INSTALLATION
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BONAR
The storms brought the rain, soaked up by a thirsty country. The wetlands turn into a mystical place, awaiting the lakes to fill once more. Tread with care, my soul, as the soil gets smoother, feeling the cold under my toes, wondering, which step will make my body sink deeper into the ground. Touching more intensely what belongs…
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NEW ARRIVALS
ABOUT This video installation expresses how we belong to land and culture, based on our individual and collective history and the ever-changing image of society. The port is explored as a place of transition, and as a local point of arrival and departure.The performers enact the connection between people and place and how a sense…
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URBANISATION
performed by Emma Benischauer, Bugs Boyd, Shenae Coppola, Mayra Dinelli, Elisabeth Eitelberger, Jonia Guimaraes, Jack Hagan, Eden McCombe ABOUT In urban space, people of all ages meet and pass each other in different ways. Here we are, surrounded by movement and stillness at the same time. We can rush along, pause, or pay attention to…
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ABOUT INSPIRATION FILM
Inspiration Film addresses a cinematographic process, based on performative actions. We extend the Existence Theatre practice with it a step further. Viewers get motivated to invigorate the seen images by mixing them with own memories and experiences gained. They will be able to relate to the confronting performance text more or less, in which philosophical…
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MOISTURISED
Text by bello benischauer & Performance by elisabeth m eitelberger .. From the start to the finish picturing my life…To grow and rise… And breathe in the air of passion… In my hand an abstract expression of communication… I have to recharge my phone… Only you, the flower and the tree… Two million sold… There has…
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SYNCHRONISATION TRIAL
nakedness – as a symbol and linkage to birth and human identity/alikeness: an artistic outcry to leave the comfort zone of a materialistic society how would it feel to stand there instead of the artists? written on their bodies = world population number at the time of their births on 18.12.1974 (left) / 15.06.1966 (right) below =…
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DO I BELONG
An old factory, resembling a spaceship in the galaxy, discovered by two different people, who face up to live in it or to reactivate it: A woman tries to move into the space, while a man, a previous workman of the factory comes back again and again to his old workplace, which he can’t face…
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ZWANGSVERPFLICHTUNGEN
Systematische Zwangsverpflichtungen führen zu dynamischen Verhaltensstörungen The performance series in various public spaces in Austria (Vienna, Linz and Krems) discusses systematically and periodically repeated behaviour patterns that people show on a daily basis.Some influence our way of living – more or less – while others even cause dysfunctional behaviour.When we occupy different spaces, cultural structures…
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NO INTERMISSION
… addresses cultural patterns and behaviour systemsin history and cross-culturesymbolisation of certain itemsin context to the human beinghow certain items receive iconographical relevancetend to influence our visual perceptionwhy do we see things the way we recognisethem considering particular cultural traditions The single video installations and particularly in their relation to each other and to the…
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FRÖNEND
… our doubts… are like a gate… that we have to walk through… every single day… If we breath calmly and connect with space… emotionally, we can manage to keep our wariness at bay… dreams are men’s elixir of life… FRÖNEND (German for the word “indulging”) is a video triptych in the style of the…
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HAUNTED
the human creature … tries to take first place … no matter what … without any compromise … we even accept tremendous efforts … to reach success, prosperity and prestige … and if for any reason … a tiny piece is missing … we panic … Haunted – video acts question how we can actively position us in this world but how…
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HUMAN RECYCLING PROJECT
What happens, when we can’t define and modify our immediate living environment? When we get dependent on the decision-making of others? When we leave our comfort zone to face paternalism, prejudice and/or degradation? This work, consisting of six separate video parts, plays with the viewer’s own imagination and individual perception (formed by knowledge/education/cultural background/…), linked…