In this immersive workshop, facilitated by multi-disciplinary artist and historian Tayla Myree, we will explore how the politics of memory and the visionary lens of Afrofuturism can guide us toward building a world that is truly anti-colonial, free from exploitation, rooted in love, and fundamentally anti-racist.

What we'll explore together:

Memory: How our collective histories—both remembered and suppressed—hold the keys to understanding our present conditions and imagining new possibilities
Afrofuturism as methodology: Learning to use this powerful framework that centers Blackness, diasporic experiences, and speculative imagination as tools for liberation
Imaginative strategies: Developing concrete practices that help us move beyond current constraints and envision futures that honor our humanity, dignity, and interconnectedness
Collective dreaming: Creating shared visions that challenge colonial paradigms and build worlds where love, justice, and mutual care are the organizing principles

Curious about afrofuturism as a living, breathing practice beyond theory? Seeking community and tools to imagine and co-create more just futures? Then this workshop is for you. 

About your facilitator: Tayla Myree (they/she) is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet, and historian based in Vienna, Austria. With a Master's Degree in Comparative History from Central European University and current work at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Tayla brings deep expertise in the politics of memory and identity, particularly as they relate to Blackness and other marginalized experiences. Their work spans film, photography, prose, and sound, creating spaces where memory becomes a site of resistance and imagination becomes a path to liberation.

Where? Planet 10 - Pernerstorfergasse 12, 1100 Wien

When? Thursday, April 9th from 6 - 8 PM

Register: https://cloud.oeh.univie.ac.at/apps/forms/s/rCCnwnFreGsiT85n6Jaj24mD?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAQ7BB9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacre2gOD72HuXmEyrO803Nwen4KEmXJMVsjOOaM6CJx15hwAtSJx7sQkmZj7A_aem_8n_5Gm2m3KrLAMYg3kgYmw

Critical Fabulation and Anonymity in the Weltmuseum Wien’s Photography Collection

Workshop and Showcase of Research Results

Time: 17 April 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Place: WMW Forum, Weltmuseum Wien, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien

I will be participating as an invited expert in collaboration with the Gewächaus Network to give a presentation in relation to my recent film project letters to those who were once here (2026). Learn more about the event below.

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Registration to the event is required. Please register through this link.

Full program can be found here.

The event takes place as part of the Critical Fabulation and Anonymity course – a collaboration project between CEU & Weltmuseum Wien organized by:

- Hanin Hannouch, Curator for Analog and Digital Media (Photography, Film, and Sound Collections), Weltmuseum Wien (Hanin.Hannouch@weltmuseumwien.at)

- Klára Trencsényi, documentary filmmaker, Visiting Professor of Practice CEU, VSP (TrencsenyiK@ceu.edu)

More about the event:

The label ‘Photographer Unknown’ is a ubiquitous fixture of the museum experience. To the visitor, it may provoke a sense of mystery, a pang of disappointment, or perhaps simple indifference. Yet, within photography collections, the unknown in the record is not a mere accident of history – it is a reflection of power.

Institutional legacies are rarely as exhaustive as their encyclopedic scope suggests. Often, a collection is defined as much by who it excludes as by what it contains. Of the Weltmuseum Wien’s vast photography collection, approximately 75,000 photographs are tagged as the work of an ‘unknown photographer’. This anonymity does more than hide a name. It obscures the context of the image, the relationship between the lens and the subject, and the museum’s original motivations for the acquisition.

In a unique collaboration between the Central European University (CEU) and the Weltmuseum Wien, students have spent months interrogating these ‘impossible stories’. Guided by Hanin Hannouch (WMW) and Klára Trencsényi (CEU), the seminar utilized Saidiya Hartman’s method of critical fabulation – using speculative narration and storytelling to rebalance historical silences while simultaneously acknowledging the impossibility of ever truly reclaiming what has been lost.

We invite the public to a workshop and showcase that serves as both a conclusion to this research and an expansion of the conversation. Students will present their findings through a diverse array of innovative audio-visual formats, including: Zines and photo albums, computer games, video essays, digital installations, etc.

This event sets student research in direct dialogue with invited artists and visual practitioners. By bridging the gap between institutional critique and creative practice, the workshop creates a space for knowledge transfer between established experts and the next generation of researchers.

Join us to explore the vibrant, speculative futures emerging out of anonymity. Registration through this link is required.

Student Projects:

- Chinesischer Tempel, Singapore (zine, 24 pages) by Tasha Stein.

- Those Who Dream, See the Hidden History (video, 08:50) by Elene Kajaia.

- Aj xíinbal (video game, est. playtime 10 min) by Marlene Galaz & Klara Maass.

- Silvio (video, 04:30) by Cemre Altin.

- The Book of Oil: A Traveller's Guide (textile zine, 15 pages) by Giunel Mamedova & Astghik Aslanyan.

- Disrupting Certainty: Labels of the Weltmuseum Wien (website/multimedia) by Eva Kizer & Sarah Kovacic.

- Next stop: Vienna (zine, 27 pages) by Lili Katai.

- The Gadje Curse (video, 07:30) by Anca Birnoiu.

- ZINE by Anna Lavalley.

- Unfabulating Tsovatush (website/multimedia, 12 webpages) by Mariam Patsatsia.

Invited experts:

- Gewächshaus Network: Melanie Sien Min Lyn, Mara Chavez, Tayla Myree, Maeva Ranaivojaona.

- Dino Rekanović, President of Rotlicht Festival for Analog Photography, International Curator, Gallerist and Photographic Alchemist.

- Robert Vanis, Aritst and Photographer, exploring representation and accessibility as well as materiality and transience of knowledge, co-founder of MATERIAL MATTERS.

For organizational questions, please feel free to reach out to golubeva_sasha@student.ceu.edu.

I will be hosting another evening of Karawoke at Dschungel Wien. This evening is about building community, joy, and making connections with other activists and community organizers through the love of Karaoke. It’s a great time to come to unwind, meet new people, and take the stage to sing your heart out! Come by and enjoy the evening. Learn more about the event here.