We speak for ourselves! Prisoners speak out
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić

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WIENWOCHE
We speak for ourselves!
Prisoners speak out
“Every prisoner is a stranger in their homeland”, said a prisoner. What does it mean to have no voice and to not be heard in the world out there? What rights do prisoners, many of them migrants, have here in Austria? The project addresses the issue of human dignity in prison and refers to concepts such as human dignity versus degradation, resistance versus adaptation, solidarity versus desolidarisation. Here, the prisoners have the floor. They speak for themselves and share their experiences. It is about representing one's own interests, expressing and reflecting on oneself through art, and finding training and work opportunities. What needs to change and who is fighting for it? The protagonist in the project is the Union for Prisoners' Rights, the first self-organised representation of prisoners in Austria.
Experience reports of former prisoners as well as the results of an art competition on the subject of ‘Human Dignity in Prison’ are shown as part of WIENWOCHE. The public presentation includes video recordings of interviews and a discussion with former prisoners and an exhibition of pictures and texts from prison. A cooking performance with prison recipes will provide further insights into the everyday lives of prisoners. Prisoners become visible and audible with their demand for solidarity in the fight for more rights and social participation.
Credits
Images and texts: Anonymous prisoners
Video interviews: Anonymous ex-prisoners
Project Co-Leader, Videos, AV-Production: Robert Bogić
Project Co-Leader, Interviews, Text Production: Monika Mokre
Design and Production Exhibition, Visuals, Social Media: Miriam Suranyi, Cansu Tandoğan
Cooking Performance: Michael Kalivoda, Michelle Riepan, Andrei Florin Varga
Laufende Filmvorführungen während der Ausstellung:
Interview mit Samuel Meffire, Trainer für Gefahrenlagen und ehemaliger Gefangener
Interview mit Achmed Mitaev , Produzent von "Cop und Che" und ehemaliger Gefangener
"Attica" (1974) von Cinda Firestone (Englisch)
"Sur les toits", (Auf den Dächern) (2014) von Nicolas Drolc (Französisch mit englischen Untertiteln)
COPEL: una historia de rebeldia y dignidad" COPEL: (Eine Geschichte der Rebellion und der Würde) (2018), Kollektiv ehemaliger COPEL-Gefangener (Spanisch mit deutschen Untertiteln)
Guided tour through the exhibition: Mansoor Ahmed Saad Abdo Adayfi, Guantánamo Project, Rubia Salgado, das kollektiv, Herwig Baumgartner, Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen, Martin Steinbach, inmates-shelter
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14.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
OPENING EVENT
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Opening Event Program accompanied by Hor 29. Novembar:
16:00 - 16:15 Gathering
16:15 - 16:45 On boarding performance
We wish you a safe ride (EN)
17:00 - 19:00 *Discussion “Organize! Grassroot unionizing in Vienna” (EN)
19:00 - 19:30 Opening Speeches (DE)
19:30-20:00 Hor 29. Novembar
20:00 - 22:00 Performance “Cooking like in prison” (Karls Garten)
14.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
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Representation organized around traditional forms of employment does not correspond to the contemporary forms of contracting. While the struggle for collective rights is still ongoing, working people are forced to become self-employed or work under even more precarious conditions. The grassroot unionizing bridges the established status quo and the real needs of the working people in order to provide a perspective for future structural changes. WIENWOCHE supports unionizing efforts of migrant au- pairs, prisoners and platform workers in Austria and provides a stage for exchange with Viennese and international initiatives.
Keynote:
»Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union and T.C.O.E.W., NY Staten Island
Moderators:
»Monika Mokre, political scientist
Participants:
»Sheri Avraham, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna Working Union
»Madelaine Engstler, Former captain and rider organizer
»Nino Heimerl, System Change not Climate Change
»Maddi Latimer, AuPair Repair
»Sónia Melo, Sezonieri
»Stephan Vesco, Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen
Event in cooperation with Arbeiterkammer Wien.
15.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
GUIDED TOUR AND DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF PRISON
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Guided Tour and Discussion with Mansoor Adayfi, Guantánamo Project
15.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
GUIDED TOUR AND DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF PRISON
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Guided Tour and Discussion with Rubia Salgado, das kollektiv
17.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
17.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
GUIDED TOUR AND DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF PRISON
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Herwig Baumgartner, ehemaliger Gefangener und Mitgründer der Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen, Martin Steinbach, ehemaliger Gefangener und Gründer von inmates-shelter
18.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
19.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
20.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
21.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić
EXHIBITION OPEN TO VIEW
22.09.
Union für die Rechte von Gefangenen - Monika Mokre & Robert Bogić