Salon Souterrain: Comfort Out
15 April 2026 WUK Projektraum Währinger Straße 59 1090 Wien
artistic direction Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe with giggidalessio duo (Stefano D’Alessio, Luigi Guerrieri), Noémi Kiss, Ojay Morgan, Zoé-Afan Strasser
Salon Souterrain: Confort Out rejects the concept of perfection in favour of scars and creative repairs. They offer a robust and tenacious approach to occupying space and attention – a subversion of vulnerability that is widely accepted.
In a world saturated with filtered images and ephemeral products, Salon Souterrain: Confort Out critiques the cult of perfection imposed by social media and accelerated consumerism. They invite us to embrace personal, social, and ecological flaws as signs of authenticity, as an alternative to hyper-productivity and rapid obsolescence.
Salon Souterrain: Confort Out offers a critical approach to rethinking our relationship with the world.
The Salon Souterrain, initiated by artist Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe, is a series of events that addresses social issues in an artistic format. The project space becomes an open space that is simultaneously a stage, an exhibition, and a meeting place. Discussions, performances, music, and artistic experiments give rise to new connections and perspectives. The Salon not only creates social encounters, but also questions issues such as territoriality, belonging, and the decentralization of art and culture. It is a place where artistic fiction opens up boundaries ‒ both symbolic and real.
artistic direction: Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe
performance/music: giggidalessio duo (Stefano D’Alessio, Luigi Guerrieri)
performance/Dance: Zoé-Afan Strasser
art: Noémi Kiss
DJ: Ojay Morgan
team: Indra Jäger (production), Benoît Jouan (research), François Ntambue Tambwe (web), David Pujadas Bosch (documentation)