r i v e r h o o d
a choreographic assemblage
as installation & walks & performances & concert & reading
by sabina holzer – cattravelsnotalone

5th – 11th of April, 2025
at eindorf
r i v e r h o o d invites you to a series of gatherings accompanied by 9 artists and their relations with rivers.

~~ Installation: 5 – 11 April: Jack Hauser
~~ Performance: 10 & 11 April, 18:00 (doors open 17:00): Alix Eynaudi, Sabina Holzer, Oisín Ó Manacháin|Oisín Monaghan, Agnes Schneidewind, Jack Hauser, Boris Hauf
~~ Concert & Reading: 11 April, from 20:30: Boris Hauf & Litó Walkey

Box office: 10,00 € (cash only!)
Please register: eva@mollusca-productions.com
Reduced tickets are possible in special cases by arrangement!

Sabina Holzer (conception)
Wienfluss (script)
Jack Hauser (scenography)
Alix Eynaudi, Sabina Holzer, Oisín Ó Manacháin|Oisín Monaghan, Agnes Schneidewind (choreography, performance, walks)
Christina Gruber (hydrological counseling & walks)
Litó Walkey (writing companion & reading)
Boris Hauf (composition & sound)
Herbert Justnik (dramaturgical companion)
mollusca productions (production management)

With many thanks to: Sabine Grupe

Cooperation: Kunstraum eindorf & Volkskundemuseum Wien
Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna and the Cultural Commission of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus

As lovers, neighbors, children, friends, parents, collaborators, and other kinds of connective beings, the artists share their concerns and imaginations for the condition of the world by thinking with rivers. Their shared artistic practices will move the visitors through forms of installations, walks, performances as well as a concert and a reading to open up to these collective reflections:

We turn to the Wienfluss and the geological conditions of the 15th district and follow the extended riverbed and streams through time. By turning to one river, we connect with all the other rivers. The rivers and their waters are veins: in our bodies, in the landscape. They are vulnerable, endangered habitats. The Wienfluß was flooded some months ago. We are also flooded. Swept away into a flowing oblivion. How we were. How we will be. How we could be. Here we invite to bring the attention on the everydayness of our senses and dances.

Again and again we listen to the river. We hear its song. The water carries memories. Of the land, of time. We touch the edges and are touched by them. Flushed by rivers, we want to learn from the water. From the flow. The waves. The horizontal and vertical branches. From the transitions, the living, from those who passed away. Witnessing water roots growing on soaked surfaces through touch, we braid dances and words. Our bodies do not belong to us, they are intertwined, part of each other and the living space. We practice cultivating what we have in common and what is different. We practice trust. Tributaries that we are, we come together from our familiar river land, bringing our gifts and attachment to share, celebrate and dream. we let them become foreign. Often on the threshold, lingering, leaking, moving, being moved, waving, whispering, weeping; full of desires, memories, hopes, and gratitude. In the midst of how crazy we make this world, we connect, practice, and invite a community to come.

earlier at Wienfluss
~~ Walks: 05 & 06 April, 14:00: Sabina Holzer, Oisín Ó Manacháin|Oisín Monaghan, Agnes Schneidewind, Christina Gruber, Jack Hauser.
Meeting point: U4 Hütteldorf on the ground floor, Ströck bakery, duration approx. 2 hours. Afterwards, there is the possibility of a get-together of the visitors at Kunstraum eindorf with the artists.

Participation: pay as you wish!
Please register: eva@mollusca-productions.com

Picture: Sabina Holzer. Wienfluss 2025 & caves of swimmers

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Hosting Crust

soft at first
rough at least

January 29
Open Studio
Door opens: 6.30 pm
Intervention: 7 pm

by
Karine Blanche Seror
Ivan Jakaric
Jasmin Hoffer

In times of precarity,

three artists
with different backgrounds
meet
around food as a material
and
cooking as an artistic practice.

They reduce their *champ d’application* to the essential,
giving themselves the opportunity, at least, to nurture themselves.

They develop theory,
bridging language structures and cooking techniques.
They trace a line between hypermateriality and immateriality,
dancing in between the two ranges.

Like in politics,
they oscillate between opposition and negotiation,
challenging the binary,
transforming friction into creation,
and discord into shared sustenance.

They have a crust.
They are crust breakers.

For this project, they dedicate themselves to Crust Cooking,
exploring its techniques, ingredients, and recipes.
They develop a parallel language interweaving
gesture, visuals, soundscapes, and taste.

The phrase “They have a crust” refers to the English expression for “effrontery,” embodying boldness, resilience, and the courage to challenge norms.
“They are crust breakers” reflects their approach—breaking boundaries, dismantling conventions, and creating space for transformation.
The word *crust* also alludes to “earning one’s crust,” the struggle to sustain oneself.

Beyond that, it speaks to themes of transformation, resilience, and the tension between destruction and preservation. The crust symbolizes both fragility and protection—a threshold between rupture and inner vitality.

This evening is an invitation to explore the world of the crust:
its textures, meanings, and the stories it can hold.

You are warmly invited to join us as we share our work in progress,
breaking the crust together.

Text: Karine Blanche Seror

Picture: Ivan Jakaric

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Restor(y)ing the body

curated by Linda Samaraweerová
in the frame of the COOK, EAT & CLEAN salon’s series

ONLINE EVENT:

TUESDAY 17.12.2024
14.00 – 15.00
Lecture on Zoom by Dr. Ajit Kulkarni (INDIA)
health, illness and creativity from a medical homeopathic perspective

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or with the zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2856211199?omn=83416117665
Meeting-ID: 285 621 1199

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ONLINE EVENT:

WEDNESDAY 18.12.2024
19.45
Artistic talk on Zoom Valentina Desideri (IT)
a trajectory through some of the practices that compose Desideri´s Studio Practice, from Fake Therapy, to Political Therapy to the Sensing Salon.

JOIN ONLINE HERE

or with the zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2856211199?omn=89145468994
Meeting-ID: 285 621 1199




Restor(y)ing the body

curated by Linda Samaraweerová
in the frame of the COOK, EAT & CLEAN salon’s series

December 14. to 21. 2024
Free entrance

PROGRAM (here)
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please REGISTER for the workshops: info@eindorf.at

Art, body, illness, health and healing are central parameters of our existence. Based on this, we want to look at our body as an individual and a social one. We want to examine it from very different perspectives and at the same time in a wide variety of situations: What happens to people, their bodies and minds in absolute desperation and need? What healing options are there? How can we maintain a healthy body?

„On the one hand, we want to explore how we can restore the body. On the other hand it is about retelling the body and inventing new stories.“
– Linda Samaraweerová

The Viennese choreographer Linda Samaraweerová curates an eight-day program of performances, workshops, lectures and a laboratory. Questions arise about the body in the context of spirituality, ethics, art and healing. The national and international contributions approach the idea of ​​retelling and restoring the body.

The fascination of these days lies in the intensive encounters between artists, musicians, philosophers, managers, doctors and scientists. Visitors are invited to experience new approaches to the body and spiritual knowledge in a touching atmosphere.

You can experience artistic works by choreographers Ondine Cloez from France, Kotomi Nishiwaki from Japan/Spain, Venuri Perera from Sri Lanka, Zwoisy Mears-Clarke from Jamaica, the Indian filmmaker Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh, the Russian writer and director Ivan Strelkin and a concert by the Czech band Mantrovníci, embedded in lectures and talks by Arno Böhler (AT), Sven Hartberger (AT), Dr. Ajit Kulkarni (India), Valentina Desideri (IT), Johanna Zachhuber (AT), workshops by Larisa Francírková (CZ), Laurence Morlon (FR), Johanna Zachhuber (AT) and discussions – small snacks included.

Part of the salon is also a 5 day laboratory held by seven international performance and visual artists: Guadalupe Aldrete (MX/ AT), Anne Juren (FR/AT), Ondine Cloez (FR/BE), Oscar Cueto (MX/ AT), Kevin Fay (US/ BE), Kotomi Nishiwaki (JP/ ES), Linda Samaraweerová (CZ/AT).




Restor(y)ing the body

curated by Linda Samaraweerová
in the frame of the COOK, EAT & CLEAN salon’s series

December 14. to 21. 2024
Free entrance


P R O G R A M

Ethics and Economics
SATURDAY 14.12.2024

10.00 – 11.00 Breakfast at eindorf

11.00 – 12.30 (Weihnachts)-MARKT-Märchenstunde. Erzählung und Gespräch. Mit Sven Hartberger (AT)/ RESTOR(Y)ING ECONOMY
Thoughts on the model of the common good economy (Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie) / in German language

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch at eindorf

13.30 – 19.30 Workshop by Larisa Francírková (CZ)
Ethical principles of yoga in everyday life: at work and in private life.

20.00 – 21.00 Lecture by Arno Böhler (AT)
Therapeutical Aspects in Ancient Sacred Arts.

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Transcendence: The Divine in Dance and Music
SUNDAY 15.12.2024

11.00 – 14:00 Workshop by Laurence Morlon (FR)
Introduction into the dance ritual Tantra Natyam

15.30 Concert by Mantrovníci (CZ)
Indian Mantras and Czech spiritual songs composed by David Breiter

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Spiritual Aspects in Medicine
TUESDAY 17.12.2024

10.00 – 12.30 Workshop by Johanna Zachhuber (AT)
receptive music therapy

14.00 – 15.00 Lecture on Zoom by Dr. Ajit Kulkarni (INDIA)
health, illness and creativity from a medical homeopathic perspective
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or with the zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2856211199?omn=83416117665
Meeting-ID: 285 621 1199

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Art and Healing
WEDNESDAY 18.12.2024

18.30 Lecture Johanna Zachhuber (AT)
In the lecture on music therapy, basic concepts, theory and new areas of research are presented

19.45 Artistic talk on Zoom Valentina Desideri (IT)
a trajectory through some of the practices that compose Desideri´s Studio Practice, from Fake Therapy, to Political Therapy to the Sensing Salon.
JOIN ONLINE HERE
or with the zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2856211199?omn=89145468994
Meeting-ID: 285 621 1199

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Shattered Worlds
THURSDAY 19.12.2024

18.00 Open doors

19.00 Filmscreening Venuri Perera (Sri Lanka) and Zwoisy Mears-Clarke(Jamaica)

19.40 Lecture Performance Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh (India/ Austria)

20.30 Vedic texts sung by the Indian monk Mytri Suchetas Mahasthita (India) / recordings

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Shattered Worlds
FRIDAY 20.12.2024

19.30 Performance Ivan Strelkin (RU) / “Das Solo der vergewaltigten Geige“ (In German language)

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Come Together
SATURDAY 21.12.2024

19.30 Performance Ondine Cloez (FR) & Kotomi Nishiwaki (JP/ ES) / “The first word of the first poem of the first collection is basket”

21.00 Late Night Dinner & Celebration

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please REGISTER for the workshops: info@eindorf.at




Sven Hartberger
(Weihnachts)-MARKT-Märchenstunde. Erzählung und Gespräch. Mit Sven Hartberger (AT)
RESTOR(Y)ING ECONOMY
Thoughts on the model of the common good economy (Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie) / in German language

Saturday 14.12.2024/ 11.00 – 12.30

Too much is unhealthy. Not just for the body, also for the soul. This applies to food and drink, as well as to work and activity.
A leisurely stroll from the failed mantra of restless acquisition to the salutary measure of a budgetary economy.
The path is not as difficult to find as the representatives of the mainstream economy, which is fossil-fuelled in every respect, would like us to believe. And it is very pleasant to walk.

BIO
Sven Hartberger, long-time director of the Vienna Opera Theater (1990 – 1999) and Klangforum Wien (1999 – 2020), speaks (briefly) about his three books on the subject, and a little longer about the model of the common good economy (Gemeinwohl Ökonomie) (for which he acts as speaker since 2021) and spends much longer with the guests of the festival on a talk about replacing the capitalist system of rule with one that is oriented towards the common good economic system.




Larisa Francírková
PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA AT WORK AND IN PRIVATE LIFE
Workshop – Saturday 14.12.2024 / 13.30 – 19.30

“ Make your work life what you want it to be. Stop looking for reasons why it doesn’t work in your particular case, and instead discover ways that will allow you to live a good and satisfied life at work. Work often does not bring a feeling of joy and satisfaction. Many will put up with it. However, you don’t have to endure that. Give yourself a chance to experience a sense of fulfillment, joy and purpose there, where many go only for money. How can yoga help you in this? “

It is said that every human life is imbued with a desire for happiness and meaning. And so I also researched what influences my experience of happiness and joy not only in my private life, but also in my working life. I believed that the longed-for feeling of fulfillment would come when I graduated, bought an apartment, met my life partner, completed a project, acquired another important client, fundamentally exceeded my business plan and went on a dream vacation. I worked in the state sector, in the non-profit sector, in a multinational corporation and in Czech companies. I put my life on hold for a lot of „ifs“, and waiting for it was filled with stress interspersed with the damned short-lived joy of success and fear of eventual failure.

PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA AT WORK AND IN PRIVATE LIFE
Yoga is not just a physical practice of asanas and breathing exercises. The oldest texts on the subject of yoga provide understandable instructions on how you can bring your private and professional life into harmony with your behavior and way of thinking. Learn the selected principles of the yoga tradition that have something to say to modern people and that you don’t normally learn in a regular physical yoga class. Try to follow the path of peace and harmony in everything you experience.

BIO
Larisa Francírková studied political science and international relations at FSV UK. Today she works as a coach and consultant in Czech and foreign companies. The focus is on the area of ​​self-realization, leadership and problem solving associated with increasing service quality and sales success.
She has a strong affinity for yoga and was fortunate to have as her teacher and close friend the yogi, scientist and physician Mukund Bhole, who is the world’s leading authority on matters of yoga related to human physical and mental health.




Arno Böhler
Lecture
Saturday 14.12.2024/ 20.00 – 21.00

Therapeutical Aspects in Ancient Sacred Arts.
The Gnostic Heart
by Arno Böhler, Vienna

The vision of the gnostic heart (vijñāna-hṛda) is a recurring concept operative in ancient Indian-Philosophies. It is said that the Kavis, the spiritual poets were finding the truth of creation by virtue of their passionate research into their heart. Diving into the depth of the heart they finally witnessed the ascent of a life-force that allowed them to directly grasp the gnostic truth-of-being (satyam). A form of knowing, which goes hand in hand with a bodily felt intoxication that makes one think, but also feel that something is sound. It is this bodily-felt-sense that gave the ancients art a healing, that is, a sacred character? They had to convince one’s mind, but also one’s heart.

BIO
Arno Böhler is co-founder of the philosophy performance festival Philosophy On Stage and head of the residency program for arts-based philosophy and artistic research in South-India (baseCollective). Together with Susanne Valerie Granzer they have developed new cross-disciplinary strategies between philosophy and the arts to give back to philosophy its materiality, corporeality, sensibility and vulnerability. In this context Boehler was principal investigator of three additional research projects funded by the Austrian Science Funds (FWF): „Artist-Philosophers. Philosophy as Arts-Based Research” (AR 275-G21);“Generating Bodies” (TRP12-G21) and “Materiality and Temporality of Performative Speech-Acts” (P17600-G06).
Böhler was visiting research fellow at the University of Bangalore, the University of Heidelberg, New York University, University of Princeton and visiting professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the University of Arts Bremen (HdK Bremen), the University of Vienna and Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin).




Laurence Morlon
Introduction into the dance ritual Tantra Natyam
Workshop – SUNDAY 15.12.2024/ 11:00 – 14:00

Laurence Morlon takes the participants of her workshop on a journey to deepen the body sensations. Researched and developed within the Sri Vidya Tantra tradition, Tantra Natyam is a danced ritual, an invitation to a creative process of weaving breath, movement and consciousness together into a flow of moving stillness. Tantra Natyam is a devotional and meditative act of worship where the offering is of the Self to the Self, an act of surrender to embody Divine Energies, to give form to the Formless.

“Tantra Natyam weaves the Formless into form—a dance of devotion and surrender.”

BIO
Laurence Morlon~Trikona Devi
Laurence is trained in modern dance, Indian classical dance Bharata Natyam and Odissi, and the South Indian martial art Kalaripayattu. She has always put the spiritual quest at the heart of her life, exploring the body as it is lived, as a portal between a modern and ancient space, the tangible and the mystical. She spent many years in India dedicated to living daily the teachings with which she resonates, self exploring and immersing herself in the authenticity of the traditions that each of her masters embody.
She is initiated in Sri Vidya Tantra, tradition within which she researched and developed the performance of danced rituals with the blessing and guidance of her Guru Lakshman Gurukkal.




Mantrovníci
Concert
Sunday 15.12.2024 / 15:30

The Czech band Mantrovníci brings music to eindorf and plays songs that delight the soul, be it Czech lyrics or Indian mantras. They invite you to immerse yourself in contemplation, but also to joy and dance. In terms of genre, they are difficult to categorize; there are no clear boundaries in terms of repertoire and line-up. Nevertheless, the handwriting in the theme and in the musical expression is always legible in view of the spiritual orientation and the work of the author of most of the compositions, David Breiter.




Johanna Zachhuber

* Workshop – receptive music therapy
TUESDAY 17.12.2024/ 10.00 – 12.30

Receptive music therapy focuses on actively listening to music. After a phase of attunement, music is played to the participants that can have a physical and/or psychological effect on them. It is assumed that music can evoke subjectively significant memories and associations. The therapeutic processes are initiated here by, for example, talking about the feelings, body perceptions and visual images that have arisen after listening to the music together.

* Lecture on music therapy
WEDNESDAY 18.12.2024/ 18.30

In the lecture on music therapy, basic concepts, theory and new areas of research are presented.

Music can overcome illness and pain, it helps overcome states of suffering, and it often makes us forget the suffering. It can make us cry, make us perform at our best in sports, it calms us down, makes us happy or anxious. There’s just one thing music never does: it never leaves us cold. The power of music also benefits music therapy. In the music therapy setting, active playing, listening to music or even the voice are used, depending on the objective. Their goals are to relieve or eliminate symptoms, change behaviors and attitudes that require treatment, and promote, maintain, or restore health.

BIO
Mag. Johanna Maria Zachhuber, MMA is a singer, music therapist and singing teacher. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Music and Art Private University Vienna. In addition to her work as a concert and opera singer (Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Volkstheater Vienna, Neue Oper Vienna, Kammeroper Vienna, Konzerthaus Vienna, Palace of Arts, Budapest), she teaches singing and has been a project assistant at the University of Music and Performing Arts since 2020 Art Vienna at the Vienna Center for Music Therapy Research and at the Vienna General Hospital. Among other things, she is dedicated to researching music therapeutic vocal interventions on scleroderma and cystic fibrosis patients. The concept of vocal intervention combines music therapy and singing pedagogical approaches with the aim of being able to individually address both psychological and physical aspects of the illness. Significant improvements were demonstrated both in catamnestic interviews with the patients and in numerous functional tests.




Dr. Ajit Kulkarni – homeopath
Lecture on identity, spirituality and homeopathy
TUESDAY 17.12.2024/ 14.00 – 15.00

The internationally active Indian doctor, philosopher and thinker Dr. Ajit Kulkarni gives an introduction to a basic understanding of health, illness and creativity from a medical homeopathic perspective.

“Urge to heal is basic but beyond that there is the urge to be total, to be complete and to be united with life, with the universe. Spiritual health can be defined as our integration with the greater whole of life, and is measured by the degree that we honour our interconnectedness with all things.”

BIO
Dr. Ajit Kulkarni is an experienced homeopath, academic and international teacher known for his contribution to homeopathy. He is famous for his innovative and novel methods of case studies, homeopathic materia medica, repertory, philosophy, data processing and presentations of body language – their interpretation and practical application in homeopathy.
In 2018 he received “Life achievement Award”, offered by Sontara Bhansali Charitable trust and Indian Homeopahic Forum. He is expert guide towards many research projects of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Government of India, New Delhi. Examiner and approved guide for Post-Graduate Studies in homeopathy, at many Universities in India. Hon. Emeritus Professor for Post–gr. (M.D.) courses in Homoeopathy, India.
Member, editorial Board, National Journal of Homeopathy, New Delhi.
Co-Author of “Absolute Homoeopathic Matera Medica”.




Valentina Desideri
Artist Talk
Wednesday 18.12.2024/ 19.45

“I explore art making as a form of study and study as a form of making art. I see study as something we do with others in specific arrangements: the way we seek modes of knowing that produce other possibilities of living together. I consider study an aesthetic and ethical practice: aesthetic for it experiments with sensibility and composition, and ethical insofar as it rehearses modes of living and knowing otherwise.
In this talk I would like to present a trajectory through some of the practices that compose my Studio Practice, from Fake Therapy, to Political Therapy to the Sensing Salon, focusing in particular on how those practices have shifted my attention from healing to sensing, from restoring health (as a goal) to sensing and making sense, feeling and thinking, at once (as an ongoing practice).”

BIO
Valentina Desideri explores art making as a form of study and study as a form of making art. She is an artist, teacher and community organizer. She is a researcher at Centre for the Arts and the PoliticalImaginary at KKH/HDK-Valand in Sweden and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Critical Racial AntiColonial Studies Co-Lab at NYU. She does Fake Therapy and Political Therapy, and is one of the co-organizes of Performing Arts Forum, an artist-run space in the north of France. She collaborates with Denise Ferreira da Silva, with whom she developed the practice of Poethical Readings (2015), The Sensing Salon (2016), and lately Reading With Echo (2024), all still ongoing.




Venuri Perera and Zwoisy Mears-Clarke
Filmscreening
THURSDAY 19.12.2024 / 18.30/ Duration 30min

Porcelain White
Venuri Perera and Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, born oceans apart in former colonies of Britain, find that they have in common a ‘whitened’ inheritance. They were both brought up in the English-speaking middle class, which maintains certain practices adopted from the former colonial masters, that protect their social status. Conversing across continents, they probe their complicity. In this film, they unravel the complexities and limits of their inherited privilege as they inhabit neocolonial spaces.

Venuri Perera
Venuri Perera is a choreographer, performance artist, curator, and educator based in Amsterdam. Exploring the power dynamics of visibility and opacity, she attempts to disorient how we perceive the „other.“ She subverts frameworks of existing rituals to create alternate dramaturgies. She works with found objects and is curious about space and place. Perera’s solo and collaborative works deal with violent nationalism, patriarchy, border rituals, colonial heritage, and class. They have been in festivals and biennales across Europe, South and East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa since 2010.

A graduate of DAS (Arts) Theatre, Perera has an MA in Clinical Psychology (Pune, India). She was a member of the Chitrasena Dance Company and a founding member of The Packet Collective. Perera conceived and curated the programs of the Colombo Dance Platform (2016-20, Goethe-Institut), and is committed to creating support networks for the independent dance scene in Sri Lanka.

Zwoisy Mears – Clarke
Zwoisy Mears-Clarke currently resides in Rösrath and views himself as a choreographer of the encounter. Zwoisy makes use of the potential in dance to make forms of oppression like neo-colonialism, sexism and ableism visible and to enable encounters that would be impossible under any other conditions. The performances often take place at unconventional sites or also outdoors. Through the transition between spoken languages and languages of movement and through putting the proscenium to good use, Zwoisy Mears-Clarke’s choreographies offer the opportunity to meet oneself and other people anew.




Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh
Lecture Performance: From Shadows to the Stars
THURSDAY 19.12.2024/ 19.30/ duration 45min

“Let my funeral be silent and smooth. Behave like I just appeared and gone. Do not shed tears for me. Know that I am happy dead than being alive. ‘From shadows to the stars.”|
This is an eXcerprt from Rohith Vemula’s suicide letter. Rohith killed humself due to the institutional harassment he faced for being vocal and politically active Dalit student.is death caused a wave of protests across India. The state tried to and succeedded in suppressing many of them.
Among the events the state suppressed was a candlelight vigil organised for him in Delhi. Attending this vigil, I started recording some sounds and ended up making a filmic piece, Special Service. This lecture-performance is a reflection on making the work, conteXtualising it with the sequence of events around it.

BIO
Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh is a Phd-in-Practice candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, ujjwal kanishka utkarsh has been trying to develop a form that emerges out of the observational cinema tradition. In the past years, he has been trying to see if and how through this form he can look at and reflect upon direct political activity and social movements. While ujjwal primarily makes films while frequently dabbling into other forms like photography, sound and theater. His works have been showcased in several national and international film festivals, eXhibitions, video art festivals and so on. He has also been teaching in various aspects of filmmaking in several institutes across India and in Vienna.




Mytri Suchetas Mahasthita (India)
THURSDAY 19.12.2024/ 20.30/ duration 30min

The recorded chants of the Indian monk Mytri Suchetas Mahasthita from Kerala invite you to deep relaxation. Ancient Vedic texts evoke special effects on our consciousness, a look back at centuries-old traditions.




Ivan Strelkin
Performance “Das Solo der vergewaltigten Geige“ / (In German language)
FRIDAY 20.12.2024/ 19.30

In his solo of the raped violin, the Russian director and writer Ivan Strelkin traces the fate of seven people who came to Vienna in a war-torn world and are looking for a new identity. The seven characters and their stories played by Strelkin are based on actual events. In their linguistic power and fantasy, the texts of “Das Solo der vergewaltigten Geige“ take on Bulgakovian traits. The production oscillates between literature and dance and thus forms a bridge between language and intense physicality: the energy of the text passes into the movement and returns again; the recitation is organized rhythmically and melodically like a musical composition and, together with the movement score, creates an original form of performativity.

BIO
Ivan Strelkin was born in 1988. In 2010 he completed his BA in acting and directing at the St. Petersburg State Theater Academy. In 2013 he was invited as resident director at the Vene Teater (Tallinn, Estonia), where he spent the following three years. He then studied choreography (MA) at the Folkwang University of the Arts and worked as a choreographer and director in Bochum, Luxembourg, Lecce, Montepulciano, etc. In 2021 he moved to Vienna, where he currently lives and works as a freelance director and writer.
He was nominated to Retzhof Dramapreis 2025.
Strelkin is part of the program „Forum Text“ by uniT Graz, it is an educational program for theater writers
Ivan`s piece „Die Düntzer Rhapsodie“ won the Publikumspreis by Drachengasse Nachwuchswettbewerb 2024.

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Ondine Cloez & Kotomi Nishiwaki
The first word of the first poem of the first collection is basket
Performance – Saturday 21.12.2024 / 19.30

The reality,
what we do perceive of it,
we are translating
into tanka. We shout it
until something else appears.

A tanka is a short form of Japanese poetry in 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7) that reveals something previously unseen or unknown: a feeling, a sensation, a memory, a wish, a fantasy. In their duet The first word of the first poem of the first collection is basket, the choreographers Ondine Cloez from France and Kotomi Nishiwaki from Japan translate everything that happens to them when they are on stage. It is a conversation in which past, present, misunderstandings, complicity and confusion mix. But it is also a performance of the feelings that run through their bodies between gentle whispers and violent screams.

BIOs

Ondine Cloez (1979) studied at PARTS, then at Exerce in 2002. Since then, she has worked as a performer with numerous choreographers, directors and artists (Antoine Defoort & Halory Goerger, Loïc Touzé, Linda Samaraweerova, Sara Manente, Grand Magasin, a.o) In 2018, she created her first piece Vacances vacance, followed by L’art de conserver la santé (2021) based on an anonymous 13th-century work: Regimen Sanitatis Salerniatnum, and its version for parks and gardens, La ballade des simples and a concert version Salerno. In 2020-21, she is artist-in-residence at Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, where she offers performances, readings, workshops and lectures.
She regularly teaches in various higher art schools and universities.

Kotomi Nishiwaki (1978) studied in Zurich and then at PARTS. She is a performer, choreographer and actress. She has worked, among others, with and for Joao Fiadeiro, Meg Stuart on stage; and Isabel Coixet, Alex & David Pastor for cinema. In 2015 she moved to Barcelona and in 2017 founded Park Keito with Miquel Casaponsa, where they develop research and creation of stage projects. They are currently working on a new project ROKATEI, supported by La Caldera, Barcelona and AltoFest Napoli.
After meeting in 2000 while studying at PARTS, Ondine & Kotomi decided in 2021 to begin a long research project based on the first collection of Japanese poetry Man’yoshū or collection of the ten thousand leaves (of trees) whose first word of the first poem of the first collection is komoyo meaning basket.




Liminal Spaces: Tracing Dreams, Fears, and Futures
Exhibition by Manuela Picallo Gil
curated by Guadalupe Aldrete

opening: Tuesday, 19/11/2024

workshop for teenagers: Of Fears, Hopes and Actions

open Working Day: Wednesday, 20/11/2024 from 15:00 to 17:00

exhibition duration: 20/11 – 10/12/2024

finissage: Tuesday, 10/12/2024

More visiting dates on request: eindorf.kunstraum@gmail.com

Free entrance

The works in this exhibition move in the field of tension between fears, dreams, hopes and actions. To what extent can we delve deeper into the origins of our fears and negative energies, give them a concrete form and develop strategies to use them as a resource? The artistic contributions aim to create movement – they reflect on paralyzing emotions, recurring fears, possible scope for action and the process of self-empowerment.

The prints Digging for Shades explore fears, nightmares, dreams and memories – inspired by narratives from different generations and epigenetic perspectives. At the same time, Somos Semillas multimedia objects in the space deal intensively with moments of hope and new possibilities for action. The video work Poetic Anxious Memories combines these thoughts, stories and interpretations into a multi-layered picture.

This project is supported by the Stadt Wien, Bezirksförderung des 15. Wiener Bezirks, Bildrecht, OeAD-GmbH — Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung and eindorf.

Image credits: Daniela Fiala, Manuela Picallo Gil

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DIFFRACTIVE DIALOGUES
BACKPULVER – Think and practice Tank for Contemporary Dance

when: October 28th, 29th, 30th from 9:30 to 14:30

anmeldung: HERE!

Pay as you wish!

Inspired by Karen Barad’s concept of diffractive engagement, BACKPULVER has developed Diffractive Dialogues—immersive three-day programs designed to facilitate in-depth interactions between local artists and their practices. This format emphasizes the dynamics of intersecting, overlapping, and diverging ideas that emerge from heterogeneous encounters between artistic practices and embodied experiences. Central to the Diffractive Dialogues are the guiding questions: What if giving feedback became an act of „reading through“—diffracting artistic material through one’s practice? How might this shift transform the feedback process? Over three days, artists Malcolm Manning, Andrew Champlin, and Sebastian Bechinger will engage participants in dialogues rooted in their distinct practices. By examining both commonalities and differences, the aim is to cultivate a collective critical approach to the materials and themes emerging within the working group. This collaborative setting encourages the sharing of insights and the challenging of assumptions, ultimately enriching the community’s understanding of strategies for building shared knowledge.

Photo credits: Alberto Cissello
Content of pic 1 & 2: Drawing by Charlotta Ruth / The practice session was led by Sara Lanner in June 2024




states of the body

exhibition by Guadalupe Aldrete, Iris Dittler und Agnes Schneidewind

opening: 09. Oktober um 18:30
Sound Performance by Karine Blanche um 19:00

finissage: 06. November um 19:00

exhibition duration: 09. Oktober bis zum 06. November 2024

More visiting dates on request: eindorf.kunstraum@gmail.com

Free entrance

In der Ausstellung widmen sich Guadalupe Aldrete, Iris Dittler und Agnes Schneidewind den künstlerischen Prozessen und Zeichnungen, die ihre Arbeit begleiten und weiterentwickeln. In mehreren Arbeitsphasen haben sie ihre Körper- und Zeichenpraktiken miteinander geteilt und so das sonst einsame Zeichnen in einen gemeinsamen Raum gebracht. In der Ausstellung eröffnen sie ihre individuellen Zugänge zum Zeichnen als Momentaufnahmen und Ausdrucksformen von Wahrnehmungen, Erinnerungen, erfahrungsbasierter Anatomie und Unbewusstem.
Für die Künstlerinnen ist Zeichnen eine Praxis, die den Körper von patriarchalen und normativen Vorstellungen befreien soll. Diese Praxis bezieht sich auf eine Wahrnehmung der Körper in ihrer Geschichte, ihren Erlebnissen und ihrer Vielfalt. Die Zeichnungen entziehen sich konventionellen Körperbildern und lenken stattdessen den Blick auf die Fülle der inneren Welten.

Image credits: courtesy of the artists

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BIO DIFFRACTIONS

Exhibition by Karina Fernandez

curated by Guadalupe Aldrete

opening: 17.09.2024 at 19:00

exhibition duration: 17. – 28.09.2024

brunch + artist talk: 21.09.2024 at 10:00

More visiting dates on request: eindorf.kunstraum@gmail.com

Free entrance

Karina Fernandez’s artistic journey, shaped since 2015 by her research on banana peel fibre, explores environmental sustainability and its direct correlation with global ecocides, including both, the disappearance of plant and animal species.
In “Bio Diffractions“,* Fernandez expands her work by incorporating bioplastics alongside banana peels, emphasising the untapped potential of sustainable technologies. Here the artist continues to critique historical and current issues of exploitation, consumption and pollution.

Image credits: TschernerKF and Karina Fernandez

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El Zaragozeno
Second Development Showing
by Montserrat Heras

Monday 2. September 2024 at 19:30 hrs
Free entrance

‘El Zaragozeno’ has been through different stages of development. With themes of heritage, identity and culture, Montserrat aims to provide spectators with an opportunity to contemplate their own identities and multiple realities. She is exploring her connection to fatherhood, surrealism, meaning of dreams and symbols, which are very prevalent in her cultural backgrounds. ‘El Zaragozeno’ has been explored during a Residency at Cool Change Contemporary (Perth, 2022) and Bears in the Park (Vienna, 2024). This 20-minute showing will showcase the next stage of development which includes a flamenco dance intensive at Carmen de Las Cuevas in Granada, Spain, followed by a Residency at SZENE Salzburg, Austria.

Sponsorship: Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Image credits: Montserrat Heras

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Who wanna live forever
an Art & Science Exchange between Austria & Slovenia
with
Paula Flores * Anna Lerchbaumer *
Zoran Srdić Janežič * Tilen Žbona

Curated by Jiři Kočica & Denise Parizek

Opening: 4. Juli, 2024 um 18:00 hr

exhibition duration: 4. – 25. Juli, 2024

open for visitors:
9.07 von 18:00 bis 20:00
11.07 von 18:00 bis 20:00
13.07 von 10:00 bis 12:00
18.07 von 18:00 bis 20:00

Free entrance

„Who Wanna Live Forever“ is a unique collaboration featuring Vienna-based artists Paula Flores and Anna Lerchbaumer, along with Zoran Srdić Janežič and Tilen Žbona from Koper and Ljubljana, Slovenia. The project is curated by Denise Parizek (AT) and Jiři Kočica (SI).

The artists explore themes such as demographic change, the aging population, Dorian Gray syndrome, cosmism, life in the age of AI, genetic engineering, and migration. These themes are examined through both daily life in Central Europe and broader global perspectives. The exhibition will debut in Vienna in 2024 and subsequently be showcased in Ljubljana and Koper in 2025.

This exhibition reveals how art and science intersect to reflect humanity’s quest for eternal life. It promises a thought-provoking and engaging experience.

„Who Wanna Live Forever“ highlights issues like demographic change, aging, Dorian Gray syndrome, cosmism, AI, genetic engineering, and migration. The exhibition demonstrates how these topics impact both everyday life in Central Europe and the global community. It features artistic interpretations of scientific processes, performative experiments, and guided tours. Central to the exhibition is the human quest for immortality, explored through historical myths and modern scientific advancements. The aim is to provoke thought and inspire new perspectives on these complex subjects.

This project is supported by the Slowenisches Kulturinformationszentrum SKICA, Bildrecht and eindorf Kunstraum.

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„Who Wanna Live Forever“ ist eine einzigartige Zusammenarbeit zwischen den in Wien ansässigen Künstlerinnen Paula Flores und Anna Lerchbaumer sowie Zoran Srdić Janežič und Tilen Žbona aus Koper und Ljubljana, Slowenien. Das Projekt wird von Denise Parizek (AT) und Jiři Kočica (SI) kuratiert.

Die Künstlerinnen und Künstler erforschen Themen wie demografischen Wandel, die alternde Bevölkerung, das Dorian-Gray-Syndrom, Kosmismus, Leben im Zeitalter der KI, Gentechnik und Migration. Diese Themen werden sowohl durch das tägliche Leben in Mitteleuropa als auch aus einer globalen Perspektive betrachtet. Die Ausstellung wird 2024 in Wien eröffnet und anschließend 2025 in Ljubljana und Koper gezeigt.

Diese Ausstellung zeigt, wie Kunst und Wissenschaft zusammenkommen, um die menschliche Suche nach ewigem Leben zu reflektieren. Sie verspricht ein nachdenklich stimmendes und fesselndes Erlebnis.

„Who Wanna Live Forever“ beleuchtet Themen wie demografischen Wandel, Alterung, Dorian-Gray-Syndrom, Kosmismus, KI, Gentechnik und Migration. Die Ausstellung demonstriert, wie diese Themen sowohl das tägliche Leben in Mitteleuropa als auch die globale Gemeinschaft beeinflussen. Sie umfasst künstlerische Interpretationen wissenschaftlicher Prozesse, performative Experimente und geführte Touren. Im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung steht die menschliche Suche nach Unsterblichkeit, die durch historische Mythen und moderne wissenschaftliche Fortschritte erforscht wird. Ziel ist es, zum Nachdenken anzuregen und neue Perspektiven auf diese komplexen Themen zu eröffnen.

Dieses Projekt wird unterstützt durch das Slowenische Kulturinformationszentrum SKICA, Bildrecht und den Kunstraum eindorf.

Image credits:
Anna Lerchbaumer, Zoran Srdić Janežič, Tilen Žbona

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Voices Of Freedom
Exhibition
on the occasion of remix ID Vienna

Artists Renee Renard and Remix ID
Artistic Director Olga Torok
Curator Mirela Stoeac-Vladuti
Co-Curator Denise Parizek

PROGRAM
Montag/Monday 24.06.2024

19.00 Opening: „Voices Of Freedom“ Artists Renee Renard and Remix ID

19.30 Workshop „Schwaben haus“ by Miruna Robescu for children (für Kinder zwischen 7 und 12 Jahren, DE, ENG, RO)

20.00 Presentation of Remix ID in the context of the Revolution in Timișoara 1989 by Olga Török

20.30 Remix ID Music by U.Kustik

Donnerstag/Thursday 27.06.2024

19.00 Guided tour and artist talk by Renee Renard

Freitag/Friday 28.06.2024

18.00 Guided tour by Mirela Stoeac-Vlăduți (Remix ID Timișoara)

18.30 Art – talk „Voices of Freedom“ by Mirela Stoeac Vlăduți (Remix ID- Timișoara) and Denise Parizek (Pogmahon-Wien).

Samstag/Saturday 29.06.2024

11.00 Conference Disintegrating worlds – the literature of the ethnic people of Banat and the feeling of the ’89 Revolution in Romania by Cristian Vicol (Remix ID- Timișoara)

Image credits: Mute Insurgent & Renee Renard

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COOK, EAT, and CLEAN
Die iranische Künstlerin Masoumeh Jalalieh lädt zusammen mit 20 Künstler*innen aus dem Iran das Publikum vom 29. Mai bis 2. Juni ins eindorf zum Salon “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” ein. Den Salon im eindorf zeichnet aus, dass das Publikum in einer intimen Atmosphäre und sehr unmittelbar die Darbietungen erleben kann.

29. Mai bis 02. Juni 2024 von 18:00 bis 22:00 Uhr
Free entrance

WEDNESDAY 29th
18:30h
Dietmar Baurecht (Bezirksvorsteher) speech
Masoumeh Jalalieh (Curator) speech
Daniel Zimmermann(eindorf) speech
Meinhard Rauchensteiner (Advisor for Science, Culture and Art to the Austrian Federal President) speech & poems

19h
Nima Noury music

20h
Flatland Alireza Keymanesh & Amir Pousti shortfilm
In plain sight Tanin Torabi shortfilm
Artist insurance Masoumeh Jalalieh shortfilm

21h
 Even if we are here Yalda Pakzad performance

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THURSDAY 30th
19h
Damnoosh In Memoriam Sina Saberi lecture performance

19:30h
Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches Marzieh Emadi & Sina Saadat shortfilm
My lovely home Alireza Keymanesh shortfilm

20:30h
Mit einem Sieb Wasser schöpfen Toranj Mashayekhi & Masoumeh Jalalieh performance

21h
 Toranj Mashayekhi music

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FRIDAY 31th
19h
Nargess in progress Sina Saberi lecture performance

19:30h
Metaphore Shirin Farshbaf performance

20:30h
Mira/o Nazanin Mehraein shortfilm
Solitude Roya Keshavarz shortfilm
Licking Ava Jalalishortfilm
Ice cream: the one that is worthy of closure Ava Jalali & Sorena Zahedi shortfilm

21h
ZOORKHANEH Mostafa Shabkhanperformance

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SATURDAY 1st
19h
/oo/ she her او Nazanin Mehraein performance

19:30h
Parmiss Rahmani music

20:30h
Possibilities Shirin Farshbaf performance

21h
The Window Mostafa Shabkhan shortfilm
School Behzad Gholami shortfilm

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SUNDAY 2nd
19h
PASSING THROUGH TIME Ahoo Maher performance

19:30h
No one knows Nazanin Mehraein shortfilm
Forbiden lines Lagha Ghavam & Maryam Farahi shortfilm
Farewell Masoumeh Jalalieh shortfilm

20h Bita Bell poems

20:30h
Room Mostafa Shabkhan performance

21h
Avin Ahmadi & Toranj Mashayekhi music

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ALL DAYS 18h – 22h

Durational Performance:

INSIDE OUT Hananeh Heydari
Poignant Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam
A house occurs Golara Ghofrani

Installations:

HEDJLEH Ahoo Maher
A Journey Through Maternity and Mortality Nazanin Mehraein
Entwined Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam

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ABOUT COOK, EAT and CLEAN

Gezeigt werden Performances, Installationen, Musik und Filmbeiträge. So ist unter anderen der international auftretende Tänzer und Choreograf Mostafa Shabkhan mit zwei Performances vertreten.

Die Musikerin Toranj Mashayekhi zeigt gemeinsam mit Masoumeh Jalalieh eine Live-Sound-Performance mit Küchengegenständen. Die Performance-Künstlerin Yalda Pakzad kommt eigens aus Rom angereist, da sich ihre Performances hauptsächlich um die Idee von Kochen drehen – und damit perfekt in das Konzept von “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” passen.

Die Installation der in Österreich lebenden Künstlerin Ahoo Maher’s installation ist ein symbolisches Monument, das die Betrachter*innen mit ihrem eigenen gebrochenen Spiegelbild konfrontiert, und Teil einer Ausstellung sein wird.

Der Performer und Choreograf Sina Saberi mit Wohnsitz in Hamburg wird zwei Episoden seiner Trilogie vorstellen: den Prozess seiner neuen Kreation, die in einigen Tagen im Kampnagel Premiere haben wird.

Der Filmemacher, Schauspieler und Choreograf Alireza Keymanesh hat für seine experimentellen Tanzfilme „Flatland“ und „My Lovely Home“ mehrere Preise auf verschiedenen Festivals gewonnen. Beide Filme werden im Salon “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” zu sehen sein.

Darüber hinaus gibt es weitere Beiträge von Nazanin Mehraein, Shirin Farshbaf, Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam, Hannaneh Heydari,Golara Ghofrani, Ava Jalali, Behzad Gholami, Roya Keshavarz, Lagha Ghavam und Maryam Farahi, Tanin Torabi, Nima Noury, Avin Ahmadi sowie Parmiss Rahmani.

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Iranian artist Masoumeh Jalalieh, alongside 20 other artists from Iran, invites the public to the „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“ salon at eindorf from 29 May to 2 June. The salon at eindorf is characterised by the fact that the audience can experience the performances in an intimate and direct atmosphere.

Performances, installations, music and film contributions will be shown. Among others, the international dancer and choreographer Mostafa Shabkhan is represented with two performances.

Together with Masoumeh Jalalieh, musician Toranj Mashayekhi will present a live sound performance with kitchen utensils. Performance artist Yalda Pakzad has travelled all the way from Rome, as her performances mainly revolve around the idea of cooking – and therefore fit perfectly into the concept of „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“.

Austrian-based artist Ahoo Maher’s installation is a symbolic monument that confronts viewers with their own broken reflection and will be part of an exhibition.

Hamburg-based performer and choreographer Sina Saberi will present two episodes of his trilogy: the process of his new creation, which will premiere at Kampnagel in a few days.

The filmmaker, actor and choreographer Alireza Keymanesh has won several prizes at various festivals for his experimental dance films „Flatland“ and „My Lovely Home“. Both films will be shown in the „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“ salon.

There will also be further contributions from Nazanin Mehraein, Shirin Farshbaf, Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam, Hannaneh Heydari, Golara Ghofrani, Ava Jalali, Behzad Gholami, Roya Keshavarz, Lagha Ghavam and Maryam Farahi, Tanin Torabi, Nima Noury, Avin Ahmadi and Parmiss Rahmani.

Image credits:
Masoumeh Jalalieh / Foto by Klaartje Lambrechts
Alireza Keymanesh
Yalda Pakzad / Foto by Camillo Pasquarelli
Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam
Lagha Ghavam / Foto by Moshen Pouryosefian
Mostafa Shabkhan / Foto by Ezzat Ismail Ezzat
Nazanin Mehraein
Roya Keshavarz
Shirin Farshbaf / Foto by Arne_Hauge
Sina Saberi
Ahoo Maher (painting + installation)

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School
Film (20 min) by Behzad Gholami

If you were asked to describe your school-time fears at the same age you are now, which memory would evoke the most anger in you? „School Film“ depicts the pain, suffering, fear, and anxiety experienced by bodies in childhood at the hands of the educational staff at school.

BIO
Behzad Gholami

Behzad Gholami is an Iranian actor, dancer, choreographer, and independent director. Over the past two decades, he has created various works in physical theater, dance theater, Butoh, and contemporary dance. He has also directed and produced a significant number of video art and films focusing on body, movement, and dance. He has conducted numerous workshops and sessions both within and outside of Iran in the fields of physical acting and dance. Due to censorship and unfavorable conditions in his home country, Behzad Gholami has been living in Canada for two years, where he continues his activities.




Bita Bell

Is a dance artist and composer with a BA in Music Composition and an MFA in Dance. Born in Iran, she studied in Hong Kong and lived in the US since 2012 until she moved from New York City to Vienna in 2020. She has performed for and worked with international artists such as Pussy Riot, Jennifer Tee, Esben Weile Kjaer and Huda Takriti to name a few. She is also a community organiser and holds space for BIPoC only contact improv jams.
Image credits: Bita Bell, Franzi Kreis




Possibilities
Performance (20 min) by Shirin Farshbaf

Starting from the poem Possibilities by Wisława Szymborska as a departure point, Shirin Farshbaf will delayer and contextualize the meaning as appropriate to our life experiences and relevant to the contemporary world.
This process will question our preferences and choices by generating impulses for movement improvisations to channel the concepts and challenge them through personal narrative and physical expression.

Metaphor
Performance (20 min) by Shirin Farshbaf

Emotional reality is unparalleled in any experience. Every experience is subject to repetition. Every repetition has an underlying change and whether consciously or unconsciously we bring that change out. The focus would be on these fleeting yet consolidating moments. Repetitive movement and minute change.

BIO
Shirin Farshbaf

Shirin Farshbaf is a dance/performance artist from Iran, currently living in Austria, with over a decade of performance and creation experience. Her performative works reflect the state of society and transform the body through different possibilities of movement. She is interested in interdisciplinary art and the coming together of visual, physical, and sonic experiments in a collaborative environment. The core of her conceptual works is always the body in correlation/connection with different materials or situations. She is currently studying Master of Art Education (Dance) program at MUK University of Vienna.

Image credits: Arne Hauge




Room
Performance (20 min) Mostafa Shabkhan

Each person has a room that is a safe and tranquil place for them, a place that seems to reflect
their solitude and serenity. This room can represent a real home or even an album of memories
for each individual. It’s a space where one can distance themselves from the perspectives of
others and the everyday stresses, and connect with their inner selves.

ZOORKHANEH
Performance (30 min) Mostafa Shabkhan

Literally translated as “House of Strength”, ZOORKHANEH is a traditional, all-men gymnasium where PAHLEVANS (athletes/heroes) do ancient sports in their unified tight pants called TONOKEH. There is a sunken 1m-deep circular (or octagonal) pit in the center of the ZOORKHANEH called GAUD where the activities happen. There are tools used for weight training and calisthenics, such as wooden clubs (MIL), bow-shaped iron weights (KABBADEH), metal shields (SANG), push-up plates (TAKHTEH SHENA), and the bell (ZANG). Its history goes back to 132 BC and has its roots in ancient Iranian myths where warriors and heroism are often expressed. This performance is inspired by movements and gestures that are pivotal in the ZOORKHANEH as well as whispers and chants in the dagger dance of TORKAMAN SAHRA; a dance just for men which moves in a circle. I explore how these notions affect me as a contemporary mover.
On the other hand, based on life experiences and concerns, I’ve come to the idea that these rooms can be seen as points of the most hidden realities and personal desires. In this project, I aim to create a virtual and engaging room with the help of participants, reflecting their choices and decisions in different environments within this room. Through this project, individuals are sufficiently free to define themselves in this hypothetical environment and make their decisions. They can also, like a window, look into the rooms of Others. This idea, which has been of interest to me from the past until now, continues to evolve and change, taking on different forms and shapes according to the needs and circumstances of individuals.

The Window
Kurzfilm (5:31 min) by Mostafa Shabkhan

“A wind was blowing And I was placed in a sketch And I appeared in the pitch darkness of my room. For whom was I appearing?” Sohrab Sepehri
The initial idea for This video originated from seeing a few photos taken by Mani (the project’s filmmaker and photographer), who spoke to me about the space of those photos and their stories. It was decided that I would visit the location, do some exploration there, and take some shots, and then it was planned that one day I would dance there based on my personal feelings about the space, while Mani would film. Then I handed the rushes over to an editor who, based on their interpretation, I wasn’t satisfied with the initial edit. I then told another person, but again it didn’t meet my expectations. Until it reached Anoushirvan and his friend, and the work was edited and sound-designed by him, leading to this output. In fact, this project was a collaboration for me with three people and maybe with three different perspectives that sometimes converged and sometimes diverged. It includes the space of that ruined house, my dancing, and our conversations and images together.

BIO
Mostafa Shabkhan

Mostafa Shabkhan is an Iranian dancer, choreographer, and actor, with expertise in theatrical teaching spanning acting, dancing, and directing. He received training in Tehran under the tutelage of various Iranian and international instructors, and he has participated in numerous movement and choreography courses and residencies across Europe and the Middle East.
Starting his career as a theater actor in his hometown of Kashan in 1995, Mostafa relocated to Tehran in 2006 to delve into physical theater and contemporary dance techniques. Since 2009, he has been actively involved in teaching within this realm, alongside his work as a mentor in devising games and performances for children. In 2014, Mostafa co-founded “MaHa Dance Projects”, an independent performing arts collective.
Awards and Nominations:
– Nominated for Best Male Actor for “Othello” in the international critic section of the Fajr Theatre Festival in 2010.
– Received a Special Mention for “RELUCTANT” at “Il Teatro Nudo” di Teresa Pomodoro, judged by Eugenio Barba et al, Milan, in 2018.
– Nominated for Best Male Performer for “I Put A Spell On You” at the Fajr International Theater Festival in 2019.
– Nominated for Best Choreography for “named” at the Fajr International Theater Festival in 2019.
Mostafa is deeply passionate about researching indigenous culture, architecture, rituals, occupations, Iranian social life, and their influence on the body and movement. Currently, he has been leading several workshops, research, and projects in his dance studio for four years.

Image credits: Ezzat Ismail Ezzat




Damnoosh In Memoriam
Performance by Sina Saberi

This is an introspective talk on the second part of my 2016 trilogy. The starting point of this performance was the Iranian dramatic storytelling, Naqqali in which the performer recounts stories in verse, prose, gestures, and movement. Seven plants would join forces from seven corners of Iran and infuse into an elixir of togetherness. The piece traveled through 10 different cities around the world between 2017 and 2020, the last one being a cancelled performance, planned for March 2020 in Lisbon. Over 4 years later, I have made a decision not to perform Damnoosh anymore and in this talk, I will take you through the memory of the piece, share my reasons for the said decision and spill some tea. This is not a mourning.

Nargess in progress
Performance by Sina Saberi

Basis for being نرگس is the title of the final chapter of my 2016 trilogy which started with Prelude,
progressed with Damnoosh, and which recently actualized as Narges. This piece is inspired by a research process that began in 2014, and after one decade, took its present form.
Taking the context of the Iranian house party [Mehmooni], the audience observes a journey of self-exploration through moving images of a past that is no longer personal or present. The piece was developed between 2017 and 2020 and was supposed to premiere in early 2021 in Hamburg. However, destiny had different plans and due to a 3-year interruption, it finally premiered 2 weeks ago at Kampnagel.
In this lecture performance, I share how a solo piece turned into an artistic process joined by 8 other artists and how the halt became a determining factor in its conception. One of these artists and my collaborator/friend, Bita Bell will be joining me for this conversation.

BIO
Sina Saberi

Sina Saberi is a performer, choreographer, and cultural manager from Tehran, based in Hamburg. His practice and research are inspired by his cultural background and revolve around the idea of dance as an alternate state of being. Where can the personal and the public connect and ultimately arrive to a point of togetherness? This is reflected in his trilogy Prelude, Damnoosh & Narges which he has been sharing internationally since 2016. Sina has been actively involved within the Iranian dance community since 2014 and is the founder of Kahkeshan Dance; an indeterminate space for choreographic creations and dance outreach.

Image credits: Sina Saberi




Ice-cream: Something Suitable for Closure:
Kurzfilm(1:59 min) by Ava Jalali

In September 2019, Iranian news media reported a ban on women eating funnel ice cream in public places, possibly due to the perceived eroticism of licking ice cream. Although officials quickly denied the news, it sparked something within me. For a while, I found it difficult to eat ice cream in public, which led me to question why my mind could believe such a rumor and how this belief could affect my existence in society. In this project, twenty girls wearing approved Islamic attire (dark-colored manteau and wimple) each hold a funnel ice cream without licking it. We see the ice cream melting in their hands. We chose a segment of the public domain for our performance, strategically positioned beside the City Theatre, firmly under the control of the Islamic Republic. This project served as a deliberate initiative to reclaim both the commandeered executive and public space.

Licking
Kurzfilm(1:55 min) by Ava Jalali

Licking was conceived after the “Ice-Cream” project. A question inspired this video: What phenomenon emerges from prohibiting and not doing something inherently erotic? What effect might an inverse approach have on this phenomenon? I hypothesized that openly and repeatedly engaging in the forbidden act could break existing taboos. This work was my attempt to assert a more prominent presence in a society that denies women as inherently erotic beings.

BIO
Ava Jalali

Ava Jalali is a multidisciplinary artist. Her roots are deeply intertwined with the world of performing art. Her creative journey is a captivating exploration, primarily centered around the intricacies of the human body and the dynamics of social existence. In her quest, she delves deep into the connections between these two realms, constantly challenging established norms and perceptions.
At the core of Ava’s artistic ethos lies an unwavering commitment to inquiry. Her relentless questioning is fueled by an insatiable curiosity, propelling her to dissect her surroundings with precision. Through her work, she endeavors to carve out space for profound metamorphosis, particularly within the realms of politics and society. Ava’s artistic stance serves as a beacon for transformative change, inspiring reflection and sparking dialogue on the intricacies of the human experience.

Image credits: Aram Tahmasebi




Forbidden Lines
Kurzfilm(09:21 min)
A collaboration of Lagha Ghavam & Maryam Farahi

In this dance film, we invite viewers to immerse themselves in an otherworldly experience. Our goal is to create a dreamlike space by carefully blending characterizations, filming techniques, costume design, stage elements, and sound design. The essence of this duet dance is the transformation of sensuality and femininity into a whimsical spectacle within our surreal world. A deliberate contrast between the aesthetics of the space and the characterizations creates a sense of suspension and confusion. This cinematic piece invites viewers to enter a realm where women seek liberation from their tangible reality, embracing their authentic bodies within this poetic piece of dance.

BIO
Lagha Ghavam

Lagha Ghavam, an interdisciplinary artist from Tehran, Iran, is known for her work as an actress, performer, dance artist, and experimental filmmaker. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Directing and a diploma in Graphic Design and has continuously refined her craft through workshops with renowned masters.
Lagha has directed and choreographed several projects, including award-winning dance films like “Crawling” and “Inhale,” and has been recognized for her directorial and performance skills. She also has collaborated with Sahar Jaberian on choreographing a dance video for the fashion collection “FYAB.”
Additionally, she founded and mentors an underground workshop focusing on contemporary dance techniques.
She has been awarded prestigious international scholarships to programs such as the DanceWeb Programme and the CND in Paris. Lagha’s dedication to artistic exchange was recognized when she was selected as a winner of the shortlisted Artists for the Iran-Greece Exchange Program of Kooshk Art Residency & Duncan Dance Research Center.

BIO
Maryam Farahi

Maryam Farahi, born in 1997 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist with a diverse range of talents. She studied graphics at the Tehran Fine Art School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in painting from the Islamic Azad University of Arts. Maryam is also a skilled dancer, specializing in hip-hop and classical ballet. She has directed, choreographed, and performed in various dance productions, including the award-winning dance film „Crawling.“ Maryam is the founder of the „Reclaim The Movement“ group, where she leads workshops on contemporary dance techniques. In 2023, she collaborated with dancer Sahar Jabrian on the „FYAB“ project. Maryam Farahi continues to push boundaries and inspire others through her artistry.

Image credits: Lagha Ghavam/ pictures by Moshen Pouryosefian




Khalvat
Kurzfilm (06:38 min) by Roya Keshavarz

‘’This film is a result of a research project exploring the concept of personal space within the context of Iranian society.’’ In this project, I have worked on three main concepts in public art; Personal Space, Combining Energies, and Movement. These three concepts merge when we are talking about public environments. I have been living in Tehran for more than 25 years and I have witnessed a big difference between the concept of personal space in this city compared to the foreign cities I visited and the definitions I was given in academic courses. This misunderstanding about personal space in Tehran deeply affects society as well as family relationships. The main cause for this mistaken approach to personal space is tightly related to the cultural features of the Middle East. Problems about privacy and personal space are very common inside the smallest structure of society, the family. Family has a central place in Iranian culture and being at the core of society has a direct impact on the way people use or learn to use public spaces. In particular, there is no or is not enough respect for other’s personal space in this lively city of approximately 13 million inhabitants. In this project I tried to analyze and film the reactions and moods of pedestrians when their personal space is invaded, ordinary people passing or working in this public place when confronted with dancers in this crowded space in a creative and unexpected way. How will the crowd receive this energy given by the dancers, how will they share the space?
“KHALVAT” is a development of Rapoport’s definition of the environment to me, which suggests a framework for understanding the nature of the environment and its components. “According to this framework, environment is a set of relationships between objects with objects, objects with humans, and humans with humans. Based on this, the environment has three components: natural environment, human-made environment, and human-interaction environment.” (1982. The meaning of the built environment). The last model was the base of the project which is directly related to combining people’s energies; Human-Interaction environment.

BIO
Roya Keshavarz

As an Iranian artist who immigrated to Belgium in 2020, my work explores the intersections of body, disabilities, and social structures. Initially trained in sculpture, I later delved into video and installation art, expanding my artistic repertoire. Seeking further depth in storytelling, I pursued an education in film studies in the UK, with a particular focus on experimental documentaries. Through my art, I aim to challenge perceptions, provoke thought, and evoke emotions, offering unique perspectives on complex societal issues.

Image credits: Roya Keshavarz




BIO
Avin Ahmadi
born on a winter day of 2004 in Tehran, is an Oud player, vocalist, and composer based in Vienna.
Avin expresses her deepest emotions, thoughts, and experiences through her creative process; inviting listeners on a profound and transformative journey through the power of her music.
Her musical journey began at a young age with a true passion for the Oud. Guided by esteemed masters and studying Traditional music at Tehran’s music conservatory, she continued her musical path and expanded her skills on the Oud.
She has graced renowned venues in Tehran and in Europe as a soloist and as various ensembles and orchestra members.
Currently, studying music in Vienna, she explores the realms of jazz and fusion music; constantly learning, exploring, playing with melodies, poems, rhythms, and deepening her understanding of music“

Image credits: Masha Shalagina




BIO
Parmiss Rahmani
Born in 1995 in Tehran, parmis Rahmani began playing the violin as a child, later expanding her musical repertoire to include the Gheychak, a traditional Persian fiddle. She pursued her passion for Iranian music at the Tehran University of Art, specializing in this unique instrument. Throughout her career, parmis has collaborated with various ensembles and orchestras, contributing to numerous music albums. In 2019, she founded a music institute in Tehran, dedicated to nurturing the next generation of musicians.




BIO
Nima Noury
Nima Noury was born in Tehran in 1983. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience. Alongside his scientific career, he has continuously pursued his profound passion for music by studying classical Persian music and specializing in playing the tar. His first solo album, Suz-o-Godâz (Longing), was released in 2024. In addition to his solo performances, he primarily collaborates with Hamburger Ratsmusik, where they strive to merge Baroque music with Middle Eastern music from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Image credits: Shima Rajabali




FLATLAND
Kurzfilm( 14:34 min) by Alireza Keymanesh

(2017) is a multi-award-winning experimental dance film co-directed by Alireza Keymanesh and Amir Pousti, produced by 33Projects, with a score composed by Peter Pirhosseinloo and featuring a hundred female dancers. Inspired by the eponymous 1884 novel by Edwin A. Abbott, the film delves into various dimensions of the universe and humanity’s incapability to perceive beyond the limits of its perception, exploring such fundamental concepts as birth and collective living.
Poetically bringing geometric shapes to life through dance, FLATLAND is a 14-minute, one-shot, drone-captured, bird’s-eye view of a rooftop in Tehran. The dancers fade away, transforming into a multitude of atomized bodies melting into the urban environment, blurring the boundaries between the human body and its surroundings. This minimalistic dance film is designed to be projected on large screens, on walls around the city as well as in cinema theaters and galleries, offering an immersive and captivating experience for the audience.

My lovely home
Kurzfilm (13:48 min) by Alireza Keymanesh

An exhausted human being, striving to find a home, heads toward nowhere.
The film is inspired by Gilles Deleuze’s essay “The Exhausted.”
Do humans truly own the home they live in? What and where is “home”? Does s/he own any
place at all or is s/he essentially usurpers? What is humankind struggling for?
Each human being has his/her own burden, weighing her down: “his inner conflict with being,”
“the pressure of her past life,” “his emotional complex,” “the historical trauma of humankind” and
so on. The burden has exhausted humankind, but s/he is still moving. This exhausted existence
is still brave enough to move, toward it, the human is moving, despite his exhaustion, striving to
find a home, heads nowhere.

BIO
Alireza Keymanesh

Born in Iran, Alireza Keymanesh is an international artist adventuring in the ocean of art as a filmmaker, actor, and choreographer. Alireza earned his BA in acting from Tehran University of Arts in 2009 before carrying out a year-long practical dance theater research at ArtEZ University of Arts in the Netherlands in 2013. Currently he is in the second year of his MFA in Film at York University in Toronto, Canada, where he has been focusing on interweaving some aspects of
experimental art, dance, and theater into narrative cinema. Alireza’s work has been screened at various festivals around the world and he has received several awards both as a filmmaker and actor. In addition to that, he introduced and developed the Ideokinesis method (one of the oldest body-mind techniques in the Western world) in Iran by holding numerous workshops, and lectures and translating the Ideokinesis book written by André Bernard, Wolfgang Steinmuller, and Ursula Stricker.

Image credits: Alireza Keymanesh




In plain sight
Kurzfilm(10:33 min) by Tanin Torabi

In plain sight is the result of months of exploring urban movements on a boulevard in Tehran, Iran. In a society where many questions and restrictions exist around the concept of ‘movement’, three performers try to define their limits of dance. They interact with their surroundings and thus become an integral part of the flow of the city. They accompany each other to find the power of collective movement. The journey is the destination.

BIO
Tanin Torabi

Tanin Torabi is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and choreographer acclaimed for her innovative single-take short dance films in Tehran, described by critics as ‚pushing the boundaries of screendance.‘ In 2021, Dance Magazine recognized her as one of the ‚9 Screendance Artists You Should Know.‘
Throughout her years of career, Tanin has showcased her films at over 150 film festivals and academic institutions globally, while also conducting workshops and serving on jury panels for prestigious festivals such as Cannes Dance Film Festival and Dance Camera West. Among her recent accolades is the esteemed Cinedans grand prize for her 2023 film ‚Until…‘, alongside a 7-month bursary from Institut Francais to conduct choreographic research at Cite Internationale des Arts residency in Paris. As a choreographer and performer, she has collaborated with numerous dance artists, most notably with NYC-based choreographer Yoshiko Chuma since 2021 in international shows. Tanin’s upcoming projects include a choreographic collaboration with visual artist Nathalie Joffre for Nuit Blanche 2024 in Paris, and a collaborative fellowship at Villa Arson University in Nice, France. Coming from a Sociology background, Tanin holds an MA in Contemporary Dance from the University of Limerick in Ireland.

Image credits: Tanin Torabi




Mit einem Sieb Wasser schöpfen! آب در هاون کوبیدن
Performance

This is a collaboration between Toranj Mashayekhi and Masoumeh Jalalieh.
It is a live sound performance based on kitchen objects.
We are constantly surrounded by different tools and objects and their functionality, what if we take the objectivity from these objects and let them live their subjectivity?
In this way, we create an experience of objects that narrate their objectivity by placing them in different situations, constellations, and compositions. The objects symbolize different metaphors as they coexist next to the other objects, the sound, the people, the space, the performer, and the musician as they revisit and reidentify them through different encounters.
In this performance, we invite the audience to listen differently to the sounds and look at the performance from a non-subjective aspect, it is an invitation to the audience to revisit their history and sense of nostalgia through the experience of sound and image.
The performance starts in a non-conformal way, and constant spontaneous compositions, and ends with a flowery bitter-sweet drink and a sound carpet of the entire performance.

BIO
Toranj Mashayekhi

Toranj Mashayekhi, born in Tehran in 1995, is a musician based in Vienna. Her musical journey encompasses performing as a solo pianist, engaging in chamber music, conducting choirs, and teaching. She is currently pursuing a master’s program in Piano Pedagogy at mdw and studying Musicology at Vienna University. Her studies also encompass a focus on Choir and Ensemble Conducting, Contemporary Piano Music, and Improvisation. This diverse range of expertise has led her to perform in various music scenes, spanning from church music to contemporary music festivals and competitions, including „Wien Modern,“ the „Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition,“ and „Wiener Tage der zeitgenössischen Klaviermusik.“While maintaining a connection to the classical scene, she’s actively seeking ways to break free from traditional forms of performance. This might involve experimenting with unconventional concert formats, incorporating multimedia elements, or exploring alternative venues for music presentations. “I try to create live performances that go beyond traditional music concerts, incorporating elements of visual art, contemporary dance, poetry, and audience interaction. Performance art allows me to create dynamic and engaging experiences that challenge conventional notions of music performance.”




Mit einem Sieb Wasser schöpfen! آب در هاون کوبیدن
Performance

This is a collaboration between Toranj Mashayekhi and Masoumeh Jalalieh.
It is a live sound performance based on kitchen objects.
We are constantly surrounded by different tools and objects and their functionality, what if we take the objectivity from these objects and let them live their subjectivity?
In this way, we create an experience of objects that narrate their objectivity by placing them in different situations, constellations, and compositions. The objects symbolize different metaphors as they coexist next to the other objects, the sound, the people, the space, the performer, and the musician as they revisit and reidentify them through different encounters.
In this performance, we invite the audience to listen differently to the sounds and look at the performance from a non-subjective aspect, it is an invitation to the audience to revisit their history and sense of nostalgia through the experience of sound and image.
The performance starts in a non-conformal way, and constant spontaneous compositions, and ends with a flowery bitter-sweet drink and a sound carpet of the entire performance.

BIO
Masoumeh Jalalieh

Is a choreographer and dancer from Iran and has been living and working in Vienna for some time. She has developed several stage pieces of her own in Iran and Europe, such as B-or der, Time Paranoia, Decline, and Bish az pish, which have been presented at venues such as Sophiensaele Berlin, Stuk Leuven, Kaaistudios and Les Brigittines Brussels, Pasinger Fabrik Munich and Möe Vienna.
She has collaborated with various choreographers and artists such as Georg Blaschke, Daniel Zimmermann, Hooman Sharifi, Bára Sigfúsdóttir, Emma W. Howes, Justin F. Kennedy, Markus Kupferblum, Klaartje Lambrechts, Tanin Torabi. She has also given dance workshops on minimal movement at Impulstanz, Tanzquartier Wien, and Artgarage and has received various scholarships such as Startstipendium für darstellende Kunst Wien, Danceweb, Maqamat, etc. She developed the performance „Composition I“ with Daniel Zimmermann for the opening of Heimo Zobernik’s white space. Also, she founded Carpet of Time, an association for promoting contemporary performance, dance, film, and art forms, based in Vienna.
She is currently part of the research group „When the Moon Kisses the Sun“ by Robert Stejin, collaborating with Marie Nüzel on a dance piece “Radical and Gentle”, collaborating with Toranj Mashayekhi on a music performance “Mit einem Sieb Wasser schöpfen” and also researching for her new project “Carpet of Time” which will be premiered in 2025.

Image credits: Klaartje Lambrechts




a Journey Through Maternity and Mortality
Print by Nazanin Mehraein

This work is a graphic pattern Lino-print in the form of a collage with the artist’s head, which speaks about the amount of pain a person can go through when they feel they are giving birth to a void.

No One Knows
Audio / visual installation(15:08 min) by Nazanin Mehraein
is an audio/ visual installation, Krinzinger Projekte Vienna AT 2020
No One Knows is a project that contains 17 paintings that were painted 3 months before COVID began. The work has been mapped in 17 white light slides which were projected on these 17 paintings. The work is a documentary diary storytelling of how factual news and situations involved the artist in the past months before Corona.

/oo/ she her او
Performance (18:07 min) by Nazanin Mehraein
18 minutes live performance and video installation on the mirror floor/wall.
/oo/ is a video that was mapped (67 layers), performed, and recorded in the corner of a wall, where it was also played. It is an episodic film that works with an autobiographical, archival story about physical/social death. Poetry lines related to OO performance.

“MIRA/o”
Kurzfilm(12:26 min) by Nazanin Mehraein

Nazanin Mehraein b.1989 is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vienna coming from Tehran.
She comes from a Theater background and she is mainly a theater director and dramaturgist; besides she works on storytelling in different ways from Theater (main medium), painting to video, video mapping, sound, sculpture, and installation. She works usually on autobiographical stories related to the present place both historically and politically. Currently, she primarily concentrates on sharing personal stories related to women and immigration and expressing personal reflections through video performances.

is an experimental video project from a microtheater that explores the concept of unstable states, particularly subjectively experienced and unpredictable situations. The work aims to establish a connection with the present moment, which is in constant flux.
“Mira/Miro” is a montage of poems, images, short stories, and quotes that focuses on the concept of time, specifically the sensation of time passing and the subjective experience of waiting and expectation. It captures a period of time that we perceive as stretched and follows its own temporality.

BIO
Nazanin Mehraein

Nazanin Mehraein b.1989 is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vienna coming from Tehran.
She comes from a Theater background and she is mainly a theater director and dramaturgist; besides she works on storytelling in different ways from Theater (main medium), painting to video, video mapping, sound, sculpture, and installation. She works usually on autobiographical stories related to the present place both historically and politically. Currently, she primarily concentrates on sharing personal stories related to women and immigration and expressing personal reflections through video performances.

Image credits: Ákos Burg, Barbara Palffy




“INSIDE OUT”
Durational Performance by Hannaneh Heydari

How would it be if our appearance changed daily with the changes in our inner state?
In this photo-performance project, she sits with her make-up products in a room and asks each audience to answer a few questions about their day. She will try to make their face appearance close to their inner feeling, up! There will be portraits before and after this process and this photo-series starts and will be completed during the show.

BIO
Hannaneh Heydari

Is an Image-based artist, curious about different facilities of visual media and ways of presenting it. She studied “graphic design” at the Art University of Tehran and currently studying “Applied photography and time-based media” in Angewandte, Vienna.

Image credits: Hannaneh Heydari




Entwined
Performative Installation by Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam

Entwined is a mesmerizing recorded performance that delves into the complexities of relationships. Watch as partners journey together, symbolized by delicate candle wax drips, each drop representing shared moments and memories. As the wax accumulates, so does the weight of commitment, binding them in love’s embrace. In this experimental video, I have captured the raw emotions of love’s beauty and pain. ‚Entwined‘ is a visual exploration of human connection, prompting viewers to ponder the depths of their own relationships.

Poignant
Durational Performance by Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam

Poignant is a live performance where emotions engulf you entirely. When poignant feelings arise, they demand your attention, blocking out the outside world and urging you to be still and listen. They fill your vision and envelop your senses.
Surrounded by a gentle, soothing sound akin to a quiet stream, you find comfort in its embrace. As the sound becomes clearer, it prompts deep reflection, like a calming melody with each emotion playing its part. Relax, allow yourself to feel, and embrace this serene moment.

BIO
Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam

Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam, also known as Kimiya RM, is an Iranian artist based in Vienna, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Trans Art at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna. Born in 1996, she specializes in visualizing deep emotions, working across mediums including video, animation, photography, and performance. With a fascination for the intricacies of human emotion, Kimiya RM is dedicated to exploring these themes from unique perspectives. Her work serves as a window into the rich and complex emotional landscapes that define the human experience. She has exhibited her works in Iran, the US, and Austria. With a commitment to pushing artistic boundaries, Kimiya RM continues to experiment with different mediums and techniques, always seeking new ways to articulate and express the depths of feeling. Through her art, she aims to provoke thought, evoke empathy, and forge meaningful connections with audiences.“

Image credits: Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam




HEDJLEH (DENKMAL)
Sculpture/ Installation by Ahoo Maher

In Iran there are two objects which share the name “Hedjleh”. One is the wedding bed that the bride and groom spend their first night in, and the other one is a memorial to the un-experienced joy of young men who have passed away before having the chance to marry. In this installation, I have taken elements from both original objects and combined and reinterpreted them in order to create my own Hedjleh.
In this case, the Hedjleh is an object or monument that is erected in a public space in memory of young, deceased men who had not yet had their wedding night. I began by examining the Hedjleh form and its correspond-ing symbolism. As there is no written material to be found,
I decided to conduct my own interviews with local people in various parts of the country in order to reflect the diverse re-gional uses and practices relating to Hedjleh in Iran. Through research, I found out about a ceremony that takes place every year in central Iran – a giant piece of wood in the form of a cedar tree is processed through the city, commemorating the death of the third Shia Imam Hussein. For my installation it was important to combine the different elements of these two quite distinct Hedjleh monuments. By adopting the mosaic-mirrored appearance of the mourn-ing Hedjleh, I am forcing the viewer to confront their own broken reflection and ultimately, their own transience. From the wedding Hedjleh I retained the decorative elements; the two-part form representing the female sexual organ, which stands for birth and life or the next world. The light inside is green – a sacred color in Islam symbolizing spring, freedom, and silence.

PASSING THROUGH TIME
Sharing of Diary through storytelling (15min) by Ahoo Maher

Ahoo started working on this series in the form of a “visual diary” in November 2012 after her frustration with keeping a “written” diary. “I’ve never been good at writing, but have always wanted to keep a diary, as a documentation of my life. I started with writing, but that did
not satisfy my need… so I tried to use a different way…I always did sketches and doodles, so I used these very things…” In the beginning, Ahoo did sketches and collages as diary entries in a notebook for herself, but after presenting some of them at her university, she started a
visual blog on Tumblr, “Ahoo’s Diary”. Her earlier works were influenced by news pieces and what was happening around her, but the entries became more personal over time. Her recent works which are mostly self-portraits have been inspired by the recent trend in sharing selfies
in social media. The current works have been selected from over 300 diary entries. The works were all created using material that was readily available, using the
simplest techniques. The audience can browse through Ahoo’s diary, create narratives in their minds, and look through the window of the artist’s life.

BIO
Ahoo Maher

Ahoo Maher comes from a family of artists in Iran and has lived in Austria since 2008.
Between 2009 and 2011, she studied music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Vienna to study music education. In 2017, she completed her studies in Contextual Painting under the guidance of Ashley Scheirl at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. She has participated in several solo exhibitions in Austria and Iran as well as numerous international group exhibitions. As co-founder of the association “ANN für Kunst, Culture and Solidarity“, she is actively involved. The focus of her artistic work is on depicting the realities of life from the perspective of women. which she depicts using various media such as drawing, painting, installations, and performances. She works as a freelance artist, performer, and curator in Vienna.

Image credits: Ahoo Maher, Paintings: „another purple day“, „did it“ & „sober in a party“ / installation: „HEDJLEH“ )




“Even if we are here”
Performance (45 min) by Yalda Pakzad

Through the leaves of the olive tree in the burning sun or in the white reflection of the snow, from somewhere so quiet and calm or somewhere on the fire, with all the distances we have built and broken and rebuilt in our history. Even if We are here. Even if we are drawn in this vast hole, to the bottom of the tongue to the bottom of the throat to the bottom of the screaming point to the bottom of the silence. To the end of being compressed, crushed, compressed, and pointed. How can it be coincided?

Coincide/spread.
منطبق شدن/پخش شدن
تقسیم کرده/تقسیم شده
Even if we are here
How do we resist?

Even if we are here.
Even if we
We
We
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How can this gathering of our body, Hosting of our breath, and feeling of home be our resistance? we are investigating the authenticity of our intimate presence.

BIO
Yalda Pakzad

Yalda Pakzad Afshar is a performance artist and pastry maker who was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1984. She currently lives in Rome and works between Rome and Tehran. She graduated with a degree in music from Tehran University. She began her artistic journey with puppet
performance and theater music and has over ten years of experience in contemporary dance and performances, which started in the underground network in Iran. She is an independent artist, particularly focused on site-specific performances in recent years. Her latest projects
are based on themes of home, hospitality, connection, and the phenomena of intimacy. She was chosen by the Impulstanz Vienna Festival of Contemporary Dance in 2017 and has had performances in Iran, Bucharest, Vienna, Zagreb, and Rome.

Image credits: Camillo Pasquarelli, Lorenzo Piacevol




COOK, EAT, and CLEAN
Die iranische Künstlerin Masoumeh Jalalieh lädt zusammen mit 20 Künstler*innen aus dem Iran das Publikum vom 29. Mai bis 2. Juni ins eindorf zum Salon “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” ein. Den Salon im eindorf zeichnet aus, dass das Publikum in einer intimen Atmosphäre und sehr unmittelbar die Darbietungen erleben kann.

29. Mai bis 02. Juni 2024 von 18:00 bis 22:00 Uhr
Free entrance

WEDNESDAY 29th
18:30h
Dietmar Baurecht (Bezirksvorsteher) speech
Masoumeh Jalalieh (Curator) speech
Daniel Zimmermann(eindorf) speech
Meinhard Rauchensteiner (Advisor for Science, Culture and Art to the Austrian Federal President) speech & poems

19h
Nima Noury music

20h
Flatland Alireza Keymanesh & Amir Pousti shortfilm
In plain sight Tanin Torabi shortfilm
Artist insurance Masoumeh Jalalieh shortfilm

21h
 Even if we are here Yalda Pakzad performance

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THURSDAY 30th
19h
Damnoosh In Memoriam Sina Saberi lecture performance

19:30h
Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches Marzieh Emadi & Sina Saadat shortfilm
My lovely home Alireza Keymanesh shortfilm

20:30h
Mit einem Sieb Wasser schöpfen Toranj Mashayekhi & Masoumeh Jalalieh performance

21h
 Toranj Mashayekhi music

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FRIDAY 31th
19h
Nargess in progress Sina Saberi lecture performance

19:30h
Metaphore Shirin Farshbaf performance

20:30h
Mira/o Nazanin Mehraein shortfilm
Solitude Roya Keshavarz shortfilm
Licking Ava Jalali shortfilm
Ice cream: the one that is worthy of closure Ava Jalali & Sorena Zahedi shortfilm

21h
ZOORKHANEH Mostafa Shabkhan performance

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SATURDAY 1st
19h
/oo/ she her او Nazanin Mehraein performance

19:30h
Parmiss Rahmani music

20:30h
Possibilities Shirin Farshbaf performance

21h
The Window Mostafa Shabkhan shortfilm
School Behzad Gholami shortfilm

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SUNDAY 2nd
19h
PASSING THROUGH TIME Ahoo Maher performance

19:30h
No one knows Nazanin Mehraein shortfilm
Forbiden lines Lagha Ghavam & Maryam Farahi shortfilm
Farewell Masoumeh Jalalieh shortfilm

20h
Bita Bell poems

20:30h
Room Mostafa Shabkhan performance

21h
Avin Ahmadi & Toranj Mashayekhi music

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ALL DAYS 18h – 22h

Durational Performance:

INSIDE OUT Hananeh Heydari
Poignant Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam
A house occurs Golara Ghofrani

Installations:

HEDJLEH Ahoo Maher
A Journey Through Maternity and Mortality Nazanin Mehraein
Entwined Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam

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ABOUT COOK, EAT and CLEAN

Gezeigt werden Performances, Installationen, Musik und Filmbeiträge. So ist unter anderen der international auftretende Tänzer und Choreograf Mostafa Shabkhan mit zwei Performances vertreten.

Die Musikerin Toranj Mashayekhi zeigt gemeinsam mit Masoumeh Jalalieh eine Live-Sound-Performance mit Küchengegenständen. Die Performance-Künstlerin Yalda Pakzad kommt eigens aus Rom angereist, da sich ihre Performances hauptsächlich um die Idee von Kochen drehen – und damit perfekt in das Konzept von “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” passen.

Die Installation der in Österreich lebenden Künstlerin Ahoo Maher’s installation ist ein symbolisches Monument, das die Betrachter*innen mit ihrem eigenen gebrochenen Spiegelbild konfrontiert, und Teil einer Ausstellung sein wird.

Der Performer und Choreograf Sina Saberi mit Wohnsitz in Hamburg wird zwei Episoden seiner Trilogie vorstellen: den Prozess seiner neuen Kreation, die in einigen Tagen im Kampnagel Premiere haben wird.

Der Filmemacher, Schauspieler und Choreograf Alireza Keymanesh hat für seine experimentellen Tanzfilme „Flatland“ und „My Lovely Home“ mehrere Preise auf verschiedenen Festivals gewonnen. Beide Filme werden im Salon “COOK, EAT, and CLEAN” zu sehen sein.

Darüber hinaus gibt es weitere Beiträge von Nazanin Mehraein, Shirin Farshbaf, Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam, Hannaneh Heydari,Golara Ghofrani, Ava Jalali, Behzad Gholami, Roya Keshavarz, Lagha Ghavam und Maryam Farahi, Tanin Torabi, Nima Noury, Avin Ahmadi sowie Parmiss Rahmani.

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Iranian artist Masoumeh Jalalieh, alongside 20 other artists from Iran, invites the public to the „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“ salon at eindorf from 29 May to 2 June. The salon at eindorf is characterised by the fact that the audience can experience the performances in an intimate and direct atmosphere.

Performances, installations, music and film contributions will be shown. Among others, the international dancer and choreographer Mostafa Shabkhan is represented with two performances.

Together with Masoumeh Jalalieh, musician Toranj Mashayekhi will present a live sound performance with kitchen utensils. Performance artist Yalda Pakzad has travelled all the way from Rome, as her performances mainly revolve around the idea of cooking – and therefore fit perfectly into the concept of „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“.

Austrian-based artist Ahoo Maher’s installation is a symbolic monument that confronts viewers with their own broken reflection and will be part of an exhibition.

Hamburg-based performer and choreographer Sina Saberi will present two episodes of his trilogy: the process of his new creation, which will premiere at Kampnagel in a few days.

The filmmaker, actor and choreographer Alireza Keymanesh has won several prizes at various festivals for his experimental dance films „Flatland“ and „My Lovely Home“. Both films will be shown in the „COOK, EAT, and CLEAN“ salon.

There will also be further contributions from Nazanin Mehraein, Shirin Farshbaf, Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam, Hannaneh Heydari, Golara Ghofrani, Ava Jalali, Behzad Gholami, Roya Keshavarz, Lagha Ghavam and Maryam Farahi, Tanin Torabi, Nima Noury, Avin Ahmadi and Parmiss Rahmani.

Image credits:
Masoumeh Jalalieh / Foto by Klaartje Lambrechts
Alireza Keymanesh
Yalda Pakzad / Foto by Camillo Pasquarelli
Kimiya Rastgou Moghadam
Lagha Ghavam / Foto by Moshen Pouryosefian
Mostafa Shabkhan / Foto by Ezzat Ismail Ezzat
Nazanin Mehraein
Roya Keshavarz
Shirin Farshbaf / Foto by Arne_Hauge
Sina Saberi
Ahoo Maher (painting + installation)

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two dances on cystitis and flies
research sharing
Oneka von Schrader / Julia Müllner

Tuesday, 02.04.2024 at 18 hrs
Free entrance

Hello, we, Oneka and Julia have been working on our individual researches and would like to share our choreographic sketches / scribbles with you. As part of both of our research stipends we worked at eindorf and are happy to give a first little insight.

Julia:
This dance has an audience of anthropomorphic flies only. If you would like to be a fly, please come!
From the fly’s point of view, people move four times as slowly as they do. The compound eyes allow the fly to see all around. Flies tend to fly in a straight line, then make a rapid change in direction before continuing on a different straight path. The directional changes are called saccades. more facts coming.

Oneka:
This is the start of an artistic research on bladder infections.

A warm welcome!

Image credits: Oneka von Schrader / Julia Müllner




WE ARE (AND YOU ARE WELCOME!)
7″ vinyl release
music by Frans Poelstra, Oleg Soulimenko and their guests

Friday, 16.02.2024 um 19:00 hrs

Free entrance

We, Frans Poelstra and Oleg Soulimenko, warmly invite you to join us for a cosy evening with (lo-fi) songs and other music. We have a good reason for this event, namely the official presentation of our first 7″ vinyl (single) release!

We have been making music for the last few years, creating several compositions and songs and also performing them. In February last year in Leipzig we premiered the music performance The Feeling of Home and, with the great help of Oliver Stotz, two of our songs from this performance are now on a 7″ vinyl. The songs are about us, our spirit and about our dreams of our homes.

We will of course play the two songs, but we also invited some friends to come and play their music and compositions. So, enough reason to show up and meet up again with friends and colleagues. There will be drinks and simple finger food, so nothing can go wrong! And well, who knows, maybe someone will spontaneously decide to sing a song, we don’t rule it out!

Our music guests:
Veza Fernández
Dominik Grünbühel and Luke Baio
Jasmin Hoffer
Akemi Takemi
Jack Hauser and David Ender and Peter Panayi
Frans Poelstra, Oleg Soulimenko and Oliver Stotz
Claudia Bosse
Mathias Lenz
Matthis Meinharter

We are looking forward to share our music with you!

Frans and Oleg

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singing our lovings overall
an open rehearsal with Johanna Nielson

Dienstag, 30.1.2024 um 18:00

Free entrance

Johanna has been practicing a lot of metta-meditation recently. The Pali word metta is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and non-violence. It’s a bit like doing kitschy wishing from the heart.

This evening will be a mainly improvised performance with voices and bodies moving.

Johanna is playfully struggling with words such as opposite. She doesn’t want to reproduce and contribute to the trend that there are only oppositions everywhere. ohppohsition.
pohlarity. dichohtomy. And the supposed either/ohr. Either left or right, either male or female, either Israel or Palestine, either either either, fucking either or.

Vanessa Machado de Oliveira puts it very beautifully: „Forget being either/or, be both and more, and moving.“

Let´s practice.

Image credits: Reiner Riedler (Foto 1) // Johanna Nielson (Foto 2)

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