Ingeborg Kleinberg
Born in Wien, Austria in 1980.
Biography
Hammerschmidtgasse, Döbling, Vienna, Austria
I am the second child of my single, underage mother
Am Schöpfwerk, Meidling, Vienna, Austria
At age 6, I am my stepfather’s scapegoat and he starts to abuse me
Josef-Holaubek-Platz, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 12, an unsuccessful attempt is made by my brother to report the fact that I am being abused to the police
Alser Straße, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I fall in love with my boyfriend
Am Donaupark, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I hang out with older kids, start smoking hash and drinking alcohol
Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz, Neubau, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, I use cocaine and other drugs for the first time
Langobardenstraße, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, I am admitted to hospital and for months am being treated for liver failure
Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, my boyfriend starts using drugs
Fleischmarkt, Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, my mother decides that my child must be aborted
Zippererstraße, Simmering, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, my boyfriend kills himself with a pump-action gun
Großfeldstraße, Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, I lose my mother and my faith in life
Brigittenau, Vienna, Austria
After my boyfriend’s death I try to kill myself in any way I can find, and my grandmother suffers from my misery
Gumpendorfer Gürtel, Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, I have myself put on morphine at the same time as taking methadone illegally
Simmeringer Hauptstraße, Simmering, Vienna, Austria
At age 18, I live in isolation and depression and spend the nights on my lover’s grave
Währinger Gürtel, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 19, I am diagnosed as having cirrhosis of the liver and given treatment
Währinger Gürtel, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 20, I am committed to a psychiatric clinic and after two months I try to escape by making fresh suicide attempts
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
At age 20, I am convicted of a violent offence and given a prison sentence; I refuse the treatment imposed
Baumgartner Höhe, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 21, I leave forced treatment, am clean for four months and after a relapse have myself put on methadone
Siebenbürgerstraße, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 22, I no longer resist getting into a new relationship with a man
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
At age 24, I am happy with the birth of our daughter, three days later I am put in prison and given psychiatric treatment
Göllnergasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 24, my child has disappeared and I discover that the Child Protection Service has placed her with a foster-mother
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 27, I hope to put my past and my isolation behind me
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.