Wiener Lichtblicke
VIENNA RAYS OF HOPE
2020/21
I. Menschenrechte im Licht der Kunst
I. Human Rights in the Light of Art
HeimatFremdeHeimat gibt einen kurzen Einblick in die Geschichte der Charta der Menschenrechte. In einem historischen Ausschnitt spricht Eleanor Roosevelt, die Vorsitzende der Menschenrechtskommission (1946 – 1951) und die entscheidende Verfasserin der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte, die am 10.12.1948 beschlossen wurde.
Was würde sie zu den Wiener Lichtblicken sagen?
Shams Asadi, die Menschenrechtsbeauftragte der Stadt Wien, die hier zu Wort kommt – würde gern mit Eleanor Roosevelt die 10 Lichtblicke besuchen …
This short report by Ajda Sticker, ORF: HeimatFremdeHeimat, gives an insight into the history of human rights and the special role of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Editorial Ajda Sticker
Photography Gerd Fellner, Rolf Leitenbor
Editing Robert Flanitzer
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After President Roosevelt’s death in 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed Eleanor a delegate to the United Nations (UN), where she served as chairman of the Commission on Human Rights (1946–51) and played a major role in the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). In the last decade of her life she continued to play an active part in the Democratic Party, working for the election of Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956. Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt und WIENER LICHTBLICKE, ORF 2020
HeimatFremdeHeimat, ORF
Gestaltung Ajda Sticker
Kamera Gerd Fellner, Rolf Leitenbor
Schnitt Robert Flanitzer
WIENER LICHTBLICKE, 3-min-Video ©NIPAS/Noah Albrecht Lafelle_Bildrecht 2020
Statement Shams Asadi
A big thank you to the Public Lighting Department of the City of Vienna, MA 33, Wien leuchtet! Even in times of restrictions, the dedicated employees of Public Lighting ensure our well-being and sense of security. Great that this engineering department also has a sense for art. Such a beautiful collaboration! Many thanks for that!
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NIPAS Logo: Deborah Sengl
10.000 Steps to
10 Light Interventions
Walk, take a breath, and immerse yourself
The path stretches over seven kilometres and takes approximately two to three hours to walk. – From sunset to sundown
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“Erhellt dunkle Zeiten und hält Körper und Geist in Bewegung:
Die Installation Wiener Lichtblicke von Künstlerin Victoria Coeln verbindet an zehn Plätzen, Parks und Straßen der Stadt Menschenrechte mit Kunst. Sobald die Dämmerung einsetzt, geht das Licht an: Regenbogenfarben, weißes Licht und sogar Grafiken kunstvoller Fantasietiere – wie die Zebra-Tigerin von Deborah Sengl – erstrahlen jede Nacht. ” (Die StadtSpionin)
“Brightens dark times and keeps body and mind moving:
The installation Wiener Lichtblicke by artist Victoria Coeln combines human rights with art at ten squares, parks and streets in the city. As soon as dusk falls, the lights come on: rainbow colours, white light and even graphics of artistic fantasy animals – like Deborah Sengl’s zebra tiger – shine every night. For the walk in the form of a schnitzel (or in the form of Austria 😉 it is best to use the ready-made online map in Google Maps with pictures and information on all places. (Die StadtSpionin The CitySpy)
“Space and art for all as a human right – walk to significant places.
The seven-kilometre walk to all the installations takes about one and a half hours, starting from the Platz der Menschenrechte in front of the Museumsquartier. It takes you from the 4th to the 3rd district, on to the Innere Stadt, then to the 8th district, from there to the 7th district and back to the start. An overview map of the tour can be downloaded from the website of NIPAS, which is responsible for the design. On the same website, a Google Map is embedded on which the individual stations are also marked, supplemented by photos and explanatory texts on the respective locations of the installations. If you star the embedded map, you can access it regularly in your Google Maps app.” (1000 Things to do in Vienna)
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
“Raum und Kunst für alle als Menschenrecht – Spaziergang zu bedeutenden Plätzen
Der sieben Kilometer lange Rundgang zu allen Installationen dauert etwa eineinhalb Stunden, ausgehend vom Platz der Menschenrechte vor dem Museumsquartier. Er führt euch über den 4. in den 3. Bezirk, weiter in die Innere Stadt, dann in den 8. Bezirk, von dort in den 7. Bezirk und wieder zum Start. Ein Übersichtsplan zum Rundgang ist auf der Website des NIPAS herunterzuladen, das für die Gestaltung verantwortlich ist. Auf derselben Website ist eine Google Map eingebettet, auf der die einzelnen Stationen ebenfalls eingezeichnet sind, ergänzt durch Fotos und Erklärungstexte zu den jeweiligen Standorten der Installationen. Wenn ihr die eingebettete Map mit einem Stern verseht, könnt ihr sie regulär in eurer Google-Maps-App abrufen.”
(1000 Things to do in Vienna)
“Brightens dark times and keeps body and mind moving:
The installation Wiener Lichtblicke by artist Victoria Coeln combines human rights with art at ten squares, parks and streets in the city. As soon as dusk falls, the lights come on: rainbow colours, white light and even graphics of artistic fantasy animals – like Deborah Sengl’s zebra tiger – shine every night. For the walk in the form of a schnitzel (or in the form of Austria 😉 it is best to use the ready-made online map in Google Maps with pictures and information on all places. (Die StadtSpionin The CitySpy)
“Space and art for all as a human right – walk to significant places.
The seven-kilometre walk to all the installations takes about one and a half hours, starting from the Platz der Menschenrechte in front of the Museumsquartier. It takes you from the 4th to the 3rd district, on to the Innere Stadt, then to the 8th district, from there to the 7th district and back to the start. An overview map of the tour can be downloaded from the website of NIPAS, which is responsible for the design. On the same website, a Google Map is embedded on which the individual stations are also marked, supplemented by photos and explanatory texts on the respective locations of the installations. If you star the embedded map, you can access it regularly in your Google Maps app.” (1000 Things to do in Vienna)
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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One-minute-Clip mit Kulturstadträtin Veronica Kaup-Hasler und Vize-Bürgermeister Christoph Wiederkehr
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Please find here the one-minute-clip with City Councilor for Culture Veronica Kaup-Hasler and Vice-Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr within the project Wiener Lichtblicke [Vienna rays of Hope]
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Zur besonderen Freude der Kinder überschreiben Lichtgrafiken nicht nur Feuermauern und Stadtelemente, sondern auch Boden- und Grasflächen, Plätze und Wege. Das spontane Licht Spielen der Jüngsten ist eine Einladung an alle, auch an ältere Generationen, sich der Neugierde und Entdeckungslust zu öffnen und den öffentlichen Raum neu zu erkunden. Über Feiertage und den Jahreswechsel hinaus schaffen die Wiener Lichtblicke eine Möglichkeit, allen Einschränkungen zum Trotz, Körper und Geist zu bewegen. Auch das ist ein Menschenrecht.
Aus nächster Nähe sieht man in den Linien, dass sich weißes Licht in Spektralfarben aufspaltet, eine Referenz an die Metapher des Regenbogens für Würde, Gleichheit und Frieden.
It is a personal concern of ours to strengthen human rights, the courage for civil courage and thus also the courage for the appropriation of space and self-empowerment with the means of art. In this sense, it is more than important to us to create open spaces – open to all people and free from a priori fixed interpretations. Everyone should be able to find their own space – not what they think they have to see and discover or understand. In this way, perceptions, memories and visionary ideas can complement and perhaps even contradict each other – or find and invent something entirely new – on the scale of art, this will never be wrong. (Heike Sütter)
To the special delight of the children, light graphics not only overwrite fire walls and city elements, but above all ground and grass surfaces, squares and paths. The spontaneous light play of the youngest is an invitation to all, including older generations, to open themselves to curiosity and the desire to discover and to explore public space anew. Beyond the holidays and the turn of the year, the Wiener Lichtblicke create an opportunity to move body and mind despite all limitations. This is also a human right. Up close, you can see in the lines that white light splits into spectral colours, a reference to the metaphor of the rainbow for dignity, equality and peace.
Im Licht der Kunst kommen Menschen zu Wort, die sich beruflich und privat für Menschenrechte einsetzen. Im 7-Minuten-Trailer der Wiener Lichtblicke sagen sie, was sie bewegt und was sie ins Licht rücken wollen.
In the Light of Art, people who are committed to human rights, both professionally and privately, have their say. In the 7-minute trailer of the Wiener Lichtblicke [Vienna Rays of Hope] they say what moves them and what they want to bring into the light.
WIENER LICHTBLICKE, 7-Minuten-Kurzfilm ©NIPAS_Bildrecht 2020
Bodies of Light
WIENER LICHTBLICKE, 3-min-Video ©NIPAS/Mikhail Evstratov_Bildrecht 2021
A big thank you to the Public Lighting Department of the City of Vienna, MA 33, Wien leuchtet! Even in times of restrictions, the dedicated employees of Public Lighting ensure our well-being and sense of security. Great that this engineering department also has a sense for art. Such a beautiful collaboration! Many thanks for that!
Danke Stadt Wien - Wien leuchtet (MA 33)
WIENER LICHTBLICKE, 1-min-Video ©NIPAS_Bildrecht 2021
Ein herzliches Danke an die Öffentliche Beleuchtung der Stadt Wien, MA 33, Wien leuchtet! Selbst in Zeiten von Einschränkungen sorgen die engagierten Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen der Öffentlichen Beleuchtung für unser Wohlbefinden und unser Sicherheitsgefühl. Großartig, dass diese Technikabteilung auch noch Sinn für Kunst hat.Wir bedanken uns für die gute Zusammenarbeit!
A heartfelt thank you to the Public Lighting Department of the City of Vienna, MA 33, Wien leuchtet! Even in times of restrictions, the dedicated employees of Public Lighting ensure our well-being and sense of security. It is great that this technical department also has a sense for art. We thank them for the good cooperation!
