House of Aww is an interdisciplinary exhibition project featuring works by Olga Titus and Käthe Schönle, curated by Paula Marschalek. Birgit Graschopf has been invited as a special guest artist.

The exhibition invites visitors to explore the tensions between closeness and strangeness, protection and limitation, tradition and transformation—and to experience the power of artistic collaboration. The concept of “house” serves as a leitmotif: mental and physical spaces are created that address themes of security, safety, refuge, and memory, while also telling of ruptures and ambivalent meanings.

The artists join forces to collaboratively develop new works, which they present as a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. In doing so, they question artistic production and presentation in a playful, critical way. Different working methods and approaches come together, both analog and digital. Questions of identity, womanhood, and humanity overlap, with a focus on social and cultural structures..

“House of Awe” is designed as a multi-year exhibition series, with the first part, “Entrance / The Hallway,” of this conceptual structure being shown in Vienna.

In a time of profound transformation, we are confronted with the question of how we can and want to respond to the dynamic changes of our present. “With this exhibition series,” says Paula Marschalek, “we want to break new ground and use art as an active force.”