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into practise

This project delves into the Marienthal Studies, a seminal examination of the effects of long-term unemployment conducted during the 1930s in a former textile factory community near Vienna. Led by Marie Jahoda, the study revealed significant socio-psychological consequences, emphasizing that prolonged unemployment leads to passive resignation rather than social unrest. Students engage through guided visits to relevant exhibits, photography sessions, and image editing tasks, drawing parallels between historical idleness and contemporary issues, while exploring historical aesthetics.

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into practise

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  1. into practise Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  2. Projects of Analysis • Marienthal-Studies (completed) • Cooperation Wiener Albertina (continuing) • Cooperation MUSA (just started) • MUMOK (future) Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  3. Marienthal-Studies • From 1820 to 1930 "Marienthal" was the name of a complex of a textile factory and a labour colony in the South of Vienna. At its peek time it employed up to 1,300 workers. • The area included apart from the factory also social infrastructure, e.g. a hospital and a kindergarten, theatres and facilities for sports. • During the Economical Crisis in the 1930ies the factory was closed down in a minimum of time, leaving about 1,200 workers and their families unemployed. Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  4. Marienthal-Studies Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  5. Marienthal-Studies • In this time Marie Jahoda (1907-2001) and her team wrote a study, investigating the habits of the Marienthal inhabitants. • The study pointed out the socio-psychological effects of unemployment and clarified that longtime unemployment doesn't lead to riots (as many expected), but to passive resignation. Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  6. Marienthal-Studies Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  7. Marienthal-Studies The political background is charged as well. • While Marienthal in its industrial boom was an important mainstay of the socialist movement, in 1938 the Nazi Party was hailed. Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  8. Marienthal-StudiesAims • Students are to compare the "idleness" as an attested result of unemployment with the current situation. • Via photographs and image editing the pupils are to project their thoughts into the then situation, to internalize and recognize possible parallels. • The pupils are to recognize the aesthetic features of the photography of that time (sepia-tone, slight overexposure, deckle edge) and to imitate them with the help of modern image editing programs. • Duration: 5 sessions (4 hours each) Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  9. Marienthal-StudiesAims Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  10. Marienthal-StudiesCarrying out • Guided visit of the special exhibition "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" in the "Waschsalon Karl-Marx-Hof", Vienna. • Discussion about political and labourmarket relevant parallels and personal concernment Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  11. Marienthal-StudiesCarrying out • Conduct of a photo session in the second district of Vienna: Students reconstruct historical photos. • Reprocessing of historical photographs regarding bodily posture and expression • Discussion of the color aesthetics and exposure • Image editing via online program "ipiccy” • Editing the prints (deckle edges) Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  12. Marienthal-StudiesCarrying out Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  13. Marienthal-StudiesCarrying out Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  14. Wiener Albertina Wiener Albertina (continuing) • Albertina => Graphic Art Collection • Research programme by the Austrian ministry of education: • Students developing a “tour of questions” for each other to the exhibition “Magritte and the fauves” • After visiting the exhibition they should create a “poster of fauve” Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  15. MUSA Cooperation MUSA (just started) • MUSA => Art museum of the City of Vienna • Research programme by the Austrian ministry of education • Recreating art works of the exhibitions • Development of a close connection to the project (touring exhibition?) Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

  16. MUMOK Cooperation MUMOK (future) • MUMOK => Museum of Modern Art • Current Exhibition “...and materials, money and crisis” Analysis – Nov. 2013 criticART

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