On October 3, 2025, starting at 7 pm, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN invites you to the opening of FOTO WIEN 2025 and the exhibition Science Fiction—A Non-History of Plants.

SPEAKERS

Veronica Kaup-Hasler, City Councilor of Cultural Affairs and Science in Vienna

Clothilde Morette, Artistic Director & Victoria Aresheva, Curator
MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris

Mona Schubert, Curator FOTO ARSENAL WIEN & FOTO WIEN

Felix Hoffmann, Artistic Director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN & FOTO WIEN

Artists and program partners of FOTO WIEN 2025 will be present.


FOLLOWED BY

Musical curation by RADIO RUDINA
Party & Drinks
Free admission
No registration necessary.

FOTO WIEN 2025

Austria’s largest biennial photography festival will transform Vienna into a vibrant stage for the medium of photography from October 3 to November 2, 2025. Across the city, program partners will showcase a wide range of exhibitions, events, and artistic encounters.

OPENING DAYS and BOOK DAYS of FOTO WIEN 2025 will take place at FOTO ARSENAL WIEN on October 4 and 5, 2025.

Science/Fiction—A Non-History of Plants 

What if plants were more intelligent than we thought? What if they could observe, communicate—and perhaps even dream? Science/Fiction—A Non-History of Plants, presented as part of FOTO WIEN 2025, explores the sensuous, speculative, and insightful history of the plant world. In collaboration with the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris, the group show brings together works by over forty international artists. Historical pioneers of photography enter into dialogue with contemporary artists.

Credits: Agnieszka Polska, The Book of Flowers, HD video, 9 min. 55 sec., 2023. Courtesy Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna.