On May 21, 2026, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN will open the exhibition Photo I Brut . Feeling Photography – From the Bruno Decharme Collection and launch the festival Vienna Digital Cultures 2026.

7:00 p.m. Doors open

Speakers:

Veronica Kaup-Hasler, City Councillor for Culture and Science of the City of Vienna 

Felix Hoffmann, Artistic Director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and FOTO WIEN, Codirector Vienna Digital Cultures

Nadim Samman, Curator Vienna Digital Cultures

In Anwesenheit:

Bruno Decharme and Barbara Safarova, The collectors of Photo I Brut

Michelle Cotton, Artistic Director Kunsthalle Wien and Codirector Vienna Digital Cultures

Georg Hoffmann, Director Museum of Military History

Followed by
DJ sets by HYPER HYPER and KAROLINA

Free Admission

About Photo I Brut . Feeling Photography – From the Bruno Decharme Collection:
The exhibition presents sorts of passionate explorations of artistic processes by autodidacts who use photography to create independent artistic and visual worlds outside the normative understanding of art. These include people with emotional or physical limitations, social outsiders, and clandestine creators who investigate new artistic issues and aesthetic approaches, creating-sometimes over decades-works of great aesthetic relevance that are not oriented on an academic ca non, social norms, or rules of the art market, but are dedicated to processing feelings.

For the first time, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN gives visitors in Austria the chance to explore work generated by over forty artistic processes from more than ten countries in one of the largest collections of Photo Brut, which French filmmaker Bruno Decharme has been amassing for over forty years. 

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About Vienna Digital Cultures:
Vienna Digital Cultures is an art, performance and discourse platform that has been exploring the cultural impact of digital technologies since 2025. At its core is an annual festival that brings together international artists, experts and communities to reflect on the present moment shaped by digital transformation. This is complemented by an annual exhibition and an ongoing web presence, which provides a space for artistic, curatorial and academic contributions. Vienna Digital Cultures is organised on a rotating basis each year by FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and Kunsthalle Wien.

The 2026 edition of VDC opens on May 21, 2026 at FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, unfolding with an extensive program during the opening weekend from 22 to 24 May. Across exhibition spaces, public locations, and digital platforms, VDC 2026 will present installations, performances, talks, screenings, and club nights. The accompanying exhibition will be on view at FOTO ARSENAL WIEN from May 22 to September 6, 2026.

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Credits:
ANONYMOUS „METTREAUX“, untitled, signed „METTREAUX“ on the reverse and dated February 19, 2020 © Photo | Brut, Collection Bruno Decharme
Lu Yang, DOKU The Creator, 2025 © Lu Yang