Archive for Vienna

Model living

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 11 October 2012 by delclem

 

The Werkbund Estate in Vienna
“’Light, air and sun’ and ‘modern living with a maximum of happiness’ were promised by the Werkbund Estate in Vienna in 1932. Eighty years after its opening, the Wien Museum is staging an exhibition devoted to this architectural monument.” Text (c) wieninternational.at 2012

 

Reading Viennese Actionism

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 6 September 2012 by delclem

 



No Austrian art movement of the 20th century has created such a stir as the so-called Viennese Actionism. Legal action was taken against the transgressive artists because of their body-oriented performances for indecent behavior, violating morals and disturbing public peace. They were vilified in the press and received public threats: legendary vents that have made (art) history > book review

Photo: the legendary “Art & Revolution” performance @ NIG, Auditorium I (University of Vienna), 7 June 1968
(c) wieninternational.at 2012

 

In the footsteps of Josefine Mutzenbacher

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on 5 September 2012 by delclem

 
What does ‘Bambi’ have to do with a Viennese prostitute of the 19th century? What is the ‘cushion method’ or even a ‘porcelain ride’? These and similar questions are answered in the guided walk ‘Josefine Mutzenbacher – the paths of desire in Old Vienna’. Curious?”

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Underground with Mozart & Co.

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 15 August 2012 by delclem

 

 


A new tourist attraction takes visitors underground where they can listen to Mozart, experience a model air raid shelter or run with the rats.” > Review
(c) wieninternational.at 2012

 

 

Hipsters in Vienna

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 8 July 2012 by delclem

The Viennese bohemian bourgeois (BoBo) is the equivalent daddy / mummy of the gentrifying hipster NY style…

Illustration (c) Andrea Maria Dusl, 2012

“Living cemetery”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 5 July 2012 by delclem

“The Jewish cemetery on Seegasse in Vienna, which has been undergoing renovations by the city since 2008, is of importance not only for historical and cultural reasons.” >full article (c) wieninternational.at, 2012

“462 keys, 462 crimes, 462 lives: the “keys against forgetting” are an important memorial.”

On the Tip of Mahler’s Tongue

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 26 June 2012 by delclem
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“Today marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. On 26 June 1912, this extraordinary, of ten febrile work was first performed in the Goldener Saal of the Musikverein. It was played by the Wiener Philharmoniker and conducted by Bruno Walter. Despite the significance of the occasion, old habits died hard and the local press reported that Mahler’s final completed symphony was not a patch on the trumpeted glories of the Eighth.”
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(c) Entartete Musik, 2012 >read more 

“Dashed dreams of chintz and fluff”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 9 June 2012 by delclem

Sounding out boundaries, revealing limitations and questioning ingrained concepts: the Vienna Independent Shorts film festival is showing its more militant side in 2012 – from the special programme feature Pushing the boundaries to the festival theme.” >full text (c) wieninternational.at, 2012

What is a mother tongue?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12 May 2012 by delclem

Prof Jacques Le Rider on Fritz Mauthner, Franz Kafka, and Elias Canetti.

Lecture during the symposium Languages other than mine, May 2012

Video (c) College de France, May 2012

Undoing Lueger in Vienna

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 29 April 2012 by delclem


Vienna in row over legacy of historic mayor Karl Lueger: the plans to change street signs bearing name of the antisemitic politician who inspired Hitler cause far right complaints >article (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012