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🌱upcoming: @orbit_platform
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻
Friday 16.10.2026 @walnut.well Vienna
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I‘m thrilled to announce that a new platform 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩 @orbit_platform is ready to launch into the space, bringing new ideas and connections, expending the infinite energy!

We have some exciting announcements landing on your way soon, stay tuned for more details, thank you for your support 💫🛰️💜

@orbit_platform

𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩, a platform for
…exhibition
…publication
…connection
…expanding communities and fields

🌐🔄🪐

𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩 is an international and interdisciplinary exhibition and publication platform that connects artists, designers, curators, writers, researchers, and other individuals and organizations.
Through various mediums and formats, it presents the diverse orbits of their creations and activities, highlighting how they expand the boundaries of their fields and languages.

Founded and directed by Rio Usui @rio_usui

Graphic Design: Dahyun Hwang @da_hyonni
Motion Graphics: Leon Calvin Rolle @calvinandleon

#orbit #plattform #exhibition #publication #art #science #design #literature #research #community #collaboration taken in Space by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

🌱orbit screening🍿
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻

Friday 16.10.2026 / 8:30pm
hosted by Walnut Well @walnut.well

Works by:
Ali Amiri @araniom
Kat Bawden @bawdenka
Kaya & Blank @kaya.blank
Sophia Leitenmayer @sophia.fngr
Naoto Nakamura @naoto0_0
Lydia Nsiah @_lydiansiah
Sorn Patharakorn @sornr
Tian Skultan @tianskultan
Thi Hong Linh @lintendooo
Ping Ho — Curatorial Reflection @pingho.art
with
Iikkamatti Hauru @iikkamattihauru
Iza Koczanowska @islaparadis
Rachel Jungeun Oh @racheljungeunoh
Hesam Salehbeig @hesam_salehbeig
Tzu-En Wu (Theo) @tzuenwu_theo

Curated by Rio Usui / orbit
@rio_usui @orbit_platform

Walnut Well – Experiencing and Sensing Spaces
Fabrik 1230 (Courtyard), Kunst- und Kulturareal Breitenfurter Str. 176, 1230, Vienna
@walnut.well
@hanakogeierhos
@florianschmidt_artist

Images courtesy of the artists
Sound by Robin Brink @okayshades taken in Vienna, Austria by @rio_usui

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3 days ago

🌱Upcoming orbit screening:

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻

Friday 16.10.2026 / 8:30pm
hosted by @walnut.well

Works by:
Ali Amiri @araniom
Kat Bawden @bawdenka
Kaya & Blank @kaya.blank
Sophia Leitenmayer @sophia.fngr
Naoto Nakamura @naoto0_0
Lydia Nsiah @_lydiansiah
Sorn Patharakorn @sornr
Tian Skultan @tianskultan
Thi Hong Linh @lintendooo
Ping Ho — Curatorial Reflection
@pingho.89 @pingho.art

Curated by Rio Usui / orbit
@rio_usui @orbit_platform

The screening concept takes the well as a starting point, thinking through its vertical and horizontal associations. Vertically, it considers the well as a space of depth, descent, and looking inward. Horizontally, it follows the concrete surface of a well, on the former Nuss Brunnen Feld, and the flow of water extending toward the port, the sea, and the horizon beyond.

The works in the program engage with these relationships through different distances between the body, nature, objects, and architecture, as well as through different ways of looking and sensing space. The screening will take place within the space of Walnut Well itself, so the site and its architectural surfaces will also become part of the viewing experience.

orbit is an international and interdisciplinary platform for exhibition and publication, extending across conversations, interviews, research, and other forms of exchange, founded and directed by Rio Usui.
From autumn 2026, orbit will be hosted by Walnut Well, where it will develop and present a series of activations and cultural events.

Address:
Walnut Well – Experiencing and Sensing Spaces
Fabrik 1230 (Courtyard), Kunst- und Kulturareal Breitenfurter Str. 176, 1230, Vienna
@walnut.well
@hanakogeierhos
@florianschmidt_artist

Accessibility:
S-Bahn or U6 Meidling, change to Bus 62A, Bildungscampus Atzgersdorf
Entrance: gate to the inner courtyard / between the pharmacy and the fitness center

We are looking forward to welcoming you! 🍿 taken in Vienna, Austria by @rio_usui

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9 days ago

Reading at the garden @tapete.nr, organised and curated by @sophia.fngr & @cristina.rueesch
Thank you for having me~ 🦦🪷🕷️

Reading: The Spider’s Thread (蜘蛛の糸) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, 1918

Photos by @mariejamilschwab @da_hyonni taken in Lotus Pond by @rio_usui

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3 months ago

Fortune Cookie (Tsuji-ura 辻占), 2026
Fortune cookies, inkjet print on paper, Installation, dimensions variable

Installations shots from „M/E“, a group exhibition at WBS Studio @wukvienna @akbild @macriticalstudies, led by Ruth Sonderegger and Maurício Ianês @mauricioianes #ruthsonderegger.

Photo by Natália Zajačiková @natalia.zajacikova

💬🔹♾️🥠 taken in Vienna, Austria by @rio_usui

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8 months ago

„The Sword” is participating at the group exhibition “Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen? (Where is the tomorrow we saw yesterday?) curated by Sophia Scherer @jamplemousse runs till 25. October 2024 @nova_artspace @bauhaus_uni

Huge thanks and love to @jamplemousse and nova team!

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she creates new characters that serve as tools and vesselsfor projection in coping with our own crises and challenges.
For the exhibition, Usui produced The Sword (2024), a large-formatposter adorning the staircase.
In the detailed drawing, she uses traditional,graphic designs from film posters, reinterpreting and combiningthem with contemporary elements. The drawing is based on a film stillfrom The Three Treasures (1959), which deals with the Shinto interpretation of the creation story.

In this scene, the heroic protagonist Yamatotakeru tries to defeat an evil snake with a sword. His mothercautions him the sword is not meant to kill, but protect. According tolegend, this sword is one of three sacred weapons of the Japanese imperial family and is therefore still part of Japan‘s nationalist narrative today.
In parallel it lends itself to novel interpretation as a democratic tool that protects rather than destroys. By collaging attributes such as fake nails, eyelashes and bubble tea, Usui transforms the mother into a figure of the present and thus questions the emancipatory potential of pop and internet culture in contrast to Shintoism and conservative belief systems.

Text by Sophia Scherer @jamplemousse

The Sword, 2024
acrylic coloured pencil on paper
140 x 400 cm

[1,3] Jannis Uffrecht @jannisuffrecht taken in NOVA art space by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

“Spinat, the martian Hamster, appears.”2024, Acrylic color pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm

火星ハムスター、現る。

Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero

ଘ🩵ଓ by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

Gaze, 2024
Acrylic color pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm

“When you gaze into the hamster, the hamster gazes also into you.”

Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero

💭 by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

Installation shots of „𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣“ diploma exhibition at Berkaer str.11, 1-3.7, 2024 @bauhaus_uni

„Spinat, the martian hamster, appears“
🩵🌈🦕

Photo 5:
BLUEPRINT, 2024, Blueback poster paper, 356 x 252 cm

Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

Rainbow-Radiation, 2024
Acrylic color pencil, acryl on canvas, 250 x 180 cm

the end, 2024,
cutting sheet, 20 x 20 cm

“Godzilla left behind radiation, while Spinat left behind rainbows.”
🌈🦕🫧

Photos by Nathalia Atuero @nathaliaazuero by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

Two drawings from super fiction; “𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.” and 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘦 were participating at @academy.positions this September.🩵
The program was part of @positions.artfair during @berlinartweek 2024.

Much appreciated for this opportunity, thank you @academy.positions !

Photo credit(1) :Natalia Carstens
©Natalia Carstens Photography
@natalia_carstens @academy.positions @positions.artfair taken in Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof by @rio_usui

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2 years ago

ପ🩵ଓ

𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

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Next week, diploma exhibition at Berkaer str.11, Bauhaus-University Weimar @bauhaus_uni

Open hours:
1. July 1-5pm
3. July 1-5pm
(Open hours are not shown on July 2 due to diploma defence🌾)
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„Spinat the martian hamster, appears.“ taken in Mars by @rio_usui

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