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Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid in the polyphony

Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid in the polyphony

In a compelling new interview for the polyphone, scholar Genevieve Smart sits down with Professor Monika Pietrzak-Franger at the University of Vienna to discuss her groundbreaking and innovative publication, Apparently Recovered: A Study of Long Covid (original title: “Scheinbar Genesen: Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung”). What does it mean to be “apparently recovered” in a healthcare system that is not built to house chronic illness? Breaking away from traditional academic formats, this publication takes the form…

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‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ (June 15-16, Vienna) Workshop Recap and Reflections

‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ (June 15-16, Vienna) Workshop Recap and Reflections

How can we teach, share knowledge, and challenge traditional academic hierarchies within the Medical Humanities? In the ‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ workshop held at the University of Vienna from June 15–16, 2026, we sought to deeply engage with this question. The workshop offered the opportunity for researchers, activists, curators, and artists alike to reflect on how practice-based and collaborative methods can reshape our classrooms and institutions. In a newly published workshop recap from the polyphone, contributors Genevieve Smart,…

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Monika Pietrzak-Franger (© Carina Brunthaler)
“Foto Tonic” with Prof Dr Monika Pietrzak-Franger at Foto Arsenal Wien

“Foto Tonic” with Prof Dr Monika Pietrzak-Franger at Foto Arsenal Wien

Join Monika Pietrzak-Franger for a tour of the current exhibitions at Foto Arsenal Wien, a drink and a talk. “Foto Tonic” When?: Thursday, 30 July 2026, 18:00-19:30 Cost: EUR 15 incl. admission, tour & drink Language: German For: Adults Meeting point: Main entrance / foyer FOTO ARSENAL WIEN Registration necessary. Buy your ticket here. More information: activities@fotoarsenalwien.at

Conference & exhibition “Photo I Brut”: interview on OE1

Conference & exhibition “Photo I Brut”: interview on OE1

Radio programme “Leporello” covered “Photo I Brut” on 23 June. Listen to the podcast! Linn Ritsch interviews Monika Pietrzak-Franger (University of Vienna) and Felix Hoffmann (Foto Arsenal Wien) for OE1 on the conference “Photo I Brut . Artistic Practices Between Visual Culture and Health: Museums, Markets and Artists” (17 June 2026) and the Foto Arsenal Wien exhibition “Photo I Brut”. Listen to the podcast: “Photo Brut: Kunst und Ethik” More about the exhibition “Photo I Brut”More about the Lecture series…

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Icon der Ausstellung "Horizontal" an der Charité Berlin (29.5.26-2.5.27)
Sonderausstellung “Horizontal – Das Krankenbett und die Welt im Liegen”

Sonderausstellung “Horizontal – Das Krankenbett und die Welt im Liegen”

im Berliner Medizinhistorischen Museum (bmm) der Charité (vom 29.5.2026 bis zum 2.5.2027) — Nichts ist so sehr mit dem Kranksein verbunden wie das Liegen im Bett. Die Sonderausstellung “Horizontal – Das Krankenbett und die Welt im Liegen” geht der Frage nach, wie sich Wahrnehmung und Weltbezug verändern, wenn das Bett zum Lebensmittelpunkt wird. Historische Objekte und Archivmaterialien, künstlerische Arbeiten, aktivistische Positionen und die Stimmen Betroffener treten in einen Dialog, der den Bogen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart spannt….

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Poster of event "Who Is 'The Watermelon Woman'" at Stadtkino Wien on 29 June 2026, 2 pm
Who Is “The Watermelon Woman”?. A film by Cheryl Dunye

Who Is “The Watermelon Woman”?. A film by Cheryl Dunye

29 June 2026, 2 pm @Stadtkino Wien (Akademiestr. 13, 1010) — Film screening and conversation with Prof. Dr. Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Kamilla Peter and Vicenzo Straface. This event is presented as the final project of the PhD Seminar “How Can the Humanities Change the World?” at the University of Vienna. Find the event on Stadtkino website. Entrance fee € 7 – buy and reserve your tickets

Conference “Photo I Brut . Artistic Practices Between Visual Culture and Health: Museums, Markets and Artists”

Conference “Photo I Brut . Artistic Practices Between Visual Culture and Health: Museums, Markets and Artists”

17 June 2026, 15:00-19:00, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN — Organised and moderated by: Monika Pietrzak-Franger (University of Vienna) and Felix Hoffmann (Foto Arsenal Wien) Medicine has never been a purely scientific enterprise. It is deeply embedded in cultural imaginaries, visual regimes, and aesthetic practices: from anatomical atlases, hospital architecture, and early medical photography to contemporary imaging technologies, and artistic engagements with illness and care. This conference, held within the frame of both the Foto Arsenal Wien exhibition “Photo I Brut” and…

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Illustration for Workshop "Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care (copyright Lyndsay Mann)
Workshop “Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care” (15-16 June 2026)

Workshop “Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care” (15-16 June 2026)

We are excited to announce this workshop which will bring together scholars, researchers and artists from different contexts and with varied backgrounds to imagine new pedagogical practices that include the body as archive of affective and sensory experiences and in this way contribute to new insights in teaching and learning. The idea of this workshop is to start building a community and to offer an inspiring space for thinking, learning and exchange, with an emphasis on practice and interdisciplinarity.We want…

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Invitation to Monika Pietrzak-Franger's talk "Living with Long COVID" (part of the lecture series "Visual Culture, Photography and Medicine")
20 May, 6:30 pm: Monika Pietrzak-Franger speaks about “Living with Long COVID: Health Literacy, Patient Experience and Photography”

20 May, 6:30 pm: Monika Pietrzak-Franger speaks about “Living with Long COVID: Health Literacy, Patient Experience and Photography”

Monika Pietrzak-Franger’s talk is part of this semester’s lecture series “Visual Culture, Photography and Medicine: Bodies, Technologies and the Politics of Seeing” and will be held on Wednesday, 20 May, 18:30-20:00 pm, at Hs.C1, Campus AAKH (Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna). The effects of Long Covid remain palpable worldwide, despite the official ‘end of the pandemic’. This continues to raise questions about the individual, social and political dimensions of this condition. Long Covid is an exemplary case for a growing number…

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Photo | Brut . Feeling Photography – From the Bruno Decharme Collection

Photo | Brut . Feeling Photography – From the Bruno Decharme Collection

Was, wenn Fotografie keine Regeln kennt? Die Ausstellung Photo | Brut . Feeling Photography lädt in eine Welt ein, die jenseits des akademischen Kanons und der Normen des Kunstmarkts existiert. Präsentiert werden leidenschaftliche, eigenständige Bildwelten von Autodidakt*innen, die die Fotografie als Werkzeug der emotionalen Verarbeitung begreifen. Ähnlich wie die Kunstrichtungenen der Art Brut ist auch die Photo Brut von individuellen Leidenschaften, marginalisierten Lebenssituationen und extremen Umständen geprägt. Das FOTO ARSENAL WIEN ermöglicht erstmals in Österreich einen umfassenden Einblick in über…

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