The Stadtwerkstatt is an open event and project house in Linz. Founded in 1979 by young activists, it is the city's oldest autonomous cultural center.

Venue: Stadtwerkstatt
Address: Kirchengasse 4
Town: Linz, AT

The Stadtwerkstatt is an open event and project house in Linz. Founded in 1979 by young activists, it is the city's oldest autonomous cultural center. In addition to several music events each week, other cultural and artistic events are also held regularly. Three different associations operate in the Stadtwerkstatt building: the Friedhofstr 6 association (vulgo Stadtwerkstatt) with its Cafe Strom, art projects and events departments, as well as the non-commercial radio station Radio FRO and the net art and culture initiative servus.at. The Stadtwerkstatt was founded in 1979 as an association in Linz with the "aim of critically examining the conditions of life in the city and promoting cultural initiatives on a popular level." In 1980, the association moved into a vacant factory building in the Urfahr district of Linz, near the Danube. The building was used for residential purposes as well as for exhibitions and events. Shortly before demolition was threatened in 1983, the association launched the "Sgraffito Alchemia" campaign, in which the entire building facade was designed. Nevertheless, the building was demolished in 1990 in favor of a dormitory, and the association moved to the much smaller building at Kirchengasse 4, which is owned by the municipality of Linz. From March 2001, the building was fundamentally redesigned and renovated. The offices located in the building, as well as Radio FRO, moved temporarily until the reopening in May 2002. In 2006, the Stadtwerkstatt's events drew about 19,000 visitors. On a quarterly basis, the Stadtwerkstatt publishes the newspaper Versorgerin, to which one can subscribe free of charge. In 2015, another cooperation with the newspaper die Referentin was started. In 2010, an annual artists-in-residence program started on a houseboat in Linz's Winter Harbor. In 2012, the currency Gibling was initiated under the label punkaustria.at. This depreciating currency loses value every year. Every year an artist is invited to design thi