From 18–20 June 2026, LoCD will activate a sequence of three site-specific interventions and performances across Vienna, unfolding over three consecutive days and engaging distinct urban locations. Rather than occupying sites as neutral stages, the project enters into dialogue with places whose urban and political histories carry traces of resistance, collective memory, public struggle, and forms of social imagination. Each intervention responds to the historical layers, symbolic meanings, and contemporary political resonances of its location. Through temporary acts of presence in streets, passages, and public spaces, participating artists approach the city not as a fixed backdrop but as a living archive continuously shaped through contestation, collective action, and processes of transformation. Across three evenings, the interventions open temporary spaces for encounter, reflection, and collective imagination, connecting different geographies of resistance throughout Vienna. All interventions begin at 6:00 PM.
INTERVENTION I
18 June 2026, 6:00 PM
St. Marx Area (3rd District)
The first intervention takes place in the St. Marx area, a site marked by contemporary struggles over public space, urban development, and collective forms of inhabiting the city. Referencing the area’s recent history as a gathering point for climate activism and civic engagement, the intervention explores questions of spatial ownership, ecological futures, and practices of commoning. Through situated artistic actions, the site becomes a space for imagining alternative forms of social and political relation.
We will meet at 6:00 PM at the entrance of St. Marx Halle and walk together to the St. Marx area, a well known gathering point for climate activists in Vienna. There, we will come together for public space intervention by Sanjid Mahmud and spend time in the space collectively. We look forward to sharing this experience with you.
Sanjid Mahmud is a Bangladeshi artist based in Vienna who works with performance, drawing, and installation. His practice explores socio-political structures, human existence, and urban life through body based approaches and experimental processes. The motif of “inhalation” is central to his work, reflecting tension, vulnerability, and the psychological pressures of contemporary realities.
LoCD is a project supported by SHIFT
