Ping-Pong #2

In its second edition, AIL Ping-Pong circles around the term and meaning of “sample.”

Presented in the small vitrine of the Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, seven graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna open a window into the diverse artistic practices and languages of Angewandte alumni, offering a range of perspectives that explore parallels, contrasts, or extensions within the given thematic framework.

While in the natural sciences, samples are collected to enable analysis and investigation, in music, the term “sample” refers to an excerpt from an existing recording that is integrated into a new composition. Similarly, in the visual arts, samples may emerge throughout the creative process – whether through experimental methods, the appropriation of external content, or the incorporation of elements from other disciplines, methodologies, or conceptual frameworks. Ideas, materials, methods, or visuals can be sampled. A sample can thus represent transdisciplinary collaboration or reflect a dynamic, exploratory process marked by iteration, testing, and discovery.

With the aim of implementing playful interdisciplinary interventions in the unique space of the Kassenhalle, AIL Ping-Pong is a newly developed format that repurposes the building’s architecture – specifically a former display cabinet (in German: Vitrine) of the Otto Wagner Museum in the Kassenhalle – to showcase artistic projects by Angewandte alumni.

Opening: 15 Oct 2025, 13:00
Running: 15 Oct 2025 – 30 Jan 2026