Kara Linasielka
Born in Gliwice, Poland in 1987.
Biography
Katowice, Poland
I am the grand-daughter of an alcoholic woman
Alser Straße, Vienna, Austria
At age 6, my mother and her boyfriend take me to Austria, to escape from the poverty in Poland
Alfred-Adler-Straße, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 12, my teacher informs Child Protection Services that my stepfather is abusing me
Moselgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 12, I enjoy the kindness and attention of the counsellors at the crisis centre
Kaiser-Ebersdorfer-Straße, Simmering, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I run away from home and seek the protection of a children’s home
Reumannplatz, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, my mother is not willing to leave my brother’s father for me
Seuttergasse, Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, my mother regularly comes to visit me in the home and brings me sweets
Hütteldorfer Straße, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 15, I am an aggressive child, fight with my carers and refuse to adjust
Stephansplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 15, I smoke marijuana and drink alcohol, together with other children in the home
Hartäckerstraße, Döbling, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, I take ecstasy and speed, am transferred to a boarding school and adapt to the drug-use of the other girls who live there
Europaplatz, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, I steal a dealer’s hash, feel proud of my new power as a drug dealer and can afford to take unlimited quantities of heroin
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
At age 17, I am given a prison sentence and my girlfriend insists that I change my life
Reumannplatz, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 18, I wander the streets, seek out the company of other foreign addicts and use more and more drugs
Währinger Gürtel, Währing, Vienna, Austria
At age 18, I go to my mother for help, have myself admitted to a closed psychiatric clinic and am treated and put on inhibitors
Reumannplatz, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 18, I drop out of treatment and turn my aggression on my mother
Quellenstraße, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 18, I leave the shared housing
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
At age 19, I am sent to prison and my girlfriend ends our relationship
Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 19, I am afraid of being alone, get hold of a gun and throw my weight around in the drugs scene
Josef-Holaubek-Platz, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 19, I am sent to prison and accept treatment for the first time
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 20, I am clean and get over being hurt about having been used as a scapegoat and being an outsider
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 20, I pray to god for a life free from poison
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.