Event · Saturday, 30 May 2026 · ada, Vienna
A ball with package insert.
Event
The art space ada — artistic dynamic association opens its doors for its tenth anniversary already in the afternoon, with a group exhibition of contemporary positions. In the evening, the etiquette of the classical Viennese ball intertwines with art, music and science into a singular concoction.
Under the patronage of Dr. Marcuse Hafner, opening, dance and mask meet a music programme between experiment and dance floor — with DJ Mimu Merz, unkomfortabel (Jörg Piringer) and El Laicho Rapido. Centerpiece of the evening is the Asifin Placebo Forte® Bar: a homeopathic drug advisory that supports guests in shaping their ideal event — fully in the spirit of the Asifin principle, which investigates how ritual, context and expectation shape our experience. The ballroom becomes the experimental setup, every guest a participant.
Programme
Day programme
„ada is … ada!" — group exhibition for the tenth anniversary. The ada's own premises become the exhibition object: layer upon layer has settled over the years, has been reworked, recontextualised. Instead of a retrospective, we let the walls speak.
Evening programme
Opening, dance, mask. Music between experiment and dance floor. Consultation bar with homeopathic drug advisory under the Asifin Placebo Forte® brand. Advisory in a defined setting, full dossier with each confection.
Lineup
Live · Sound Poetry
Jörg Piringer
Viennese sound poet and electronic musician.
DJ
Vienna — DJ set between experiment and dance floor.
Live
"Geriatric boyband. Party band for old people." — a fan
Performative contribution.
Asifin Placebo Forte® Bar
The Consultation Bar opens for the evening.
Trained consultation elicits your desired state and assigns a confection from the Similia Series — five highly potentized globules, each in C30 according to classical Hahnemann procedure. Application in a defined setting, full dossier for each product.
01
Diacetylmorphinum C30
Alertness, clarity, presence
02
Cocainum C30
Calming, inner quiet, sleep support
03
Ketaminum C30
Grounding, sharpened perception
04
Mocha post Tabacum C30
A real pause without stimulants
05
Discothecae Nonagintae C30
Fresh senses, anti-hangover recovery
Full range at asifin.net/en/recreational/similia-series · consultation concept at asifin.net/en/recreational/bar.
Group exhibition
Together with renfah, ada's long-standing artistic director, the ada team invites visitors to a group exhibition. Over the years, many works have emerged directly on the walls and on the floor, remaining as speaking testimonies — alongside a small collection of works. Layer upon layer has settled, partially been removed, reworked and recontextualised. Instead of a retrospective of more than 150 exhibitions, readings, concerts, salons and screenings, we let the walls speak and lead guests anecdotally through this ten-years-grown collection.
Participating artists
Service
Mask is part of the programme. The evening follows the etiquette of the classical Viennese ball, supplemented by individual mask interpretations. Whether Venetian, clinically aseptic or a personal variation — the choice of mask is part of the experimental setup.
Just come.
About ada
The association artistic dynamic association — ada for short was founded in 2015 in the context of a temporary use at the Brunnenmarkt and, after that ended prematurely, moved into an abandoned apartment at Wattgasse 16, where the association has continuously delivered its programme ever since. Since spring 2016, the programme has been hosted in the association's premises at Wattgasse 16/6 — initially planned only for one year, by now grown into a year-round programme.
Key facts