MINOR GESTURES
MULTICHANNEL CONCERT IN PUBLIC SPACE
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 19:00-22:00.
Artists: Jasmin Guffond (AUS/DE), Roozbeh Nafisi (IR/AT), Ж Ignashev (RU/AT).
SONIC CELL adapts to its surroundings like an organism. Unfolding hidden layers of the city’s buzz, we explore hidden locations in public space to embed sound and art in the neighbourhood.
In terms of content, this issue is rooted in the aesthetics of everyday life and the politics of minor gestures (Manning 2016) – those subtle, inconspicuous artistic interventions that make an impact not through volume or drama, but through their subtle presence. This concept is taken up by the series of works Daily Miniatures (2025) by Iranian Santur player Roozbeh Nafisi and by Jasmin Guffond’s Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity (2025). Both draw on the prosaic as an aesthetic strategy against the economisation of space and time. Thresholds that enable coexistence and lingering in an overly competitive and overstimulated society.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS (TBA).
Curator: Lona Gaikis (DE/CAN).
Funded by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS), MA7 Culture of the City of Vienna, and the District Council of Josefstadt.
