WochenKlausur

WochenKlausur solves social problems through tangible, small-scale interventions. The group works by invitation from art institutions, researching, developing, and realizing projects that make concrete improvements through ""social intervention."" They work in concentrated, closed meetings, within a specific timeframe, to arrive at carefully crafted, cunning strategies. For their first project, Medical Care for Homeless People (1993), the group decided to provide basic medical care to homeless people in Vienna out of a mobile van clinic. False threats of negative publicity forced the city councilor to fund the project and the van is now a permanent institution that continues to help more than 600 people each month, run by the relief organization Caritas. WochenKlausur has also addressed education, substance abuse, community development, labor market policy, voter rights, immigration, and homelessness. In addition to creating new interventions and supporting artists from the communities in which their new projects are realized, WochenKlausur serves as a resource center for activist art. WochenKlausur's major exhibitions and commissions include the 48th Venice Biennale; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; and the Vienna Secession.

Founded 1993.
Based in Vienna, Austria.