Australian Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine

Address: Mattiellistrasse 2-4, 1040 Vienna; Telephone: +43 1 - 506 740 - Fax: +43 1 - 504 1178 - Email: austemb@aon.at

Calendar of Australian Events

The calendar does not claim to be exhaustive. If you know of any forthcoming 'Australian' event, we would appreciate if you could send us an email or write to us.

Download - Embassy Newsletter - January 2012 Edition

Presentation - "Race Across Australia 2011"

22 Feb, Wien

Crossing Australia from Perth to Sydney on a bicycle at record speed: In 2011, four Austrian extreme cyclists covered a distance of more than 4,000 km in less than 5 days, faster than anybody else before them. They will be talking about their adventure at presentations on three evenings on 18 and 23 January, as well as on 22 February. Admission is free. Donations for the Austrian Research Institute for Musculoskeletal Disorders are welcome. For further information, please refer to www.austriateam.com

Venue
Festsaal des alten Rathauses
Wipplingerstrasse 1
1010 Wien

Glenn Murcutt - Architecture for Place

Exhibition running until 13 February 2012

Glenn Murcutt, Pritzker prize-winner (2002) and internationally renowned architect, holds an independent artistic position that consistently avoids the mainstream. For further information, please refer to
www.azw.at

Venue:
Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hall
Museumsplatz 1
1070 Vienna

Envisioning Buildings - Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography

Exhibition running until 22 April 2012

Australian Geoff Kleem exhibiting at Vienna’s Museum for Applied
Arts (MAK) as part of the “Envisioning Buildings” exhibition. He recently
had exhibitions in the United States, including in Chicago. The exhibition’s
focus is architecture from the perspective of contemporary
art photography and is an international survey of architecture in art
photography. It brings together artists and works from all over the
world, among them several photographers of the “Düsseldorf School
of Photography” and the “Vancouver School”. For further information,
please refer to www.mak.at

Venue:
MAK Exhibition Hall
Weiskirchnerstraße 3
1010 Vienna

Exhibition - Sally Duncan

Exhibition running until 5 February 2012

Australian artist Sally Duncan will be exhibiting sculptures, glass and paintings at the Gallery of the City of Traun from January to February. For further information, please refer to www.kulturforum-traun.at

Galerie der Stadt Traun
Hauptplatz
4050 Traun

Creative writing course with Australian author Sylvia Petter

Spring 2012: 16 & 23 February; 1 & 8 March

Discover flash fiction: learn how to write stories of a page or two that pack a punch and/or just linger in the reader’s mind. Australian author Sylvia Petter, living in Vienna, will be giving creative writing courses in autumn this year and spring 2012. Sylvia has a PhD in Creative Writing (UNSW, Sydney, 2009) and has published internationally in print and online. She is the author of two short-story collections and participated in workshops all over the world. For registration and course fees, please refer to www.writersstudio.at

Photo and Filmshow - Australia

8 Feb 2012, 19:30

From Western Australia to Queensland, and from Fraser Island to Tasmania: Travel journalists Petra and Gerhard Zwerger-Schoner travelled 6 months through Australia and will be screening film material and photos at the Kulturhaus Dornbirn on 8 February. For further information, please refer to www.zwerger-schoner.at .

Venue
Kulturhaus Dornbirn
Rathausplatz 1
6850 Dornbirn

Kate Just - Exhibition

Exhibition running until 12 Feb 2012

American artist Kate Just, resident in Australia, is currently an Artist in Residence in Krems and will be conceiving an exhibition during her three-month stay. For further information, please refer to www.kunsthalle.at/factory/ausstellungen/kate-just

Venue:
Kunsthalle Krems
Franz-Zeller Platz 3
A-3500 Krems