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since 2009

Valerie Deifel

Art & Science, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Senior Scientist

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.

Projects278
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01 Oct 2026 Location scouting for the annual exhibition 2027 Excursion · Participant
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19 Mar 2024 ATI - Atom Institute | TU Wien Excursion · Participant
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Muddy Waters 18 Jan 2023 · Artscience practices · Lecturer Muddy Waters exhibition opening: Wednesday, 18 January 202317:00–18:00Kunstverein PSKExpositur Georg-Coch-Platz 2Mezzanine, Room 36 1/21010 Vienna Participating artists:Lobna AwidatMari BlaasvaerRebecca MartínkováMaja Me…
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16 Nov 2022 MAAAAAAACH! Artscience practices · Cooperations and excursions’ organization 06 Apr 2022 Liquid tools for River Fiction Artscience practices · Coordinator 24 Mar 2022 2,850 km transformative swimming session with the Danube Transformation Agency for Agency Guest lecture · Coordinator
↑↓2020
21 Oct 2020 ADMISSON EXAM 2021/22 Admission exam · Team 13 Oct 2020 Roundtable – MedAustron Roundtable · Organizer SMALL THINGS THAT HOLD 26 Jun 2020 · Exhibition · Participant Interventions in public space Vienna 26 June 2020/ whole day eventLive stream: 3-4pm Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/y7q67g2wLocations and route plan follow on FB event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/20768825957989… 25 Jun 2020 Fuzzy Speculations on Neighbourhoods: Conversations around speculative “souvenirs” for future neighbours Symposium · Participant FILMS @ ANGEWANDTE / Art & Science 2020 23 Jun 2020 · Exhibition · Project collaborator Links to all Films and Angewandte Festival main stage: please scroll down DescriptionAs part of the European Capital of Culture Rijeka 2020, Port of Diversity, and within the flagship 27 Neighbourhoods, the students of t… 23 Jun 2020 THE ELSEWHERE SCHOOL Research project · Project collaborator Fu-Zine 12 May 2020 · Publication · Artistic and scientific assistance Our irregular zine documenting our research and connections within the neighbourhood of Fužine, Croatia during 2019 and 2020 as part of the SCHOOL FOR MULTISPECIES CONVIVIALITY: Experiments in living somewhere & elsewher… 20 Jan 2020 Somewhere Else is Here Guest lecture · Team
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04 Nov 2019 FUŽINE – European Cultural City Rijeka 2020 Excursion · Project collaborator 01 Oct 2019 SEMESTER OPENING Roundtable · Workshop teacher C.A.T.: Catastrophic Animals on Terra 25 Jun 2019 · Publication · part of The Essence 17 · Author 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 25 Jun 2019 · Publication · part of C.A.T.: CATASTROPHIC ANIMALS ON TERRA – A GUIDEBOOK TO LIFE ELSEWHERE · Author 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 Excursion · Project management and exhibiting artist 06 May 2019 Practising anti-oppressive education Guest lecture · Organization and exhibits 29 Apr 2019 The Decomposition of Income Inequality in the EU-28 Guest lecture · Organization and exhibits 11 Mar 2019 Carbon Payments as Means for facilitating transformative Change to a low GHG Emission Land Use Guest lecture · Organization and exhibits 05 Mar 2019 ROUNDTABLE Artistic and scientific assistance 29 Jan 2019 ROUNDTABLE Artistic and scientific assistance