Grätzel.Kunst.tage. 2025
Dornbach / Neuwaldegg, Hernals, Vienna
As part of the Grätzel.Kunst.Tage art festival in Neuwaldegg (Hernals), Calle Libre initiated a collaborative art project. Four FLINTA artists—Lio Ebenstein, Petra Holländer, Zeitgleich, and Pati Avish—worked together to create an impressive 60-meter-long mural in 1170 Vienna.
Starting with a shared color palette, each of the artists approached the theme of diversity in their own way and realized their individual interpretation within three days. The result is a colorful, lively mural that showcases the artistic signature of each individual while also forming a harmonious whole. The collaboration went far beyond the creative level: the artists supported each other, exchanged ideas, and collectively developed a powerful visual message that celebrates diversity and community.
ARTIST
Lio Ebenstein, Petra Holländer, Zeitgleich & Pati Avish (Austria)
LOCATION
Zwerngasse 3, 1170 Wien
PHOTOGRAPHY
Marlene Nemeth
As an additional highlight, a community workshop was held based on the “paint-by-numbers” principle. Under the guidance of the Calle Libre team and with the active support of numerous enthusiastic children from the neighborhood, the last segment of the wall was completed in no time—a moment that impressively demonstrated the unifying power of public art.
“Diversity wall”
The “Diversity Wall” is a collective mural composed of five interconnected sections, united through a shared color palette and a commitment to visibility, inclusivity, and self-expression. Four of the sections were created by FLINTA artists, each bringing their own perspective and artistic language. The fifth section was painted collaboratively by residents of the neighborhood, grounding the artwork in the lived experience of the local community.
Across all five parts, the mural brings vital themes into the open: daring to be yourself, practicing consent, celebrating diversity, respecting and embracing the many forms connection can take. Together, these sections form a vibrant, unified statement—an invitation to engage, reflect, and imagine a more inclusive world.
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Non-Binary Power - Lio ebenstein
The mural Non-Binary Power opens the wall from the left side and is accompanied by a dynamic line that makes movement and energy visible. A non-binary person on a skateboard jumps into the picture from left to right and embodies courage, freedom and visibility. The skateboard carries the non-binary flag - a symbol for a group that often remains invisible or is stereotyped in our society.
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Take up space - Petra Holländer
This mural portrays a monumental woman confidently occupying space. Her size is intentional, she stands for self-assurance and the right to be seen and take up space without apology. The flower she holds is not just an ornament – it's a symbol of growth and the beauty that emerges when we allow ourselves to take root and thrive. Take up space is both a message and an invitation. It encourages women to stop shrinking themselves and to claim the space they deserve. At the same time it’s also a nod to the fact that the whole wall, painted by four FLINTA* artists, reclaims space in street art, a field often dominated by male narratives.
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Creaturehood: Consent Animal - zeitgleich
A mural reflecting the layers of existence where creatures navigate between comfort and caution. Inspired by how animals embody authenticity while maintaining vigilance, this abstract composition explores the duality of being at ease in one's true nature while staying alert to environmental changes. Through fluid forms and organic textures, the design captures that liminal space where instinct meets consciousness - a visual meditation on the delicate balance between vulnerability and self-preservation that all beings share.
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The power of being YOU - Pati avish
There is a deep, raw power in being exactly who you are. Stretching wide across the landscape, with your chest wide open, you are standing — embodying freedom, presence, and wholeness. Proud of who you are, not making yourself small, the opposite — visible and ever-expanding — so big you can reach the top of the highest mountains. This mural speaks about the energy that comes from living life as your full, authentic self. Full moons, crescents and a snake echo a journey, transformation and life cycles. There is a certain trust in the path — that leads beyond usual landscapes, if you let yourself just be. Little accessories like tattoos, an earring, a ring, keys, are the symbols of all the little things that make you you.
Pati avish
Pati (she/they) is a queer, non-binary mural artist, poet, and visual artist based in Vienna. After moving to Austria in 2009 to study business and economics, Pati eventually left that path to pursue art—one of the most defining decisions of their life. Equally transformative were meeting AYGYUL, quitting alcohol and smoking, discovering the iPad Pro, and painting a first mural at Hands Off the Wall in 2021.
Since the ibug Urban Art Festival in 2023, Pati has been integrating Augmented Reality into murals to reveal hidden layers and deeper stories through everyday technology. Using simple words and bold black, white, blue, and red lines, Pati’s work transforms intimate thoughts into visual poetry.
Centered on connection, self-exploration, and love, Pati’s art embraces vulnerability—and invites viewers to be vulnerable too.
zeitgleich
Born into a life of shifting coordinates and unsettled identities, Zeitgleich moves beyond fixed notions of origin. The child of Iranian parents on diplomatic mission in Harare, shaped by British upbringing and Viennese education, Zeitgleich carries passports and labels that rarely align with any inner sense of self.
As a concept-driven, cross-disciplinary designer and artist, Zeitgleich works at the intersection of making, thinking, research, and social imagination. Rejecting national classifications and the stagnation of orientalizing expectations, the work turns instead toward a pan-European, utopian outlook—one that challenges entrenched categories such as “immigration” and seeks alternative modes of coexistence.
Petra Holländer
Born in Vienna in 1992, Petra Holländer lives and works as a visual artist in her hometown. She studied Communication Design as well as Graphics and Printmaking at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Her artistic practice spans painting, drawing, illustration and mural art. With a distinctly introspective approach, her work explores themes of identity, the inner self and the role of women in contemporary society. Through expressive composition and a strong sense of color, she reflects on emotional states and social constructs, often highlighting the tension between vulnerability and strength.
She is particularly drawn to projects related to society, feminism, sustainability, culture and psychology — areas where art can connect personal experience with collective reflection.
Lio Ebenstein is a non-binary artist from Vienna (no pronouns/he/she), always fascinated by creating things with the hands. Lio attended art school, later studied movement and sports education at the University of Vienna, as well as art education at the University of Applied Arts, and became self-employed in 2023. Lio’s love of nature and philosophy led to a environmentally friendly artistic practice. The art deals with connection, diversity, and joy, working with various materials and media to pursue a free and process-oriented approach.