winners of the onb web residency

labs web residency 2022

of the austrian national library

in association with vienna poetry school

"österreich aus der luft / wiener zeitung"
(aerial photographs of austria from the 1930s / digital collections of 'wiener zeitung')

the winners of the second önb web residency have been chosen!

congratulations!

"thunder and lightning. records of a passing snowstorm on the first wednesday of the new year"

sînziana păltineanu (ger)
shows with her work based on the wiener zeitung how digital forms of representation can contribute to the interactive exploration of texts. in the course of the web residency, sînziana păltineanu was able to realise the concept of a fictional walk through the wiener zeitung.

"boon scrolling"

ida westh-hansen (aut)
combines various materials from the önb archive to create a dynamic collage that assembles itself interactively. the artist's first digital work takes particular account of the materiality of the image fragments.

the digital artworks are available in the artspace of the önb labs >> https://labs.onb.ac.at/artspace/

the artists:

sînziana păltineanu is a berlin-based author working at the intersections of queer feminism, fiction and historiography. she holds a phd in comparative history of central, south-eastern and eastern europe from the central european university.
https://s-paltineanu.gitlab.io/posts/about/

ida westh-hansen is a danish artist who lives and works in vienna. in 2018, she completed her studies in sculpture at the vienna academy of fine arts. "boon scrolling" is her first digital artwork.
https://www.instagram.com/ida_westh_hansen/?hl=de

the jury:

seth weiner (usa/aut), artist, teacher, artistic director of the palais des beaux arts vienna and on the part of sfd: heike fiedler (ger/sui), poet, performer, author, sfd-teacher, sound & visual artist (a.o.)

further info

project call:
>> https://sfd.at/en/program/2022/onb-web-residency-2022?set_language=en&cl=en

önb:

https://labs.onb.ac.at/artspace/

https://open-digital-libraries.nl/2022/06/23/from-digital-archives-to-artworks/