Category: documentary photography
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The courage to be wild at heart
The theatre at WERK X-Petersplatz just premiered “Im Herzen der Krähen” (In the hearts of crows) by Kaśka Bryla. I was again invited to photograph the general rehearsal, always a special treat for me to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of a play or performance, allowing me to capture a bit of the…
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Making Trans Joy Visible
TIN* Artists (trans, inter, nonbinary) currently take centre stage at Villa Vida Café in Vienna´s 5th district. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the exhibition entitled “Visible!”, which was organised on the occasion of the Trans Day of Visibility to offer trans, inter*, and non-binary artists an opportunity to present…
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Spring REawakens on stage
I´ve been a busy bee this week – must be that spring fever. At what has become an often-visited place for me, the theatre space at WERK X-Petersplatz, the latest play to premiere is “FrühlingsNEUerwachen” (Spring REawakening). It is a modified version of the famous original “Frühlingserwachen” (“Spring Awakening”) by the German playwright Frank Wedekind,…
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If HERSTORY makes you cringe…
… It should make you cringe, it should make you think. It did, for me. I guess I have been lucky, I thought when I saw the new play HERSTORY. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE ABUSES at WERK X-Petersplatz, because I am not one of the many women who experience abuse from men on a…
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Multiple Dianas at WERK X-Petersplatz
My latest visit to WERK X-Petersplatz took me to the final rehearsal of the whirlwind contemporary play “What did you do when Lady Di died” by Katharina Kummer – a “chorus of princesses”, as one tagline refers to it. The play engages with a range of different themes and ideas, including the life and legacy…
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The Fine Art of Magic and Illusions
This time I have something from outside Vienna, but not very far from my home base. The Fine Art Galerie in Traismauer, Lower Austria, just about an hour from the city, just opened a new art exhibition titled “Magic and Illusions“. I went to the opening night, expecting a regular photo exhibition, and found myself…
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Gregor Sailer: Unseen Places
Gregor Sailer´s photos of empty places are sensational, but not sensationalist. In a major exhibition at Kunsthaus Wien (at Hundertwasserhaus) you can still view the exhibition until next weekend. Gregor Sailer lives in Tirol, his “quiet zone”, where he plans the often very complex and difficult photo tours to remote and hard to visit places…
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Ernst Haas – The Art of Seeing
Here is something not to be missed for photography lovers: Ernst Haas – The Art of Seeing at WestLicht Gallery in Vienna. I actually went to the exhibition opening last year, but am only now getting around to processing my photos from the event and writing about this great master photographer. But I wanted to…
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Bibi Sara Kali: Cultural identities at WERK X-Petersplatz
What if you never knew your cultural identity? If you were not aware of your heritage, because, somehow, your mother “forgot” to mention it to you? And why? Those are the questions asked in this highly engaging and topical play “Bibi Sara Kali” by Ibrahim Amir and Simonida Selimović. I was lucky enough to be…
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A Māori world in Vienna
What the Māori artist George Nuku has created for the Weltmuseum Wien is truly spectacular. “Oceans. Collections. Reflections.” is the apt title of this gigantic takeover of the Weltmuseum´s entire ground floor. Seven rooms are filled from top to bottom with George Nuku´s sculptures, paintings, drawings, carvings, supplemented by items from the museum´s own collection.…
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