Anne-Katrin Rossberg – författare

Festivals celebrate occasions and moods and generate their own realities that manifest as living memories. Festivals transform people, allowing them to take on unfamiliar roles. Festivals also change places, give rise to new public spheres, and are capable of bringing together critical as well as joyful, angry and enthusiastic groups with resulting impacts on cities and societies. The festival is also closely linked to the display of political or social power. Those who take part suspend existing rules or create new ones. The MAK exhibition DAS FEST brings art, cultural and social history to life. The book that accompanies the exhibition brings together the expert opinions of the MAK team as well as those of renowned authors and explores essential aspects of festival design. Festivals as a source of inspiration: from happenings to religious holidays With contributions by Chiara Baldini, Brigitte Felderer, Lili Hollein, Werner Oechslin, and many more MAK exhibition

Gestalterinnen played a decisive role in the development of modernism in Vienna. This publication presents new research on women designers, ceramicists, fashion designers, graphic artists, garden architects, photographers, art historians and patrons. The contributions illuminate the eminent importance of these women for Viennese modernism and show how traditional role models were challenged during the interwar period. The Gestalterinnen confronted existing prejudices and created new visual languages in order to forge successful careers. At the same time, they contributed to critical discourse on the emancipation of women. The Gestalterinnen of Viennese modernism included among others: Emilie Flöge, Mathilde Flögl, Jacqueline Groag, Fanny HarlfingerZakucka, Yella Hertzka, Else Hofmann, Hilda Jesser, Maria Likarz, Madame d’Ora, Pauline Metternich-Sándor, Bertha Pappenheim, Marie ReidemeisterNeurath, Lisl Weil, Vally Wieselthier and Helene Wolf Introduction and two chapters in English

This book highlights the contributions of Central European women to global modernism in architecture, design, art, photography, and museology. It spotlights trailblazers including designers Ilonka Karasz and Mariska Karasz, artist Amrita Sher-Gil, photographer Irena Blühová, architect Dora Gad, and ceramicist Susi Singer. It also explores the groundbreaking practices of jewelry designer Cissy Zoltowska, artist Kiki Kogelnik, museologist Zdenka Munk, and visual artist Mira Schendel. Concluding with contemporary multimedia positions, the book examines how these women navigated materiality and spirituality, bridging concept and matter, gender dynamics, and the East–West divide within and beyond Europe.Central European women artists influencing global art and designPresents women artists who crossed borders and shaped modernism