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Window WordsOliver Hangl

Window Words

Since 2020, artist and curator Oliver Hangl has been displaying literature in the shop windows of the project space k48 he runs, inviting language artists and writers to write on the windows from the inside. “The words are in dialog with the urban outdoor space and invite passers-by to pause, reflect and discover this urban literature individually.” (Oliver Hangl)

Now, he continues the project series “Window Words” on a larger scale on Äußere Mariahilfer Straße. Visible from afar, changing texts will be displayed in the windows of a vacant commercial building across the entire width of the façade every month until January 2026. Oliver Hangl has invited the writers Barbi Marković, Clemens Setz and Daniel Wisser to develop multi-part, content-related language works especially for this location, each of which will be shown in three monthly installments. There is a contextual connection between the text episodes, but they can also stand for themselves.

With “Window Words”, Oliver Hangl wants to create new approaches to language and bring literature into the public space. The project opens with the first text by Daniel Wisser on 29.4.

Location

Mariahilfer Straße 138, 1150 Wien

Further Information

Concept & curation: Oliver Hangl
Writers: Barbi Marković, Clemens Setz, Daniel Wisser
Production: Annemarie Nocker, Luis Geritzer
Graphic design: Eva Schuster
Photography and web design: Helmut Prochart

From April 29, 2025: Installation Daniel Wisser Part 1
June: Installation Daniel Wisser part 2
July: Installation Daniel Wisser part 3
August: Installation Clemens Setz Part 1
September: Installation Clemens Setz Part 2
October: Installation Clemens Setz Part 3
November: Installation Barbi Marković Part 1
December: Installation Barbi Marković part 2
January 2026: Barbi Marković Part 3

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Window WordsOliver Hangl

Time Period

April 29, 2025, until January 2026

U3 / U6 Westbahnhof

With the kind support of Weinhauer Brustbauer.

Education - Events

Links

Homepage Oliver Hangl

Cooperation partner/s