QM&A Artist in Residence

Every year QUESTION ME & ANSWER forms a collective of around 16 artists, known as the QM&A Artist Collective. Half of them have been living in Vienna for a long time and the other half are artists who have only recently moved to Vienna as migrants or refugees. Within the framework of the project, they work together on artworks, form networks and support and inspire each other in their artistic work. The programme lasts around eight months. Information about the programme and the participants of the last QM&A Artist Collectives can be found here.

Since the standard program QM&A Artist Collective is only open to artists living in Vienna, we are now offering a residency for an artist living in Austria or neighbouring countries, but outside Vienna who identifies as Black, PoC or (post)migrant* or is a refugee. This artist will get the opportunity to be part of the QM&A Artist Collective for one month, thereby getting an insight into the Viennese art scene. They will be part of the regular program, participating in private tours of museums, studio visits or roundtable discussions that provide insider knowledge about the Viennese art scene.

During their residency, the artist lives in our partner hotel Superbude (Perspektivstraße 8, 1020 Vienna) in a fully furnished apartment with an art studio.

Open to:
artists living in Austria, but outside Vienna, and
who identify as Black, PoC or (post)migrant* or are refugees
Find additional information and all submission requirements in the documents below.

Additional information:

QM&A Artist Residency Open Call 2023 (English)
QM&A Artist Residency Open Call 2023 (Deutsch)

During their residency, the artist lives in our partner hotel Superbude (Perspektivstraße 8, 1020 Vienna) in a fully furnished apartment with an art studio.
Open to:
artists living in Austria or neighboring countries, but outside Vienna and
who identify as Black, PoC or (post)migrant* or are refugees
Find additional information and all submission requirements in the documents below.

Additional information:

QM&A Artist Residency Open Call 2022 (English)
QM&A Artist Residency Open Call 2022 (Deutsch)

14 Confessions to the City
The public art project 14 CONFESSIONS TO THE CITY is done in the form of an open diary. Coming as a new person to Vienna Elena has the luxury of being completely honest with the city, as it's always easier to talk to strangers. So she's placed around the city 14 confessions, as well as located the empty boards for others to confess. Being a Belarusian artist that lived in Ukraine before the war, Elena Rabkina speculates about going through this experience, politics, the charisma of Vienna and some accumulated insights. After the public exhibition on the streets of Vienna's 2nd district, the boards are to be collected and exhibited at Superbude on the 7th floor as a recurring exhibition. Guests of the hotel will have the opportunity to send in their confessions and once a month she wil reveal one new confession. This project explores the relationship between vulnerability and publicity and allows viewers to get a glimpse of the artist's refugee experience through self-reflection.

Invisible People
"When I got to visit the employee cafeteria at Superbude - I was so impressed with the people there. There was such a diversity of cultures and ethnicities. There were people from countries I'd never met before, and everyone was so different and charismatic! So I decided to take a look behind the scenes at Superbude and pay my respects to the people who create it every day, as in most cases, staff and working immigrants remain unseen or fall into the blind spot."

The photo project "Invisible People" invites visitors in an interactive way to discover the staff behind the scenes of the hotel and speculates on the topic of diversity, inclusion and labour migration in the setting of the Austrian hotel industry.