Tag: vienna
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Love, Power, and Revenge: “The Duchess of Malfi”
John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” is a Jacobean revenge tragedy that delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. This chilling exploration of power, love, and revenge is set against a backdrop of political intrigue and moral decay. Now you have a chance to see it in a riveting new production by the…
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Unreliable Miracles: “Faith Healer”
A powerful new production of Faith Healer is currently captivating audiences at the Theater im Café Prückel in Vienna. The play follows the enigmatic Francis Hardy, who claims to possess the gift of healing, alongside his wife Grace and manager Teddy. The gripping narrative explores the complexities of truth and perception.
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Horses, an Alpine musical
Move over Sound of Music! Saddle up for ‘Horses,’ a provocative musical challenging norms, blending humor, irony, and Austrian idiosyncrasies. The excellent performers find themselves entangled in absurdities, sparking both laughter and reflection. With a diverse musical soundtrack, this unconventional production captivates with its blend of irony and Austrian humor.
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All the empty (drama) spaces
Especially in cities, there are often entire streets of abandoned ground floor stores and workshops that have not managed to assert themselves in our online consumer society or against large chains. Spaces that have been empty for years. What happens to such spaces in our cityscape? Well, sometimes drama happens there. In empty ground floor…
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Back to analogue – Part 7: testing my “new” Exakta Varex IIb
Back when my analogue passion was reignited, for the Seven Sisters exhibition I was originally lent an Exakta Varex V. After bringing it to Hamburg and very carefully exposing a film with it (or so I thought) I was totally frustrated to find out on return that the film had not been properly transported and…
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Back to analogue – Part 6: on tour with the Contax IIIa
This was my most “should I really?” purchase when I got the “back to film” bug: A Contax IIIa with a Zeiss Sonnar 1:1.5 50mm lens and leather case, all in near pristine condition. I had spotted it on Ebay after buying “Das Contax Buch”, a really old and really wonderful book, from which incidentally…
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Back to analogue – Part 5: Vienna Pride with the Praktica B200
When I was working on my portrait project for the “17 Sisters” analogue exhibition at Fine Art Galerie Traismauer with Reinhard Prenn´s Yashica Electro 35, the analogue bug got me and I went a little bit crazy and began accumulating a whole bunch of old cameras (bought cheaply on a used goods platform or inherited)…
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Datafication Narratives
In the age of datafication, our world is increasingly mediated by algorithms and machine learning. These technologies have the power to shape our understanding of the world, but they also raise important questions about the nature of knowledge and truth. One lust run before the WERK X-Petersplatz theater closes for the summer and goes on…
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No place to hide
As summer takes hold, the WERK X-Petersplatz theater in Vienna debuts its latest production, “Hideaway – Love and Other Radicalities,” in collaboration with the visionary collective Bauer + Baum. It is a story of nostalgia for a long ago past, when we danced to records, allowed our skin to burn to a crisp in the…
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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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