Author: viennacultgram
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My Old Lady: More Than an Apartment Problem
Tonight, Theater Drachengasse premieres My Old Lady in the smaller, cozier of its two performance spaces, Bar & Co. And yes, “cozy” is the polite word for “you’re so close to the actors you can feel the air shift when a scene turns.” I photographed a rehearsal, and it was one of those rare afternoons…
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Zwischen Material, Mensch und Haltung
Anupama Kundoo im AzW (Scroll down for the English text.) Vor zwei Tagen war ich mit IGersAustria.at im Architekturzentrum Wien eingeladen. Auf dem Programm stand die Ausstellung „Reichtum statt Kapital“ der Architektin Anupama Kundoo. Eine Ausstellung, die nicht laut sein muss, um präsent zu bleiben. Schon beim Eintreten wird klar: Hier geht es nicht um…
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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…
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Zeit hinzusehen: Lisette Model in der Albertina
Time to look: Lisette Model at the Albertina (Scroll down for the English text.) Zum ersten Mal seit Tagen, vielleicht seit Wochen, war wieder Raum. Kein Termin, kein Nachhall von Weihnachten, keine To-do-Liste im Kopf. Stattdessen die Albertina mit einer großen Lisette Model retrospective (1901–1983). Es war genau der richtige Moment für diese Ausstellung. Lisette…
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A Meta-Holiday Classic: Scrooge’s and Scroggs’ Journey
The timeless tale of redemption and transformation returns to the stage, yet this year’s rendition of A Christmas Carol by Open House Theatre brings a fresh, inventive twist that breathes new life into the classic story. While the beloved narrative of Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey from miserliness to generosity remains at its heart, the production cleverly frames the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Crooked Angles and Poetic Shadows
Francesca Woodman at the Albertina Yesterday I joined a guided tour of the Francesca Woodman exhibition at the Albertina, organised by the Prager Fotoschule – and I’m still processing what I saw. Woodman’s photographs are strange, raw, and oddly haunting. They tug at something unconscious, uncomfortable even – and yet they’re deeply inspiring. An encounter…
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Schiele Meets Nosferatu
Expressionism and a Dash of Horror at the Heidi Horten Collection Tucked behind the Burggarten and just a stone’s throw from Vienna’s art-heavy First District, the Heidi Horten Collection continues to surprise. Last night I had the chance to explore the latest exhibition at the Heidi Horten Collection in Vienna, Experiment Expressionismus – Schiele meets…
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