Our Beginning Days in Vienna

Hi, I'm Kelsey Adams. I'm an Art History and Art Conservation major. I've been given the privilege of contributing to our first post here in Vienna. We're a mottled group from BFA's, to Art minors, to Dietetics majors. After an epic 30 hours of traveling over January 2nd and 3rd, we finally arrived at our lovely hotel on Langegrasse near the center of the city. Yesterday, our first day of "class" introduced us to the Amerika-Institut where we have a classroom space. Shortly thereafter we were unleashed on the city, encouraged to get lost in finding our way around the city. We broke up into groups and recorded what we saw in both digital and analog formats. As I type, most of us are crowded around a huge table covered in butcher paper. Using our communal but separate experiences, we're creating a map of Vienna according to yesterday's explorations. Abby began with a crumpled wad of paper painted gold in place of the Vienna Secession. James just jumped up on the table and laid out some line drawings on tracing paper. After getting lost on the way to class with Keefer, he was lucky to finally arrive via Taxi. Green tape is being used to track various walking paths with places of interest labeled. The first few pieces of paper have given way to controlled chaotic collaborative communal contribution, and the "map" is growing.

The afternoon will bring us to the MOMUK museum where many of us are excited about the contemporary art exhibition "Gender Check" which is advertised throughout the city.

Erst später, Auf Wiedersehen!