Herterich.

Zosia Hołubowska composed the music from recordings of the bag sculptures and ventilators, diving into the sci-fi landscapes and taking inspiration from The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin.