THE SHELTER PROJECT brings together 25 International artists and theorists on the theme of SHELTER. Multicultural, cross-disciplinary. New artwork, new talks, new performance, new questions. What does shelter mean to you?

All events will be held at Projektwerksatt SOHO,  Schellhammergasse 24 from 9.–13. June 2010. SHELTER is organized by Victoria Hindley, Nina Goldnagl, and Wolfgang Suetzl, in collaboration with Beatrix Zobl, Wolfgang Schneider, TRANSART COLLECTIVE (int’l), and SOHO IN OTTAKRING.

THE SHELTER PROJECT’s purpose is to facilitate and present an intercultural exchange of new artwork, ideas, and open dialogue while offering quality arts programming on a vital topic. Revealing a multiplicity of perspectives, much of the work has been created specifically in response to the project and will be presented in Vienna for the first time.

Shelter—a seemingly simple concept that nevertheless cannot be easily defined—has many profoundly personal, philosophical, and political considerations. It affects us all and each of us experiences it in distinctly different ways. THE SHELTER PROJECT traverses far-reaching cultural territory to investigate this vital concept and its extensive repercussions in the contemporary world. Representing a diverse, multi-cultural body of voices, SHELTER contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines including the arts, philosophy, political science, and literature; they are from the USA, Canada, Austria, Malta, Colombia, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico.

Please join us, all are welcome!