2018 – 2014 The New Old Cycle – toxic dreams

Moby Dick, Vienna Loomings

toxicdreams — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:51:12 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MOBY DICK, VIENNA LOOMINGS" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Long Night of Museums, Mumok, Vienna, Oct 08, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=26132][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MOBY DICK," font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="VIENNA" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="LOOMINGS" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Long Night of Museums, Mumok, Vienna, Oct 08, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=26132][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A Homily (Loomings – A mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.) As part of Long Night of the Museums, we staged, together with the accidental visitors, a public performance based in part on the famous church scene from the movie Moby Dick. We turned one of Mumok’s rooms into an improvised church and invited the public to sing with us. In addition, we staged the farewell scene from the same movie. The full interaction was filmed as if the visitors were extras in a toxic dreams adaption of the novel.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Sailors: Markus Zett, Susanne Gschwendtner, Peter Stamer, Michael Strohmann, Yosi Wanunu, Kornelia Kilga Collaboration with ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival at Mumok, Vienna/ October 08, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

There’s a Rumble in the Jungle

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:45:19 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2014 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THERE'S A RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna/ Nov 12 – 15, 2014[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24707][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2014 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THERE'S A" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="RUMBLE IN" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="THE JUNGLE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna/ Nov 12 – 15, 2014[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24707][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A radio play The book And There Was Light tells the story of Jacques Lusseyran, a Frenchman who, though blind, had played an important role in the Resistance during the Nazi occupation. He was the leader of a Resistance unit, and whenever someone wanted to join the unit, Lusseyran would spend an hour alone with the applicant, chatting about innocent, unrelated subjects. Specifically, because he was blind, his other sensibilities had developed to a degree that enabled him to tell whether or not the applicant could be trusted. During the war, he passed on some forty people, and the only person he was unsure about turned out to be a traitor. The story, real as it is, struck a cord of the Oedipus legend. Not being able to see may turn one into a more insightful human being. In one episode in the book, Lusseyran writes about his childhood, about the first book his mother read to him after he became blind. The book was The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and it was in Braille. In There’s a Rumble in the Jungle, a character named Jacques Lusseyran tells his story. But instead of following the autobiographical details of his life, he becomes the blind motion picture director. This blind director is working on an adventure film. The adventure takes place inside his head. His own twisted imagining of The Jungle Book is as far away as it can be from the Disney version. It is Lusseyran’s audio film told as a mix of real facts and the jungle in his imagination.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/119401669" css=".vc_custom_1697624356511{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performers: Anna Mendelssohn, Markus Zett, Jaschka Lämmert, Peter Stamer Sounddesign: Michael Strohmann ambient sounds by klankbeeld, Felix Blume, Peter Kutin Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Translation: Jacqueline Csuss Produced by Kornelia Kilga Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna/ Nov 12 – 15, 2014[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The Circus of Life – A to Z

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:04:29 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2015 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE CIRCUS OF LIFE – A TO Z" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Tanzquartier Wien/ June 26 – 27, 2015[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24683][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2015 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE CIRCUS" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="OF LIFE –" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="A TO Z" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Tanzquartier Wien/ June 26 – 27, 2015[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24683][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A long-duration performance The Circus of Life – A to Z is a small-scale World Fair performance. 13 hours of a live encyclopedia that presents “people and their world” today. The world of tomorrow is here already, we are living the dream. Every day is a Walt Disney ride, and our life is a carousel of progress operating at a breakneck pace. What are the ingredients of this ride? What constitutes our world today? The show follows in alphabetical order, encyclopedia-like, the various elements that together create a “profile” of modern life.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text][vimeography id="9"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Devised and performed by Irene Coticchio, Stephanie Cumming, Magda Loitzenbauer, Anat Stainberg, Peter Stamer, Yosi Wanunu, Markus Zett, Claribel Koss, Alexander Kranabetter, Martin Burk, Martin Siewert, Michael Strohmann, Alexander Yannilos, TimTom, Paul Horn, Andreas Strauss, Kornelia Kilga Guests: Arne Forke, Walter Heun, Peter Leeb, Robert Radelmacher, Lisbeth N. Trallori, Erich Dittrich, Barbara Gabriel, Jani Jan J., Reinhard Schurawitzki, Waltraud Widmoser, Susanna Gruber, Roman Schanner Co-produced by Tanzquartier Wien/ June 26 – 27, 2015[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

It’s Always Sunny in Vienna

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:27:28 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2015 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="IT'S ALWAY SUNNY IN VIENNA" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Theater Nestroyhof/Hamakom, Vienna/ November 16 – 21, 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24663][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2015 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="IT'S ALWAY" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="SUNNY" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="IN VIENNA" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Theater Nestroyhof/Hamakom, Vienna/ November 16 – 21, 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24663][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A multi-narrative drama It is 1912. In his spacious apartment on the ground floor, the writer Karl Kraus is rehearsing the performance/reading of his new creation: Nestroy and Posterity. It is 2015, and in the three-bedroom apartment across the hall a couple, young/liberal/white, is making love. Above Kraus, in the small one-bedroom apartment that used to ‘host’ the servants in former times, a young woman in a sort of 1970 ideological determination is learning how to make a homemade bomb. It is the roof apartment in 2070. A recent Italian immigrant to the city is training in the art of Waltz with the help of an A.I. Dancing Machine. It is almost winter, all over the interlocking timelines, a month or two before Christmas, and Vienna is not yet dressed for the occasion. In It’s Always Sunny in Vienna we tell the story of a single apartment building in Vienna. The inhabitants of the different apartments are characters from the past, the present, and the future Vienna. Some are real historical figures, while others are made up. The characters represent a kaleidoscopic picture of a city and culture that knew a lot of turmoil and drama over the years.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/151587718"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performers: Tim Breyvogel, Irene Coticchio, Magda Loitzenbauer, Jaschka Lämmert, Anna Mendelssohn, Markus Zett Set: Andreas Strauss; Drawings: Aldo Giannotti, Andreas Strauss Text: Karl Kraus, Yosi Wanunu, translated by Jacqueline Csuss Sound: Michael Strohmann Assistant Director: Elif Bilici Directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga Theater Nestroyhof/Hamakom, Vienna/ November 16 – 21, 2015[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The Mechanical Paradise

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:05:48 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2016 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE MECHANICAL PARADISE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Metro Kino, Vienna April 20 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24644][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2016 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="MECHANICAL" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="PARADISE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Metro Kino, Vienna April 20 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24644][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A live film Welcome to our world of cardboard dreams, painted fantasies, shabby costumes, beat-up performers, and cheap adventures. Our moon is made of paper, our mermaids knew better days. Welcome to our trick picture spectacle. Welcome to the cinema of attractions. It is virtually impossible to over-estimate Georges Méliès’ contribution to the art of film. His work stands alone and is as distinctive as that of all great geniuses. His pioneering visual techniques still maintain a wonder to all ages and it comes as no surprise that audiences who witnessed a succession of vanishing ladies, flying severed heads, monstrous bats, and the devil personified were astonished in much the same way that audiences are today. The Mechanical Paradise tells the story of Georges Méliès. His life’s stories are told via a series of short films created live on stage.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/166510428"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performers: Irene Coticchio, Susanne Gschwendtner, Magda Loitzenbauer, Anna Mendelssohn, Markus Zett and Ahmet Aggün, Yeliz Akin, Duygu Arslan, Barca Baxant, Kira Fasbender, Isabella-Nora Händler, Sayyed Javid Hakim, Christina Lindauer, Onur Poyraz, Michael Pöllinger, Melike Yagiz Set: Paul Horn Music/Live Band: Michael Strohmann (b), David Schweighart (git, dr), Ina Ebensberger (hrf) Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga In collaboration with Filmarchiv Austria/Metro Kino, Vienna April 20 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Thomas B or Not

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:42:16 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2016 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THOMAS B OR NOT" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]brut Wien/ Sep 25 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24623][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2016 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THOMAS B" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="OR NOT" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]brut Wien/ Sep 25 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24623][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A Screwball Comedy … or Hate story in 5 acts with a prologue and not-so-happy epilogue Thomas B or Not is a hoax, a fraud, a joke, a text that pretends to be a play. In reality, it is a text that exists for the sole purpose of making fun of everything and everyone. Or is it? Thomas B or Not is a tragedy. The love story of two lost souls. The story of a successful playwright and his fall into disgrace and mediocrity. Or is it? Thomas B or Not is a comedy, a black one at that. It is about the church-going people otherwise known as the state theatre’s audience. Or is it? Thomas B or Not is a Dada game. Nonsensical, anarchic, disorderly. The text has no linear development, no apparent dramaturgical logic, and no meaningful story. Or is it?[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/188120991"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]He: Markus Zett; She: Anna Mendelssohn; The Role of "He": Yosi Wanunu; The Role of "She“: Susanne Gschwendtner; The Israeli Director: Anat Stainberg; The Burg Director: Stephanie Cumming; Assistant director, Nazi, a.o. roles: Isabella Händler Video and Music: Michael Strohmann Assistant director: Isabella Händler Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga Co-produced by brut Wien/ Sep 25 – 29, 2016[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Morton Feldman Says

toxicdreams — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:25:08 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MORTON FELDMAN SAYS" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Tanzquartier Wien/ Feb 2 – 4, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24612][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MORTON" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_custom_heading text="FELDMAN SAYS" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Tanzquartier Wien/ Feb 2 – 4, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24612][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A musical talk Morton Feldman was a big, brusque Jewish guy from Woodside, Queens—the son of a manufacturer of children’s coats. He worked in the family business until he was forty-four years old, and he later became a professor of music at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He died in 1987, at the age of sixty-one. To almost everyone’s surprise but his own, he turned out to be one of the major composers of the twentieth century, a sovereign artist who opened up vast, quiet, agonizingly beautiful worlds of sound. He was also one of the greatest talkers in the recent history of New York City, and there is no better way to present him on stage than to let him speak for himself. In Morton Feldman Says we put the loud, brash, at times slightly vulgar Feldman at center stage. Or to be precise, we present the man behind the music, with all of his unpretentiousness and gentle subversiveness, for an hour of examination.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/209355480"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Morton Feldman: Markus Zett; Questioners: Susanne Gschwendtner, Anna Mendelssohn, Anat Stainberg, Yosi Wanunu Composition: Martin Siewert; Visuals: Michael Strohmann; Text: Morton Feldman Live Music: Martin Siewert (guit, lap- & pedal steel, elec), Christian Weber (doublebass) Directed and designed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga Tanzquartier Wien/ Feb 2 – 4, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Home of the Not so Brave

toxicdreams — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:43:09 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="HOME OF THE NOT SO BRAVE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]brut Wien/ June 7 – 14, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24583][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="HOME OF THE NOT SO BRAVE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]brut Wien/ June 7 – 14, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24583][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Stories from apartment number 12 Imagine an apartment on the third floor, number 12, 98 m2. In 1970 a lesbian couple occupies the apartment. The couple lives in secret, it’s 1970 Vienna and the city is fairly conservative and not yet ready for same-sex couples. We move to 1990. The apartment is rented to a psychoanalyst who runs a successful practice. A chance encounter with one of the building’s residents leads to a therapy session. The resident is a woman in her late thirties and she talks to the analyst about her marital difficulties. We jump to 2016. A man in his early forties rents the place. He hires a call girl and asks her to dress like the character Princess Leia from the film Star Wars. A conversation starts when she arrives at his apartment. In between the different scenarios/stories the apartment’s decor changes according to the specific style of the given time, and a narrator gives the viewers the historical context of the period presented in the scene.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/224186550"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performers: Susanne Gschwendtner, Anna Mendelssohn, Markus Zett, Isabella Händler Voice Over: Howard Nightingall Trumpet: Alexander Kranabetter Music + Video: Michael Strohmann Set: Paul Horn Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga Co-produced by brut Wien/ June 7 – 14, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Moby Dick – The Quest for the Austrian Whale

toxicdreams — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:43:11 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MOBY DICK – THE QUEST FOR THE AUSTRIAN WHALE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_column_text]Aug 28 – Sep 17, 2017/ all over Austria[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24562][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="MOBY DICK – THE QUEST FOR THE AUSTRIAN WHALE" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]Aug 28 – Sep 17, 2017/ all over Austria[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24562][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A road show In the summer of 2017, 7 members of the performance group toxic dreams toured the wilderness of Austria in search of the Austrian Whale. The political, the cultural, the geographical, the sociological, the economical, and the peculiar whale. Their journey took them through the whole 8 provinces. (Vienna, the ninth province, got its own tour.) They travelled from one geographical middle point to another, celebrating both the local human and natural landscape of each particular province. They pretended to be sailors of the Austrian sea, although in all actuality they travelled in an RV, documenting their findings along the way. They did white water rafting, they joined a literary festival, they sang to random cattle on the road, they made cheese, they danced the hula around the Upper Austria middle point monument, they visited the Austrian space agency (yes, there is one), they performed a theatrical scene in a forest for no one in particular, they joined the circus for around 1 hour. To aid them in their search for the Austrian Whale, they used the classic Moby Dick by Herman Melville.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text][vimeography id="16"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Sailors: Markus Zett, Susanne Gschwendtner, Isabella Händler, Peter Stamer, Michael Strohmann, Yosi Wanunu, Kornelia Kilga Aug 28 – Sep 17, 2017/ all over Austria[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Do Whales Dream of Tasty Sharks?

toxicdreams — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:18:58 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="DO WHALES" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeftBig"][vc_custom_heading text="DREAM OF TASTY SHARKS?" font_container="tag:div|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]MS Stadt Wien (ship)/Danube river, Vienna, Nov 18, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24541][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2017 | part of The New Old Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="DO WHALES DREAM OF TASTY SHARKS?" font_container="tag:div|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:1" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][vc_column_text]MS Stadt Wien (ship)/Danube river, Vienna, Nov 18, 2017[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=24541][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A celebration To celebrate 20 years of toxic dreams we rented a large ship and set off down the Danube River. We pretended to be drunken sailors on board the whaling ship Pequod. To pass time the sailors stage a show. A talent show in an old vaudevillian fashion. We also invited people we worked with over the years. The result was a big party on a run-down ship, Federico Fellini meets Herman Melville.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]With: Anna Mendelssohn, Susanne Gschwendtner, Markus Zett, Isabella Händler, Michael Strohmann, Peter Stamer, Yosi Wanunu Guests: Martin Siewert, Alexander Kranabetter, Cornelia Scheuer and Elisabeth Löffler, Lonesome Andi Haller and Irene Coticchio, Fuckhead, Jeannie and Alexander Mayr, Philipp Oberlohr, Paul Horn, Didi Kern, Hans Tschiritsch, Andreas Strauss, Ina Ebenberger, 35 students of DiverCityLab, DJ akared a.o. Sound and Video: Michael Strohmann Devised by Yosi Wanunu, Peter Stamer and Kornelia Kilga Produced by Kornelia Kilga With support of Ton & Bild Medientechnik GmbH, Claribel Koss, Jonas Ferdinand Kilga and many others MS Stadt Wien (ship)/Danube river, Vienna/Nov 18, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]