POINTS OF (NO) RETURN / Masterclass by Ma-El Weiher
Date: 24 May
Time: 10:00
Venue: Salaam Art Temple
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What marks do we leave behind on cities, on nature, on each other? In this two-day masterclass, artist Ma-El Weiher invites participants to explore the traces of human presence within urban environments, focusing on the fragile dialogue between natural processes and human-made structures. By examining overlooked, decaying, or transient objects in public space, participants will reflect on how the smallest details can tell complex stories of time, loss, resistance, and change.
Through a combination of conceptual city walks, artistic fieldwork, and group discussion, this workshop fosters critical engagement with environmental and social themes. Participants are encouraged to use mediums such as drawing, photography, video, or sound to develop personal responses to the festival’s central question: How can art act as a catalyst for ecological and social transformation? “points of (no) return” becomes not only an inquiry into artistic method but a reflection on the irreversible changes shaping our world today.
Ma-El Weiher
Ma-El Weiher (born 1999) studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence and works primarily with printmaking and painting. The exploration of public spaces and their intimate, vulnerable aspects is the central theme of her work. Ma-El has received several awards and participated in solo and group exhibitions held in Florence, Istanbul, Freiburg, Baden-Baden, Klagenfurt, Stuttgart and Vienna.