XsentrikArts
We use the power of storytelling to communicate intricate themes to wider audiences, inspire and create change and foster dialogue.
Xsentrikarts is a non-profit project incubator. We combine research methods with artistic practice, capacity building and exchange to activate and promote social change, sustainability, inclusion and well-being – in our built environment as well as within ourselves and amongst each other.
In short, we’re curious about us: our stories, our hopes, our past and our future. We’re based out of Vienna, Austria, and are active in numerous EU funded projects as a communications, mediation, stakeholder involvement, research and/or dissemination partner.
Who are we?
Xsentrik News
What have we been upto?
First P-Spot a great success
OUR firsT P-Spot event was a great success We met with Benjamin Ergün and the Wiir team to start off a great event on Meidlinger Markt’s Reschgasse. Three parking spots
Parking Day Kicks off
Park(ING) day for fitness kicks off, in collaboration with MeiMeidling! Our first p-spot event We’ll be sectioning off 3 Parking Spots at the Meidlinger Markt in Vienna’s 12th district for
Xsentrikarts is an inter-disciplinary non-profit project incubator, active in promoting social change , urban regeneration, physical wellbeing and grass roots activation through arts, creativity and the use of story telling.
Collaboration with Wonderland
XsentrikArts has been collaborating with wonderland platform for European Architecture on a series of short documentary films (funded by the Austrian Federal Chancellery) exploring unique and inspiring stories of Viennese
Xsentrikarts films at Budapest Architecture Film days
Two documentaries co-produced by XsentrikArts housing were featured in the Budapest Architecture Film days line up and screened during the festival. The featured films were on the London CLT, a
Open Heritage documentary series complete
16 inspiring cases from all around Europe: Open Heritage Yilmaz Vurucu traversed across Europe with Levente Polyak to create this unique documentary series, which focuses on unique sites and initiatives
Xsentrik Projects
Some of the stuff we’re currently working on
BioYouToon
Funded by the Erasmus + Program (EU), BioYouToon aims to raise awareness among youth through capacity building, exchange and... storytelling. Xsentrikarts will oversee the process and work with young artists in Vienna to create a series of digital comics we hope will inspire a new generation to take action.
Parking Day for Fitness
Funded by the Erasmus Sports Program (EU), Park(ING) Day For Fitness took place across Europe. Our partners organized a series of events that transformed public space and parking spots into activity zones. Read more about it and view the videos from events on the Parking Day page.
I feel human. again.
This short sci-fi drama directed by Yilmaz Vurucu, follows the story of Melissa (Tamalynne Grant) who inherits a struggling dive bar from her deceased father (Dennis Kozeluh). Yet, along with a considerable amount of debt. The apparent resurrection of her father creates challenges she must overcome.
Xsentrik Magazine & cinema
Here are some articles and documentaries produced by our in-house team. We promote and tell the stories of initiatives, places and people engaged in projects that activate or regenerate buildings, communities, and societies.
Wonderland Films - our stories
This series of short documentary films (funded by the Austrian Federal Chancellery) , explore unique and inspiring stories of Viennese artists and initiatives that promote sustainable living and change the way we interact with out built environments. Click the title and read/view!
Open Heritage Documentaries
OH was a EU Horizon project that researched industrial heritage sites. We co-produced mini-docs on the history, process, structure and finances of sites in numerous cities throughout Europe: how they came to be, the challenges they faced, and the impact they’ve had on their neighbourhoods as well as the city at large since. Click the title and view them all!
District Book series
From the open book shelf in Brunnenmarkt to a woodworking and design atalier that values sustainability: we've been researching socially inclusive and sustainable initiatives and love to tell their stories. Begegnungsorte is a series of short documentaries (funded by the Austrian Federal Chancellery) that follows Viennese initatives. Click on the title, view the films and be inspired by these local organizations.