The focus of the exhibition lays on emotions in the area of tensions between multiple contemporary crises and an increasingly polarised political climate. It responds to a present situation in which systemic extraction, political manipulation, and enforced self-repression collide with the basic need for fulfilment, happiness, and hope.

The artworks on display reflect on the formation of emotional maturity through upbringing, education and social norms. They explore how anxieties can be addressed, empathy fostered, loss overcome, and hostile forces resisted. Moreover, they articulate the urgency of collective healing, mutual care, and sustaining hope in uncertain times – while recognising quiet resilience and the small everyday gestures that surface in the cracks of the system.

Opening: Friday, 30 January 2026, 18:00-24:00

Opening ceremony: 20:00, with Ministry of Small Pleasures – Katarína Poliačiková, Space for Action – Mouries Collective, Performance – Oleksandr Halishchuk

Programme on Saturday, 31 January 2026: 13:30, Exhibition tour with curators and artists. 16:30, Session with Mouries Collective (Registration required)

Venue: < rotor >, Volksgartenstraße 6a, Graz

Participating artists: Róza El-Hassan, ex-artists’ collective (Tamás Kaszás & Anikó Loránt), Oleksandr Halishchuk, The Hologram, Jana Kapelová, Eva Kot´átková, Mouries Collective, Katarína Poliačiková

Curated by Judit Angel, Eliška Mazalanová, Margarethe Makovec, Anton Lederer

Opening hours:

Mon-Fri 10:00–18:00

Sat 12:00–16:00

Admission free!

»In the Wheel of Emotions« is a cooperation of < rotor > and tranzit.sk, Bratislava. Realised with the support of the Czech Center Vienna.

Header image: Róza El-Hassan, »Tear-head I.«, 2025, Photo: Áron Weber, courtesy Longtermhandstand