Love Fight Club

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This project transforms an intimate basement space into a provocative stage for curated events that challenge societal norms through the lens of physicality. Developed for the Wiener Festwochen, it creates a unique environment for community building through shared effort, dialogue, and performance.

Love Fight Club (LFC) is both a physical venue and a social experiment designed to explore how physicality can serve as a gateway to feeling love in its most radical, unromanticized forms. Hosted in the basement of the Funkhaus as a response to the "Republic of Love," this project provides an arena for controlled confrontation and embodied connection.

Multifaceted Programming: The club hosts a diverse schedule of activities, ranging from boxing and wrestling activations to artistic performances, film screenings, and critical discussions on intimacy and masculinity.

A Manifesto of Proximity: The project’s core philosophy reclaims "Fight" as a tool for playful aggression and making power dynamics visible, while "Love" is reframed as a physical experience of radical proximity and mutual trust

Social Design at its Core: As a Master’s project in Social Design, LFC focuses on curation, spatial design, and community management to build a platform where connection is forged through shared sweat and dialogue .

Safety and Controlled Play: LFC maintains strict boundaries to distance itself from real violence, instead creating a safe stage where controlled "play" with the elements of aggression can open new perspectives on empathy and care.

Collective Resistance: The club serves as a space for collective resistance, questioning rigid gender norms and performance-driven societal expectations through collective movement and presence.