Die Freiheit zu sein
Event series
From October 7 to November 6, 2003
"Commuters" by Magdalena Frey
Another focus in 2003 was the artistic exploration of the subject of the "body". From October 7 to November 6, 2003, numerous events in the fields of literature, theater and visual arts took place in various locations in Upper Austria.
The series of events arose from the idea of addressing "the body" in an artistic form.
Corporeality is both sensuality and rationality, the pursuit of ideals and individualism, norms and escape, compulsion and freedom. Components of our existence that mix, contradict and complement each other.Contradictory demands that no one can fulfill or keep track of.Where is it: the freedom -to be?
"The Freedom to Be" explores this question in an artistic, theoretical, but also funny, cheeky and provocative way, showing that beauty and quality of life are not factors determined by a - male-dominated - industry, but can be defined individually and in a self-determined way.
The absurdity of these contradictory demands is shown, but also ways of escaping them. The focus is on a positive female body awareness beyond ideal ideas.
Film series/film evenings and lecture "Body ideals"
(Cooperation between Moviemento, Local-Bühne Freistadt, Kino Katsdorf; Kunst und Kultur Raab, Kino Ebensee, Frauengesundheitszentrum Linz, FIFTITU%)
7. 10. 2003
19.00: In the mirror of Maya Deren
followed by short films by Maya Deren, followed by a buffet
8. 10. 2003
19.00: Gendernauts
approx. 20.30: Lecture: "Body ideals" by Katrin Haun (Women's Health Center)
9. 10. 2003
19.00: Trading Images
20.00: Fire
10. 10. 2003
19.00: Gendernauts
20.30: Lecture: "Body ideals" by Katrin Haun (Women's Health Center)
followed by a break with buffet
22.00: Fire
approx. 23.45: Closing drink
15. 10th, 19.00: Lecture: "Body ideals" by Katrin Haun (Women's Health Center)
16. 10., 20.15: Fire
18./19. 10., 18.15: I wanted pants
24. 10., 20.30: Gendernauts
30. 10th, from 19.30:
Film Gendernauts, followed by: Lecture: "Body ideals" by Katrin Haun (Women's Health Center)
Photo exhibitions
- ROMNI - A focus on a marginalized social group
using camera and collage technique on the computer
Magdalena Frey
(Photo exhibition as part of MIGRARE, --- Museum Arbeitswelt)
Cooperation of FIFTITU%, Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr, Frieda Pohlhammer, Steyr
Opening: 23. 10. 2003, Alte Schmiede, MAW Steyr
with an introduction by Aileen Derieg
Duration of the exhibition: October 23 to November 22, 2003 - Women commuters
Women's portraits of users of the LILO
Photo collages
Magdalena Frey
Cooperation between LILO (Linzer Lokalbahn) and FIFTITU%
Opening: 17. 10. 2003, 18.30 Foyer LILO, followed by a special trip to Alkhoven u.rt.
Readings
NORMA DESMOND
Marlene Streeruwitz:
5. 11. 2003, 20.00, Linz, Stadtwerkstatt: (Cooperation of Verein MIRIAM, Radio FRO 105,0, Stadtwerkstatt, FIFTITU%) - the reading will be broadcast live on Radio FRO 105,0!
6. 11. 2003, 8.30 pm, Ried, KIK - Kultur im Innkreis
Workshops
The freedom of being (different)
Who would you be if you were someone else? - Theater workshops for young people
Directed by: Claudia Seigmann, actress and director
Kulturzentrum AKKU Steyr: 24. - 26. 10. 2003, 3x4 hours
Registration with Veronika Almer 07252-48542 or akku(at)servus.at
Information also available at http://www.akku-steyr.at
Music Culture Club Lembach: November 7-9, 2003, 3x4 hours
Registration with Bernhard Baumüller 07286-7438 or info(at)musikclub.at or mkc(at)utanet.at
Information also available at http://www.resi.at/mkc/
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Lecture and discussion
BODY IDEALS -
A journey through history: how have body ideals developed and how have they changed?
What influences our idea of an "ideal body" today?
And how do people, especially women, who do not conform to this image fare?
Fat women tell their stories.
Results of an 11/2 year research project on the subject of "body ideals" as part of a diploma thesis at the J.K. University of Linz
Speaker: Katrin Haun
The study was commissioned by the Women's Health Center Linz.
Women commuters
Women's portraits of users of the LILO
Photo collages
Magdalena Frey
My concept is based on portraits of women who use the LILO. During systematic journeys from early morning to evening, I made contact with female passengers who let me photograph their presence
After capturing the train situation with my camera, it was particularly important to me to be able to photograph the women in their private, professional or party-related surroundings.
In a second step, I then juxtaposed the opposites (train journeys on the one hand and personal surroundings on the other) in the form of digital collages.
In this way, these women stepped out of the anonymity of the group of train passengers and courageously showed more intimate areas of their lives.
Most of the women portrayed here were characterized by their openness, approachability and strong personalities. The contact with them enriched me greatly and gave me an insight into private spheres and work situations that were otherwise inaccessible to me.
ROMNI - A focus on a marginalized social group
using camera and collage technique on the computer
Magdalena Frey
I have always been interested in the Roma as a socially marginalized group in Europe, which has largely been able to resist the civilizational constraints of the so-called Western world. During a trip to Slovakia, the well-known photographer Tibor Husar invited me to visit Roma settlements to take photographs at my request.
Special hospitality and curiosity were always the first things I encountered. I was already familiar with some of their unusual social structures from various books and films. Sociability, a patriarchal willingness to use violence and a strange mixture of depression and lust for life had struck me just as much as the colorfulness of the erotic stimulating climate, which was evident everywhere in the fabric patterns of their clothes as well as in their homes.
But what fascinated me most was their immediate presence, the closeness to these interesting people, their breath, their movements, their physical presence, their exotic vitality.
Again, as in previous years, my focus in this work was on female existence - on the specific everyday contexts of women in the foreground of my interest.
The freedom of being (different)
Who would you be if you were someone else?
This theater workshop is all about your characters and your stories. Here you can try on roles like costumes and find out how much of yourself is in them. Or: what new sides of yourself come to light. We play with well-known characters from films, comics and fairy tales. With fantasy figures and clown-like creatures. With your doppelgangers and your counterparts, who have everything you don't have - including lots of bad qualities
The characters meet each other in simple situations. Improvisations are used to develop dialogs and scenes with several characters. The work is about being in the moment, trying out new things and playing with your own identity. The focus is on the joy of play and the joy of transformation - your freedom to be different.
Young people from 12 to 16Participants: max. 12
Work will take place over three days, concluding with a presentation in front of an audience.
Bring: comfortable clothing, blankets & lots of desire to try things out
The workshop will be led by Claudia Seigmann, who has been working as an actress and director in the independent theater scene since 1993. She has a 14-year-old daughter and regularly realizes theater projects with young people and adults
NORMA DESMOND
Science fiction parody by Marlene Streeruwitz
Vienna in the year 2300:
Norma Desmond is hunted by unsympathetic machines and immortal humans. Her lover of several hundred years, Donald, is dead and her clone ward David has been transformed into a child by a rejuvenating drug after an intoxicating night of love. Left to her own devices for the first time in her life, Norma manages to escape to Italy, where, after numerous adventures, she falls into the hands of a psychoanalyst who specializes in relieving computer programs of their fears. When her life is threatened to the utmost, she manages to escape with the help of the garden robot Hugo ...
Not only do the traffic conditions on the streets of Vienna resemble those of today, but the relationship between men and women, the dream of eternal youth and the horror of advanced genetic engineering are also suspiciously reminiscent of our own present day.
The project is supported by:
Federal Chancellery Art Section
Women's Office of the City of Linz
Province of Upper Austria - Women's Office
Province of Upper Austria - Department of Culture
Links:
Cooperation partners
www.akku-steyr.at
www.akku-steyr.at
www.akku-steyr.at
www.frauentreff-rohrbach.at
www.kino-ebensee.at
www.kik-ried.com
www.litnet.at
www.local-buehne.at/index_local.asp
www.resi.at/resi-nr/
www.moviemento.at
www.fro.at
www.stadtwerkstatt.at