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16 May — 18 May 2025
Fünfzigzwanzig, Kunstverein Salzburg, Initiative Architektur, Schloss Linderhof

*international research festival with symposium, workshops, performances, music-sets, excursion, and exhibition openings.

17 May — 25 July 2025
*exhibition and city walks.
Fünfzigzwanzig, Salzburg

The research festival wild thinX opens a speculative space—against the backdrop of current violence and political excess—to approach both built and natural environments anew. Nonconformity in this context is also understood as a resistant practice, positioning itself against permanent renewal and in favor of fluid spatial strategies: What was non-conformist yesterday is already form-conformist or norm-conformist today. The appeal of engaging with making and thinking differently lies in the potential horizons of political imagination as a symbolic form.

Contributions by Maria Thereza Alves u. Chám Krai Kytõm Pandã Grét, Clare Barlow, Andrea Bowers, Nicolas Cilins, Elio Choquette, Theo Deutinger, D'FRAC (Tanja Saban & DJ The Flowery State), S.E. Eisterer, Tania Gheerbrant, Jack Halberstam, Mwangi Hutter, Göksu Kunak, Gordon Matta Clark, Tati au Miel, Hiroharu Mori, Plalace of Un/Learning, Prenninger Kreis (Herbert Eichholzer, Axl Leskoschek, Anna Lülja-Praun), Behnji Ra, Wenke Schladitz, Draper Shreeve, Mikołaj Sobczak, Rebecco Ann Tess, Sergio Villanueva Preston, Christoph Wagner, Matthias Weiß, Damon Young.

An initiative by Fünfzigzwanzig, Kunstverein Salzburg, Initiative Architektur,
the Chamber of Civil Engineers | Architects and Engineering Consultants for Upper Austria and Salzburg, HOSI Salzburg, and Magazin 53a.

An initiative of the working group Queer Spaces formed by Eleonora Cardella Goroll (architect, Salzburg), S.E. Eisterer (architectural historian, Pennsylvania), Sophie Goltz (artistic lead, curator, Vienna), Roman Höllbacher (art historian, Salzburg), Niklas Koschel (curator, Salzburg), Karolina Radenkovic (curator, Salzburg), and Nico Weiss (architect, Salzburg).

Code of Conduct
This event is a space for respect, openness, and care.
Discrimination, harassment, or misconduct of any kind will not be tolerated.
By attending, you commit to upholding these values and contributing to an inclusive environment.
An awareness team is available throughout the event to provide support or address concerns.
We reserve the right to ask anyone who violates these principles to leave the event.

Special Assistance
If you would like to attend and need any kind of support—wheelchair access, sign language, or anything else—please email us at kontakt@5020.info or call +43 662 848817 (Di–Fr, 1–6 pm).
Everyone is welcome, and we are here to help.