From Post to Practice: Storytelling Through eSeLschwarm

Opening: Mon 16.6.2025, 18h, together with other MQ showrooms
17 June - 18 August 2025 | eSeL REZEPTION | MQ Schauräume
Free entry

"From Post to Practice" examines how eSeLschwarm, a collaborative platform, uses storytelling as a form of artistic and social practice to engage with art and culture in Vienna. The focus is on the voices of BIPoC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), queer, feminist, alternative and off-space communities. "From Post to Practice" shows how underrepresented perspectives are documented, amplified and transformed through the platform.

Each contributor has selected a contribution for the exhibition that they have created for eSeLschwarm - be it an event recommendation, a critical reflection or a thematic exploration - and developed it into an original work of art.

These combinations provide an insight into the curatorial and creative processes behind the cultural reporting and at the same time reveal the personal and political concerns that characterise the work of those involved.

"From Post to Practice" reflects on the power and possibilities of platforms to shape cultural narratives. The exhibition invites the audience to reflect on how visibility is created, which stories are brought to the fore and how media engagement itself can become a creative practice.

Through text, images and reflection, this exhibition creates space for stories that are often overlooked - and emphasises how important it is to tell them.

At the same time, it poses critical questions: How can platforms like eSeLschwarm better support marginalised voices? What does it mean to move from documentation to action?

Curator / eSeLschwarm Coordination: Tayla Myree - "Hedgehog"

eSeLschwarm contributors: Tayla Myree - "Hedgehog", Enrique Harm - "Iguana" , Oishi Sengupta - "Racoon", Oana Capota - "Forest Cat", Dinara Turagulova - "Squirrel", Olga Shapovalova - "Piggy"

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