FAVORIT marks the entrance to the 10th district between the Main Train Station and Favoritenstrasse at the Sonnwendplatz and activates this abandoned square through this "active sculpture" that can be used by the public.

Favoriten is currently undergoing a major transformation process: not only the new Main Train Station and the new neighbourhoods/ housing quarters such as the Sonnwendviertel, the Quartiershausareal or the Brotfabrik have already changed the district, but also art institutions such as Belvedere 21 have reacted to this, and projects such as Kempelenpark (temporary refugee accommodation) and "Fokus Favoriten" (KÖR Wien) have addressed the re-shaping of the district and the transformation process of public spaces.

FAVORIT provides an informal public meeting place and cultural space in this district, which is essentially shaped by cultures of different backgrounds, to be appropriated by the people. FAVORIT thus links the "newcomers" (new residents in the new neighborhoods, who are significantly changing the demography of the district) to the "home based" (> in reversal of Vilém Flusser's terms).

The programmes of FAVORIT are realised in cooperation with Stand 129.

Parallel to the successful and transdisciplinary programming of the FAVORIT, which was conceived as temporary installation within the framework of SHIFT IV and limited to the end of September 2021, we aimed to find a permanent location for the FAVORIT in order to make it available for further cultural use.

Permanent installation of the FAVORIT
Zukunftshof, Favoriten

After half a year of active use at Sonnwendplatzl, the FAVORIT could be moved to its new permanent location, the Zukunftshof, on Oct. 28, 2021. Thus, the FAVORIT remains in Favoriten, at the other end of the district. Concepts for further use will be developed in cooperation with Andreas Gugumuck and transparadiso. After the winter, new life will move into the FAVORIT.