Supporting programme with Vik Bayer in cooperation with Klimakultur Tirol

The 9th Treffpunkt Klimakultur by Klimakultur Tirol on climate care and forms of solidarity-based economic activity takes place in cooperation with Vik Bayer and the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol as part of the exhibition Tipping Point Phantoms (Vik Bayer and Kaja Clara Joo) in the Kuntpavillon.

6pm: Arrival & stroll through the exhibition Tipping Point Phantoms
7pm: Introduction by Bettina Siegele and Vik Bayer
Presentation of Klimakultur Tirol by Barbara Alt and Lisa Prazeller
Johannes Reisigl in conversation with Vik Bayer and Regula Imhof
Concluding with snacks from feld:schafft and drinks

What do climate care practices look like and what contribution can they make to responsibly tackling current crises? In a moderated discussion in the Kunstpavillon, we will explore cooperative forms of economic activity that focus on the shared well-being of people and the environment. Using two examples from agriculture – a small farmers’ consortium in Sicily and a solidarity agriculture (Solawi) in Natters, Tyrol – we will discuss their potential with Vik Bayer and Regula Imhof. While Sicilian farmers are responding to increasing weather extremes through solidarity-based structures, Solawis rely on jointly borne costs and risks.

The film Losing Futures (Slo-Mo Visions of Refusal of Unfulfilled Promises), which Vik Bayer made together with the Sicilian farmers, provides an insight into this topic. With a running time of approx. 22 minutes, it is part of the current exhibition in the Kunstpavillon and can be viewed in advance of the talk. The exhibition is accessible before the event, admission is free.

About: Vik Bayer lives, films, edits, writes, builds, and reads. They believe in collaboration as a mode of production, one that translates into sculptural installations, films, reading groups, teaching projects, and books. Their work primarily focuses on forms of agriculture that carry the potential to challenge the dominant extractivist economy. Vik is also interested in how the crises haunting the present are affecting ways of storytelling. Both of these interests led to an extensive exchange with Sicilian farmers who cultivate a solidarity-based economy in response to the growing struggles caused by the climate crises and the fictions of the free market. This exchange materialized in the video installation Slo-mo visions of refusal of unfulfilled promises, which was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize and the Appreciation Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where they graduated in 2024.

The duo show Tipping Point Phantoms by artists Vik Bayer & Kaja Clara Joo creates a narrative juxtaposition about capital and the use of resources in the face of ecological tipping points. The two artists‘ different and contrasting approaches to the topic of sustainability enter into an exciting dialogue for the exhibition in the Kunstpavillon, seeking for a subtle way of storytelling that raises awareness for the multiple crises of our present as well as the interdependence of technology, nature and society, yet without staging the imminent catastrophe. Tipping Point Phantoms is part of the annual programme Chronopolitical Explorations curated by Bettina Siegele.