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SDGs at the focus of art

BURN-IN GreenART SDGs

SDGs at the focus of art

Art as a fig leaf or as system intervention?

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are both a global frame of reference and an open space of opportunity. BURN-IN translates this knowledge into projects in which art not only illustrates sustainability, but also opens up new perspectives, sets processes in motion and creates connections between companies, society and culture.

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If sustainability is to gain depth

Sustainability has arrived in strategies, mission statements and communication processes. Art is also increasingly being placed in this context: as visual reinforcement, as a cultural gesture, as a credible impulse. This is where the real question begins: will art remain a side effect - or will it become a space in which debate, friction and new perspectives become possible?

BURN-IN starts at this transition. Not where sustainability only looks good, but where concrete projects arise from attitudes. We do not see the SDGs as a decorative catalog of goals, but as an international framework for thought and action, from which projects, collaborations and resonance spaces can be developed.

This page is therefore not an invitation to symbolic participation, but rather a deepening for companies, organizations, institutions and artists who want to think about sustainability in a cultural, communicative and artistic way.

GreenART

A sphere of influence between responsibility and the future

The four pillars - and what is built on them

GreenART combines aesthetic quality with social relevance. In the field of tension between ecology, society, economy and culture, projects are created in which art does not stand alongside change, but becomes part of it.

Ecology
Art makes ecological connections visible, tangible and renegotiable.
Society
Art opens up spaces for participation, a change of perspective and dialog about shared responsibility.
Economy
Art can deepen corporate sustainability, question it and make it more credible.
Culture
Art creates resonance where routines freeze and brings movement to questions of attitude and identity.
SDGs

Art as system intervention

A global framework. Many concrete possibilities.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are globally compatible and at the same time open enough to connect very different topics, concerns and contexts. This is precisely their strength: they create a common language between business, culture, science, education, the public sphere and society.

For BURN-IN, the SDGs are not a label that is given to a project retrospectively. They are a starting point for questions: Where is there pressure to act? Where is there friction? Where do we need new images, new formats, new conversations? And how can art contribute to turning abstract goals into concrete projects?

Formats, spaces, points of contact

A common space of possibilities opens up between entrepreneurial concerns and artistic forms of expression. Depending on the context, different formats, media and points of contact emerge.

Companies

  • Exhibitions related to the SDG
  • Künstlerische Interventionen
  • Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
  • Dialog- und Workshopformate
  • Kunst im Unternehmenskontext
  • Ortsspezifische Projekte
  • Narratives for CSR and ESG
  • Art-Branding
  • Collaborations with institutions
  • Formats for education and the public
  • Projects in vacant buildings
  • Impulses for corporate culture

Artistic positions

  • Painting (abstract)
  • Painting (figurative)
  • Malerei (botanisch)
  • Fotografie
  • Skulpturen
  • Lichtkunst
  • Digitale Kunst
  • Installationen
  • Kinetic work
  • AR / VR
  • Data Art
  • Performative Art
  • KI-generierte Werke
  • Partizipative Formate

How a request becomes a project

Step 1
Conversation

We don't start with a standard package, but rather a shared understanding of the issue, context and objective.

Step 2
Focus

We sharpen the relevant topics, areas of tension and possible SDG references.

Step 3
Concept

BURN-IN develops a suitable format - curatorial, strategic and communicative.

Step 4
Implementation

Depending on the project, we support implementation, communication, activation and further development.

For whom

For people and organizations
who want to go further

The company

who not only want to communicate sustainability, values and the future, but also deepen them culturally

Organizations and institutions

who are looking for new formats to make social responsibility visible and effective local authorities, educational stakeholders and public partners who want to shape spaces of change and reach different target groups differently

Artists

who want their work to have an impact on social, ecological and economic issues Cooperation partners from culture, science and business who want to develop interdisciplinary projects with BURN-IN

Cooperation partners from culture, science and business

who want to develop interdisciplinary projects with BURN-IN

BURN-IN competence

What BURN-IN brings to the table

BURN-IN combines curatorial thinking, strategic communication, GreenART expertise and many years of experience at the interface between art, business and society. The result is not standard solutions, but projects with their own profile, clear attitude and precise implementation.

Cooperation

BURN-IN impact areas

We support SDG-related projects from initial clarification to visible implementation - conceptually, curatorially, communicatively and organizationally.

Conception & Strategy
  • Clarify concerns and context
  • SDG focus sharpened
  • Themen verdichten
  • Wirkungslogik entwickeln
  • Formate strategisch aufsetzen
Curation & Development
  • Define artistic approaches
  • Design projects and collaborations
  • Inhalte strukturieren
  • Dramaturgien aufbauen
  • Resonanzräume gestalten
Communication & positioning
  • Storytelling and text development
  • Sharpening lines of communication
  • Sichtbarkeit und Anschlussfähigkeit erhöhen
  • PR- and content ideas
  • Specify the language
Implementation & activation
  • Implement exhibitions and formats
  • Involve partners
  • Accompany communication measures
  • Öffentlichkeit ansprechen
  • Projekte weiterdenken
Experience space

Past projects, new perspectives

The previous projects and exhibitions form a reference space for new projects.

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  • 02.06. - 03.07.2020
    Iridescent Iceland
    Ausstellung Event GreenART Anderswelt

    A monochrome composition of painting and photographyAn artistic volcano knows where to erupt. Manfred Hinrich, German philosopher, philologist, writerIn June 2020, BURN-IN invites you to an incredible…

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  • Wiesmayr COOL SUMMER BREEZE campaign
    Agentur Casestudy Corporate Culture GreenART Kampagne Fullservice

    Seit vielen Jahren konzipiert und managt unsere Agentur ganzheitliche, emotionale Kommunikationskampagnen für unseren Kunden Wiesmayr Klimatechnik und zeigt, dass auch in technikaffinen Branchen …

    zum Beitrag
  • 02. - 30.11.2016
    MAGIC LIGHTS
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Cecilia Flaten CL

    "The real voyage of discovery strives notto new lands, but toto see things with new eyes"Norwegian proverbCHANGING THINGS TOGETHER WITH ARTNovember is all about the magic light at the contemporary BUR…

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  • 02. - 22.07.2019
    Summer Exhibition 1 | July 19
    Summer-Exhibition Event Ausstellung GreenART

    After 2015 and 2017, BURN-IN invites in July and August 2019 to the 3rd International Summer-Exhibitions in Vienna and presents two fascinating exhibitions on the focus theme GreenART. Seven artists f…

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  • BURN-IN BUSINESS CIRCLE I
    Corporate Culture Business Circle News Kunst-Branding GreenART Event

    The first BURN-IN BUSINESS CIRLE is history!A select circle from politics, art and business gathered at the BURN-IN Gallery & Think Tank on June 16, 2016.Including Dr. Erhard Busek (former Vice Chance…

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  • 01. - 29.10.2020
    Mr. Biedermann and Mrs. Green
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Ellen Semen AT

    About 200 years ago, it was not a life-threatening virus but a restorative political system, including an all-surveilling secret police, that made people flee into privacy.Elke Doppler, Wien Museum Ma…

    zur Ausstellung
  • 07. - 24.12.2020
    My journey through Istria
    Event Galerie Ausstellung GreenART

    Snježana Vidović HR

    Everything here, everything is theirs. Steep slopes, trails, spruce trees, rocks, old quarries. Everything belongs to you. And more. Everything that surrounds them is them. Their grandfathers created …

    zur Ausstellung
  • 02. - 30.11.2017
    Destruction as the cause of becoming
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Stefan Korinek AT

    BURN-IN met Stefan Korinek in the spring of 2017 at a vernissage in the BernARTgasse studio, where he presented his "LichtGestalten" with Matthias Kretschmer. The subsequent studio visit in Stockerau …

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  • Update MGI Liezen
    Corporate Culture GreenART Kunst-Branding News Casestudy flashback

    BURN-IN developed an art branding concept for MGI Liezen that visibly profiled an established company location and translated architecture, attitude and future prospects into a strong overall idea.

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  • GreenART curated by Alberta | submit now!
    Galerie GreenART Einreichen

    Interested in a curated, perfectly managed GreenART exhibition in the heart of Vienna? BURN-IN is looking for artists who think out of the box and address the major issues of our time with regard to t…

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  • Dr. Werner Fasslabend | Mag. Martina Fasslabend | Nino Perrone | Dkfm. Sonja Dolzer
    02. - 31.05.2019
    From surrealist two-tone history nature
    Ausstellung Event GreenART

    It is not the task of art to copy nature,but to express it.Honoré de Balzac, French writerIn May 2019, BURN-IN presents pointillist and surrealist works (oil and acrylic on canvas) by Eva Pisa (Austri…

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  • 09.01. - 28.02.2023
    In the realm of the white shadows
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Andrea Langensiepen AT

    In January 2023, Vienna's BURN-IN Gallery invites you to the REICH DER WEISSSCHATTEN by Tyrolean painter Andrea Langensiepen and presents 20 independent works created between 2010 and 2022.

    zur Ausstellung
  • 08. - 27.03.2021
    SILENT SCREAM
    Event Galerie Ausstellung GreenART

    Richard Fischer DE

    An EXTRAVAGANT COLLECTION EXTRAVAGANTE PLANTS In times of financial crises, art has always been one of the most stable investments.Professor…

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  • BURN-IN BUSINESS CIRCLE IV
    Event Corporate Culture Agentur GreenART Business Circle Charity

    With the fourth BURN-IN Business Circle, BURN-IN condensed its many years of work at the interface of art, corporate culture and strategic brand development into a business talk with clear relevance f…

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  • 01. - 29.09.2017
    Eerie effects of plants and human beings
    Event GreenART

    Wolfgang Finder AT / Thomas Rucker AT

     "One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams."Salvatore DaliTwo artists of SEZESSION GRAZ show their …

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  • 03.07. - 06.08.2020
    Stop.Think.Move.
    Ausstellung Event Galerie GreenART

    A situating of 3 BURN-IN women artists in times of co | evolution. When the wind of change blows,some build protective walls, others windmills.Chinese wisdomBURN-IN since 2019 is dedicated to the…

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  • Cathedral priest Toni Faber | Sonja Dolzer | Heinz Hofmann
    03. - 28.09.2019
    Geometric flow - corners, waves and edges
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Aurora Cid ES

    People want to see patterns in the world. It is how we evolved.Benoit B. MandelbrotIn the September exhibition, BURN-IN lets geometric flow and penetrates deep into the mysterious geometric two- and t…

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  • Blooming Codec | A book in the making
    Buchprojekt Fischer Sonja Dolzer GreenART Kunst-Branding Galerie

    Floral aesthetics meets culture-driven managementWith The Blooming Codec, BURN-IN is developing a book together with Richard Fischer that brings art, culture, sustainability and management into a stro…

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  • Dr. Renu Pall (indische Botschafterin), Asit Podda (Künstler)
    04. - 29.06.2019
    In the orbit of myths, nature and cities
    Ausstellung Event GreenART

    Asit Poddar IN

    - an Indian contemplationThe goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with natureJoseph Campbell, American mythographerIn June 2019 BURN-IN invites y…

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  • 05.12.2022 - 07.01.2023
    strings of nature & ritual spaces
    Event Ausstellung GreenART

    Susanne Guzei-Taschner AT

    In December 2022, Vienna's BURN-IN Gallery invites you to a mysterious expedition into the realm of mystical, almost sacred natural spaces by painter and textile object artist Susanne Guzei-Taschner.

    zur Ausstellung
  • 01.03. - 29.04.2023
    Myth & Minimalism: Insights into the World of Forms
    Ausstellung Event GreenART

    Cordelia Lehmann-Reinthaller AT / Markus Moser AT / Linda Steinthórsdóttir IS

    In March 2023, the Viennese BURN-IN Gallery invites you to the group exhibition Myth & Minimalism: Insights into the World of Forms | Wire.Clay.Fabric. with the artists Markus Moser, Cordelia Lehm…

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  • 02. - 31.05.2018
    Botanical painting and photography in dialog
    Event Ausstellung Erben BURN-IN Artist GreenART

    Mischa Erben AT / Mischa Skorecz AT

    Igniting Transfer | Station VNature is the artist,but man is the recognizer!Christa SchybollIn the merry month of May, BURN-IN presents two artists who are among these perfect recognizers, but who als…

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GreenART - Short films

12 short films. One question.

Each film is dedicated to one of the SDGs - not illustrating, but questioning. What happens when art does not document, but intervenes? See for yourself.

Film 01 / 12
GreenART Chapter 1: Art at the heart of sustainable change
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GreenART Chapter 1
GreenART Chapter 2: Sonja Dolzer: A visionary for sustainable art
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GreenART Chapter 2
GreenART Chapter 3: GreenART and corporate culture
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GreenART Chapter 3
GreenART Chapter 4: Art as a mirror of nature
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GreenART Chapter 4
GreenART Chapter 5: The 7 hypotheses of GreenART
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GreenART Chapter 5
GreenART Chapter 6: GreenART and digital transformation
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GreenART Chapter 6
GreenART Chapter 7: Review of past GreenART exhibitions
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GreenART Chapter 7
GreenART Capital 8: Art as a response to ecological challenges
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GreenART Capital 8
GreenART Chapter 9: GreenART: Art and well-being
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GreenART Chapter 9
GreenART Chapter 10: The fusion of art and sustainable materials
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GreenART Chapter 10
GreenART Chapter 11: Art and endangered biodiversity
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GreenART Chapter 11
GreenART Chapter 12: An invitation to dialog with GreenART
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GreenART Chapter 12