Seeds. Reclaiming Roots, Sowing Futures — KunstHausWien
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- When
- 9 April 2026 – 14 February 2027
- Where
- KunstHausWien — Museum Hundertwasser, Untere Weißgerberlände 13, 1030 Wien — the 3rd
- Price
- €7–16 (check kunsthauswien.com)
- Indoor
- Ongoing
- Art & Ecology
- 3rd district
- Klima Biennale Wien
Seeds as Archive
Seeds carry history. A seed is not just biology — it's a record of decisions: which varieties were kept, which were abandoned, which were stolen or imposed. The Klima Biennale Wien's Seeds exhibition at KunstHausWien doesn't treat seeds as metaphors. It treats them as evidence. The show brings together artworks, historical objects, and living specimens to ask who controls what grows, and what that control costs.
Food sovereignty, colonial seed histories, the erasure of Indigenous agricultural knowledge — these are not background themes. They're the exhibition's spine. The works on view reflect this: some pieces are activist interventions, others are quiet archival gestures, still others are speculative. The curatorial approach is serious without being didactic. You're not lectured at. You're invited to look closely and draw your own line between a seed, a history, and a choice.
The Building as Context
KunstHausWien occupies a building designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser — the Viennese architect and artist who believed that straight lines were a human invention that nature would never forgive. The walls curve. The windows are irregular. The roof has grass and trees growing on it. Walking through the building is already an act of resistance against conventional museum logic.
The 3rd district neighbourhood around it — Landstraße — has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years. New developments, new populations, new economic pressures. The building's refusal to look like anything else makes it feel like an anchor. An exhibition about what we choose to grow, in a building that insists on growing its own way, lands harder.
Practical Information
The exhibition runs until February 2027. Hours and admission vary by day and status — check kunsthauswien.com for current details. The 3rd district is easily reached by U3 (Landstraße station) or by bike from most parts of the city.
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