„In Dialogue with the Shards”  The second workshop of the Broken Collection project transformed Loosdorf Castle and its fragmented collection into a research laboratory for participating artists and experts. The group spent the week distilling traces, recounting narratives, and re-defining the pieces of the famous shard room, which served as the foundation for building toward […]

Inventory of the Shard Room, Consolidation of Wooden Panels In July and August, the Broken Collection Project was supported by two students (former and active) from the Institute of Conservation, Vienna. Together, the extensive inventory of the Shard Room was documented shard by shard. In the process, many new objects could be identified and reassembled.

As part of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) PEEK-Project “The Broken Collection” the Symposium: “Noble Collections of Ceramics and their History beyond Fragmentation and Representation” brings together scholars, conservators, curators and artists. The goal is to explore the potentials of working with broken or fragmented porcelain moving beyond conventional narratives of display and completeness.

The work of the Institute of Conservation and Restoration at the University of Applied Arts Vienna on the “Scherbenzimmer” was completed – all results could be presented in the new exhibition.We were also pleased to welcome a lecture by Prof. Marija Wakounig from the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna: “Without Throne

On 28th of November 2024 Gabriela Krist held a presentation on the „Broken Collection“-Project at the Digital Arts and Design Conference, Silpakorn University Bangkok. The Silpakorn University is a longterm partner of the Institute of Conservation Vienna. The Joint Degree Programme“ Cultural Heritage Conservation and Managment (CHCM)“ between the University of Applied Arts Vienna and

On 5 October 2024, the first Japanese Science Day took place at TU (Technical University) Vienna – an event that promoted scientific exchange between Austria and Japan. Paul Schubert had the opportunity to present the ‘Broken Collection Project’ and network with colleagues. The aim was to make joint projects visible and strengthen collaboration. The programme

From the 26thAugust to 29th August 2024, the Institute of Conservation (IoC), University of Applied Arts Vienna hosted an international seminar on ceramic and porcelain conservation, part of the FWF PEEK research project „Broken Collection“. Students from both conservation study progammes at the University of Applied Arts Vienna worked together in groups with international experts

In July 2024, an international group of CHCM (Cultural Heritage Conservation Management) students from both Silpakorn University and Angewandte continued the inventory of the Shard Room. The workstation set up in the Shard Room was used to take pictures of the objects and to examine and document the shards. In a first step, each individual

Fragments, past and present have been linked in the ongoing exhibition „Beyond Fragmentation“ at Schloss Loosdorf. In addition to the broken porcelain collection, the focus has also been layed on the historical room furnishings.The textile Wall hangings and the polychrome wooden elements have been restored int the framework of diploma projects by students of the

From 28 August to 8 September 2023, an interdisciplinary workshop with 27 international participants (artists, art historians, conservators and students of applied arts) on the ceramic production and conservation of the destroyed porcelain collection of Loosdorf Castle took place as a start of the project. The participants were first introduced to the handling of the

The Angewandte Festival 2023 took place between 27 and 30 June.The research project ‘Broken Collection’ served as a contribution from the Institute of Conservation.The the so-called ‘Shard Room’ has been recreated in the exhibition using scattered shards. Videos provided an insight into current methods of analysing, conserving and restoring porcelain objects using the example of

(Vienna, 24 August 2022): The Loosdorf Castle collection of valuable porcelain pieces from three centuries from Europe and Asia – destroyed during the Second World War – is on the move: 2023 was not only the year of the return of restored objects after an exhibition tour through Japan, but also the start of the