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Valerie Deifel studied theatre, film, and media studies and philosophy in Vienna. From 2007 to 2010, she was a fellow of the graduate programme ‘Senses, Technology, Mise-en-Scène: Media and Perception’ at the University of Vienna. In 2017, she completed her dissertation on the representation of empty spaces as an aesthetic strategy in experimental films. Since 2009, she has been a member of the master’s programme Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where her research has focused on multispecies studies and environmental humanities, exploring ecological and non-hierarchical ways of collaboration. She currently aims to support creative and academic writing processes through her teaching.
C.A.T.: Catastrophic Animals on Terra
About the book:From 2016–19 students of the Art & Science master course have been working on the implications of a contemporary academic discourse that aims at reframing our understanding of ‘nature’ through the annual t…
WALNUT TREE – GRANDMA – DEGROWTH
In the middle of this photograph, you see my grandmother in the year 1941. She is standing in front of her house, which was built by her grandfather in 1912 on the outskirts of Vienna. Her parents were vegetable farmers;…
13 May 2019
Scouting mission Fužine, Croatia
06 May 2019
Practising anti-oppressive education
29 Apr 2019
The Decomposition of Income Inequality in the EU-28
11 Mar 2019
Carbon Payments as Means for facilitating transformative Change to a low GHG Emission Land Use
05 Mar 2019
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29 Jan 2019
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The Landing is on Friday
In the context of the annual topic 2016–18: IN THE WOODS – IN THE WILDFrom 2016–18 students of the Art & Science master’s course, University of Applied Arts Vienna, have been working on the implications of a contemporary…
06 Nov 2018
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30 Oct 2018
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In the Woods
From 2016–18 students of the Art & Science master course have been working on the implications of a contemporary academic discourse that aims at reframing our understanding of ‘Nature’. Artistic imaginations concerning…
OPEN STUDIO Exhibition
Students from all years and recent graduates will show their works, finished and in progress in the open house studio exhibition: – as part of the Open House at the Angewandte 1st year students will show traces of their…
23 Oct 2018
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16 Oct 2018
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10 Oct 2018
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09 Oct 2018
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02 Oct 2018
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26 Sep 2018
Art & Science Studios - New Location!!!
WORK OUT #1–3: Exhibition Openings
A presentation of three group-shows on three different evenings by the first-year students of the Art & Science department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. WORK OUT, an analogy to both physical activity as well…
07 May 2018
Les sentiers de l’utopie (Paths through utopias) 2011
24 Apr 2018
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17 Apr 2018
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12 Apr 2018
Is Democracy in Peril? Politics in the Age of Trump
10 Apr 2018
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10 Apr 2018
To Model or not to Model
23 Mar 2018
The Mushroom at the End of the World. On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
20 Mar 2018
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14 Mar 2018
ROUNDTABLE | Excursion
12 Mar 2018
Dirty Hands | Care for the Syndrome
06 Mar 2018
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22 Jan 2018
“You are on Pandora... this is your Avatar now”
Caring. Enactments of Heterogeneous Relationships
When hearing the term ‘caring’ we may think of bodies in the context of health care; or we think of citizens taken care of by social workers, educators, psychologists etc. Maybe we think of the state and democratic model…
27 Jun 2017
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The Essence 17
Exhibition opening27th June, 2017, 19:00 Exhibition dates 27th June 2017 - 11th July, 2017 Alte Post, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Wien The Essence 2017 University of Applied Arts Vienna is the culmination of the academic…
14 Jun 2017
Diploma Projects | Summer semester 2017
Broadening The Horizon of ‘Extra Dimensions’
Talks by Eni Brandner (animator), Gregor Schwellenbach (musician) and Matthias Fink (architect). In relation to ‘Umkehren um 180 oder 360 Grad!!’ by Golnaz Bashiri. Everyday experiences of ‘extra-dimensions’ across diffe…
09 Jun 2017
CIRCUIT TRAINING – Accompanying Program
Different Perspectives on Materials
Talks by Johannes Wittman (engineer, HEPHY), Kilian Jörg (philosopher/artist) and Clemens Rettenbacher (TBA21). A reflection on the research film ‘The State of The Observer’ by Johanna Folkmann and Rosie Benn. A discussi…
How Real is Real?
Presentation by Christoph Mitsch (Ophthalmologist, Medical University Vienna). In relation to ‘Reality’ (Artwork) by Denise Schellmann. How much of what we see is real and how much is constructed? A talk on the anatomica…
On The Road to Supersymmetry
Lecture by Helmut Eberl (particle physicist, HEPHY). Organised by Andrea Vezga.An introduction to supersymmetry topics picked out by Eberl from the exhibited projects. Exhibition and events of University of Applied Arts…
Thinking about sound-image relations through Vlado Kristl
Lecture performance by Marina Rebhandl and Valerie Deifel (film theorist). In relation to ‘All Beginnings from Before’ by Marina Rebhandl. A collage of theoretical notions on sound-image relations presented alongside a f…
CIRCUIT TRAINING
Opening: 6th June 2017, 19:00Exhibition: 7th – 17th June 2017, Tuesday to Friday, 13:00–19:00, Saturday 12:00–17:00,and by appointmentAccompanying program: 9th June 2017 das weisse hausHegelgasse 141010 Vienna, Austria O…
23 May 2017
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17 May 2017
Writing research as ethico-onto-epistemic practice
08 May 2017
Blogs As A Source Of Boundaries, Values And Crackpots In High Energy Physics
02 May 2017
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25 Apr 2017
Machines as Machinations: Rethinking the ontology of technology
25 Apr 2017
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04 Apr 2017
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28 Mar 2017
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27 Mar 2017
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21 Mar 2017
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14 Mar 2017
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07 Mar 2017
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31 Jan 2017
A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Biological Invasions World-Wide
31 Jan 2017
ROUNDTABLE (WS Presentations)
24 Jan 2017
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17 Jan 2017
The Austrian National forest inventory: More than just counting trees
17 Jan 2017
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16 Jan 2017
Excursion to Radiology Department (AKH)
10 Jan 2017
Mycorrhizas: the hidden ecosystem regulators
Edition Angewandte: An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us, 2011
An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us Mixing realities and mediating myths & methods Abstract Valerie Deifel Sealed in the book/envelope are a variety of thoughts, images, considerations, and theoretical refere…
25 Jan 2013
JOUR FIXE with Karmen Franinovic
14/16,On-Site Research
By Art & Science students
18 Jan 2013
JOUR FIXE with Chris Walzer
17 Jan 2013
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10 Jan 2013
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