Author: Spectaculum Magazine

  • Radikale Nähe

    Radikale Nähe

    Bruce Gilden und die Gewalt des Blicks im Westlicht (Scroll down for the English text.) Bruce Gilden gehört zu jenen Fotografen, bei denen man ziemlich schnell weiß, wo man steht. Bewunderung oder Abwehr, dazwischen ist wenig Platz. Seine aktuelle Ausstellung im WestLicht habe ich mir heute angesehen, und die macht das sehr deutlich. Man steht…

  • Whyte: The Choreography of Otherness

    Whyte: The Choreography of Otherness

    (GERMAN TEXT BELOW) I photographed the dress rehearsal of Whyte, a performance piece conceived and directed by Ahmed Al Taai, which will be presented over the next three days at Theater Spektakel in Vienna. Although the work unfolds entirely without spoken language, it became clear within minutes that nothing on this stage requires explanation. The…

  • Speaking the Unbearable

    Speaking the Unbearable

    Photographing the rehearsal of Girls & Boys this week was an experience that stayed with me long after I packed away my camera. Dennis Kelly’s one-woman play is known for its brutal emotional landscape, but I did not know the play before. Witnessing Anne Marie Sheridan inhabit this role at such close range was something…

  • Constellations — When Love Meets the Multiverse

    Constellations — When Love Meets the Multiverse

    Tomorrow night, October 16th, Vienna’s Ateliertheater opens its doors to a story that bends time, choice, and the heart itself. Nick Payne’s Constellations — produced by Open House Theatre — brings together Tess Hermann and Pete Steele in an intimate exploration of what it means to love across infinite possibilities. I was invited to photograph…