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
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
“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?”
“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
The Viennese bohemian bourgeois (BoBo) is the equivalent daddy / mummy of the gentrifying hipster NY style…
Illustration (c) Andrea Maria Dusl, 2012
“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.”
“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
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
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
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