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So This Is Vienna!

toxicdreams — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:41:27 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text css=""]2025 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="SO THIS IS 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="fadeInLeft" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Johann Strauss 2025, Wien. Metro Kinokulturhaus / Nov 10 – 16, 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26745][/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 css=""]2025 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="SO THIS" 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" css=""][vc_custom_heading text="IS 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" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Johann Strauss 2025, Wien. Metro Kinokulturhaus / Nov 10 – 16, 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26745][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Silent film on stage In 1926, the German director Ernst Lubitsch directed what turned out to be his final film for Warner Pictures Studios, a film titled So This Is Paris. The film script was based on the 1872 French play Le Réveillon, which was also the basis for Johann Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus. It is a sophisticated silent film, a comedy about two married couples whose wandering eyes land on each other’s spouses. The story is simple: Georgette lives in Paris with her unexciting, effeminate husband, an actor and interpretive dancer. Meanwhile, Suzanne lives across the street and reads romance novels while dreaming of someone more exciting than her own lackluster spouse, Maurice. Each woman happens across the other’s husband and begins her dream affair. Four people, each cheating on their spouse, and none of them is aware that their own spouse is cheating. Who will find out first, and how? SO THIS IS VIENNA! is a live staging of Lubitsch’s film, but this time, instead of the typical silent movie score, Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus music comes to the rescue. The Lubitsch/Strauss mashup is a sardonic approach to spouse-swapping, forest trysts, erotic romance novels, out-of-control champagne-fueled dance parties, and accidental prison sentences. In short, it is a modern confectionery of sorts.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vimeography id="22"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Performers: Stephanie Cumming, Alexander Gottfarb, Susanne Gschwendtner, Suzie Leger, Tobias Resch, Anat Stainberg, Florian Tröbinger, Markus Zett Music by Michael Strohmann Set Design: Paul Horn Assistance set design: Roland Schmidt, Sarah Vrabel Costumes: Susanne Bisovsky Make-up: Marietta Dang Light Design: Lucas Gruber Written by Yosi Wanunu Translated into German by Friederike Kulcsar Directed and choreographed by Yosi Wanunu and Alexander Gottfarb Produced by Kornelia Kilga, Camilla Henrich[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Ghost Riders

toxicdreams — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:26:43 +0000

So, your life, or whatever is left of it, is there behind you, like a sinking ship on the horizon. You are slowly approaching the part where you cross items from your bucket list. You try to bring your bank account to zero; yes, it’s time to do some cleaning. You look back in anger, or maybe you had a good one so far, so you look back in pleasure. In any case, the first person you see or the first person you have to close the life case with is your father. And he…he is a long time gone. So you open the case without him attending. You talk to the ghost, the memory, to images of days past. Is it too late? Probably, but as the saying goes, it’s better late than never.

You invite another long-gone father to the party to make things easier or more complex; you don’t know yet. So now you have a German father on one side and an Israeli on the other. It’s a killer combination. But it’s not what you think; it’s far from that. It’s not your typical German Jew meeting. This time is post, post, post, that war. It’s personal; it’s between the two fathers and sons. It’s a private affair.

The two sons piece together their fathers’ histories through the remnants they left behind. Through a patchwork of memories, sometimes hazy, sometimes fractured, they weave a narrative of family secrets, untold stories, and the intricate web of relationships that shaped their lives. This is not merely a biography but an excavation of the past, a quest to find meaning in the debris of a fractured history. It’s grief archaeology.

Ghost Riders asks what it means to honestly know someone, whether father, son, or self, and what remains when everything else fades.[/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/1110252753" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Developed and performed by Yosi Wanunu and Peter Stamer
Music by Peter Stamer
Visual and sound support: Michael Strohmann
Produced by Kornelia Kilga[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Unwalling the Wall

toxicdreams — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:32:40 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text css=""]2025 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="UNWALLING THE WALL" 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" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Theater am Werk, Vienna/ March 10–15, 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26570][/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 css=""]2025 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="UNWALLING" 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" css=""][vc_custom_heading text="THE WALL" 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" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Theater am Werk, Vienna/ March 10–15, 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26570][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]A Theatrical Essay Bertolt Brecht said theatre should be like a person who has seen a car crash and has to explain what happened to a bystander. Well, I, you, have seen a car crash. We’ve been living through some car crashes over the last twenty years, one big giant continuous global car crash. So tonight, I will tell the story of one such car crash. I will not try to be objective, and I will not tell both sides of the story. Tonight, it’s a one-sided Rashomon. It is told from my point of view, my version of the car crash. The text you will hear tonight, the show you will witness, seeks to approach Palestine as a microcosm of more extensive processes, a universal car crash we witness daily…I’m using the Palestinian story because I know it. I lived through it. Unwalling the Wall is a theatrical essay that tells the story of the Palestinian-Israeli war from a personal point of view. It uses the technique of ‘swarming’ or ‘infestation’ to present semi-independent narratives that operate independently but are put together to tell the complex and sometimes impossible story of Palestine, Israel, and the Middle East.[/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/1074979862" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Performers: Susanne Gschwendtner, Anat Stainberg, Markus Zett, Tom Crawley, Tobias Resch, Yosi Wanunu, Michael Strohmann, Paul Horn, Marietta Dang, Florian Tröbinger Music/Sound: Michael Strohmann Video: Nira Pereg, Michael Strohmann Set design: Paul Horn Assistance Set: Roland Schmidt Make-up: Marietta Dang Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga[/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 Chosen One

toxicdreams — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:01:17 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2024 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE CHOSEN ONE" 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" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Theater am Werk, Vienna/ October 7–19, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26418][/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]2024 | part of The Rashomon 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" css=""][vc_custom_heading text="CHOSEN ONE" 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" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Theater am Werk, Vienna/ October 7–19, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=""][nslider sid=26418][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Stage Documentary The Chosen One performance tells the story of Amelie Bauer, an Austrian rising star leftist politician who operated at the outset of the new millennium and whose sudden disappearance still haunts her most fervent followers. Ms. Bauer’s speaking technique, singing voice, and approach, often referred to as “The most radical leftist method in the world,“ fused classical Marxist and Socialist doctrines all scored with the popular sounds of the happy 1960s. Her brand of the ‘new left’ infused even the most minor political thought with sex, death, and the pursuit of happiness. If you are scratching your head trying to remember who Amelie Bauer is, don’t bother. It’s a ‘fake’ plot. We will craft her legacy as a 21st-century leftist political guru with the help of ‘found text’ from journals, diaries, news clips, and other historical material, all made up by us. Some of this material will be based on historical documents adapted to sound like Amelie Bauer’s doctrine. The conceit of The Chosen One is that we are reenacting Amelie Bauer’s life in Austria, including her final speech before she vanished. Her sudden and unexpected departure left her followers struggling to find direction and reaffirm their commitment to the cause. While dealing with her disappearance, we see her small inner team trying to deal with losing their guru. It is a metatheatrical meditation on collectivity, faith, and trust. While telling her story, it should become clear that Amelie Bauer’s political group members must look to each other, rather than outside themselves, for direction and approval. The Chosen One will alternate between interior monologues, group interactions, diaries, and letters from political team members, expressing a sense of desperation, inadequacy, and frustration inherent in creating a meaningful political movement for the country. By the way, there are rumors that Amelie Bauer still lives in an unknown place and runs the Institute for Radical Life or IRL.[/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/1034495205" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Performers: Susanne Gschwendtner, Markus Zett, Anat Stainberg, Florian Tröbinger, Barca Baxant Live Band: Didi Kern, Philipp Quehenberger, Michael Strohmann Music by Michael Strohmann Set Design: Paul Horn Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Waiting for the Barbarians

toxicdreams — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:18:18 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2024 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS" 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]Volkskundemuseum Vienna/ April 29 – May 12, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=26267][/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]2024 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="WAITING" 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="FOR 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="BARBARIANS" 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]Volkskundemuseum Vienna/ April 29 – May 12, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=26267][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performance/Installation The country is at a standstill, nothing is done, and no one is in charge. Everyone is waiting in a state of cultural torpor and political stagnation. It is a CinemaScope spectacle of imminent national decline. In a bunker somewhere in an unnamed city (Rome? Constantinople? Vienna? It doesn’t matter, because it keeps happening everywhere, after all) a crowd has gathered in anxious anticipation of the arrival of some (also unnamed) “barbarians.” The culture of fear replaced the optimism that was once this city's leading frame of mind. The barbarians, the crowd is being told, are in a position to take over the country and loot what they wish and want. Things have moved past the stage of discussion or debate. The political will of the citizens has been so atrophied by sloth, luxury, and complacency that they can only hope for disaster as a means of renewing the state. In the air, some perverse yearning for a violent crisis might break the deadlock and reinvigorate the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is a performance/installation that takes place in a real bunker. Deep down, under a playground, the public is confronted with fear. The fear of the other. It is an ironic take on a "know your enemy" training camp. Who are the barbarians? Why are we so afraid of their arrival? Why do we need the imaginary barbarians to define our own goodness/culture/identity? How would we define ourselves if the barbarians did not exist any longer? And finally, why are we waiting instead of rebuilding this paranoid empire we call home? The performance/installation Waiting for the Barbarians turns the bunker's many rooms into a labyrinth of fear. We call it the AAF, the Austrian Archive of Fear. A rollercoaster of sounds, images, and live actions takes the public on a ride inside the absurd paranoia that, unfortunately, became the prevailing discourse of our time.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vimeography id="19"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Artistic contributions by and with: Barca Baxant, BitteBitteJaJa, Vladimir Cabak, Shabnam Chamani, Tom Crawley, Nina Fog, Susanne Gschwendtner, Paul Horn, nurarchitektur (Peter Leeb + Christina Condak), Robert Pfaller, Roland Rauschmeier, Florian Tröbinger, Peter Stamer, Michael Strohmann, Yosi Wanunu, Charlotte Zorell Room Design: Paul Horn Assistant Room Design: Roland Schmidt Production assistant: Charlotte Zorell Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Translated by Friederike Kulcsar Concept and Realisation: Yosi Wanunu, Paul Horn, Peter Stamer, Michael Strohmann Produced by Kornelia Kilga Co-produced by Volkskundemuseum Vienna/ April 29 – May 12, 2024 Photo Credits: Kollektiv Fischka[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

I Was an Elephant Once in Cambodia

toxicdreams — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:31:49 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2023 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="I WAS AN ELEPHANT ONCE" 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_custom_heading text="IN CAMBODIA" 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 am Werk, Vienna/ Dec 5 – 9, 2023[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25272][/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]2023 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="I WAS AN" 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="ELEPHANT" 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="ONCE 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="CAMBODIA" 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 am Werk, Vienna/ Dec 5 – 9, 2023[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25272][/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 Court Drama A man says he is Jesus Christ. Why does he do this? Does he really believe that he is the Saviour? What would happen if several persons, each claiming the same delusional identity, were confronted with one another? Welcome to the theatre of personalities, where performers act as the characters of people who take the roles of Christ. Welcome to the theatre of reenactment, where actors reenact the film based on a book about people who believe they are Christ. Welcome to the Rashomon of identities, where we stage the baseless nature of delusion and the flimsy foundations we use to construct our own identities. In this theatre, everyone, including the viewers, has multiple identities. Everyone is in the business of counterfeiting many probable versions of themselves. Everyone, the audience included, tries to make their defective selves appear to others as competent personalities.[/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/894664554"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performance: Barca Baxant, Isabella Händler, Anna Mendelssohn, Anat Stainberg, Florian Tröbinger, Markus Zett; Filmcast: Thomas Crawley, Onur Poyraz, Peter Stamer, Charlotte Zorell Video: Michael Strohmann Set design: Paul Horn Costumes: Lena Kvadrat/art point Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga, Charlotte Zorell Co-produced by Theater am Werk, Vienna/ Dec 5 - 9, 2023[/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, 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]

The Two Pop(e)s

toxicdreams — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:25:52 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]2023 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE TWO POP(E)S" 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]ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival at Leopold Museum, Vienna/ July 25 -27, 2023[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25829][/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]2023 | part of The Rashomon Cycle [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="THE TWO" 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="POP(E)S" 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]ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival at Leopold Museum, Vienna/ July 25 -27, 2023[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25829][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Durational Performance The starting point for The Two Pop(e)s is two paintings. The first is Velazquez’s painting of Pope Innocent X (1650). The second is a mirror-image or photographic negative of Velazquez’s portrait by Francis Bacon, titled: Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Innocent X (1953). The performance is, in essence, a recording and reporting of the research we conducted into the paintings’ history and also into the paintings’ various interpretations. But it is also about our contemporary take on themes that the paintings confront us with. The Two Pop(e)s took the form of structured improvisation. The performers/popes played with the material they assembled without a clear score letting the live interaction with the viewers control the decision they make. It is as if the two popes are just passing time while waiting for their portraits to be taken.[/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/877070688"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Popes: Yosi Wanunu, Roland Rauschmeier Video and music: Michael Strohmann Make-up: Marietta Dang Set: Ensemble Concept: Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga A collaboration with PKW ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival at Leopold Museum, Vienna/ July 25 -27, 2023[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

What Did He See?

toxicdreams — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:04:29 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]1998 | part of Early Shows [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="WHAT DID HE SEE?" 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" css=".vc_custom_1696935772977{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text]dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ April 15 -30, 1998[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25813][/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]1998 | part of Early Shows [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="WHAT DID" 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="HE SEE?" 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]dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ April 15 -30, 1998[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25813][/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 play Theme and variations: An angry man, disillusioned and weary of life, nevertheless sustains blind faith that something amazing and beautiful will emerge from the chaos surrounding him. A catalog of questions about art and the making of art or theater at the end of the millennium. What is the best story to tell? Well… the one that devours itself. Circular.[/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/851640469" el_aspect="43" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performers: Michaela Galli, Elisabeth Prohaska, Alexandra Sommerfeld Text: Richard Foreman Music: Lonesome Andi Haller Band Directed and designed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ April 15 -30, 1998[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Tea with Gertrude and Alice

toxicdreams — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:51:00 +0000

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_column_text]1999 | part of Early Shows [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="TEA WITH GERTRUDE AND ALICE" 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" css=".vc_custom_1696934953120{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text]dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ Feb 5 – 6, 1999[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25801][/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]1999 | part of Early Shows [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="TEA WITH" 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="GERTRUDE " 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="AND ALICE" 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]dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ Feb 5 – 6, 1999[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text][nslider sid=25801][/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 conversation An evening with Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, both played by the same actress live and on video monitors. The text is a collage of Stein’s writing with an emphasis on Tender Buttons and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. A discussion/talk about art, food, love, relationship, modernism, and postmodernism through the eyes of one of last century’s truly original writers.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="" el_aspect="43"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Performer: Michaela Galli Textediting: Michaela Galli and Yosi Wanunu Directed and designed by Yosi Wanunu Produced by Kornelia Kilga dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna/ Feb 5 – 6, 1999[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row]