Pitching Sessions
The pitching sessions provide an opportunity to engage with various artistic positions in a concentrated form. Twelve artists will present their working methods, previously realised projects as well as current material and/or future projects before a panel in a condensed conversational format.
Chaired by Astrid Peterle (curator, Head of Curatorial and Programming at Kunsthalle Wien) and Julia Schwarzbach (choreographer, lecturer, art educator).
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Stadtgalerie Lehen
Alex Franz Zehetbauer is a performance artist and vocalist working at the intersection of performance, music, visual arts and choreography. In his performances, he beguiles with sophisticated melodies, strange vocal escapades and unexpected twists. Critics have called him: a swamp monster, an angel, and a red-eyed demon. He studied vocal performance, choreography, acting and composition at the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam. Alex has collaborated with artists such as Phillip Gehmacher, Jen Rosenblit, Taylor Mac, Anne Juren, Richard Foreman, Marta Navaridas and Alix Eynaudi. He currently lives in Vienna.
Alex Franz Zehetbauer is a performance artist and vocalist working at the intersection of performance, music, visual arts and choreography. In his performances, he beguiles with sophisticated melodies, strange vocal escapades and unexpected twists. Critics have called him: a swamp monster, an angel, and a red-eyed demon. He studied vocal performance, choreography, acting and composition at the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam. Alex has collaborated with artists such as Phillip Gehmacher, Jen Rosenblit, Taylor Mac, Anne Juren, Richard Foreman, Marta Navaridas and Alix Eynaudi. He currently lives in Vienna.
Alix Eynaudi dances, works and writes between craft & chaos in a (most of the time) joyful mess. She doesn’t work alone; any event, research, invitation is an alibi to spend time with accomplices, a mesh of friendships scintillating under skins, a stirring of a full-of-wonder support. She specializes in (deep) choreographic hanging out sessions.
Alix Eynaudi dances, works and writes between craft & chaos in a (most of the time) joyful mess. She doesn’t work alone; any event, research, invitation is an alibi to spend time with accomplices, a mesh of friendships scintillating under skins, a stirring of a full-of-wonder support. She specializes in (deep) choreographic hanging out sessions.
Claudia Bosse In landscapes, architectures, or urban spaces, Claudia Bosse's site-specific works create poetic subversions between installation, choreography, theater, social rituals, and forms of assembly. In her artistic condensations, she deals with myths, forms of violence, and concrete utopias.
Claudia Bosse In landscapes, architectures, or urban spaces, Claudia Bosse's site-specific works create poetic subversions between installation, choreography, theater, social rituals, and forms of assembly. In her artistic condensations, she deals with myths, forms of violence, and concrete utopias.
Hungry Sharks The dance company Hungry Sharks was founded in 2011 by choreographer Valentin Alfery and photographer/creative producer Dušana Baltić and has been constantly evolving under their co-direction since then. Through changing formats, locations and constellations, they regularly create pieces for the stage and site-specific spaces that are characterized by a high degree of physicality, a strong visual level, the addressing of social issues and a conceptual-choreographic approach. Their productions tour within Europe and were shown in USA and Sri Lanka.
Hungry Sharks The dance company Hungry Sharks was founded in 2011 by choreographer Valentin Alfery and photographer/creative producer Dušana Baltić and has been constantly evolving under their co-direction since then. Through changing formats, locations and constellations, they regularly create pieces for the stage and site-specific spaces that are characterized by a high degree of physicality, a strong visual level, the addressing of social issues and a conceptual-choreographic approach. Their productions tour within Europe and were shown in USA and Sri Lanka.
Mzamo Nondlwana is a queer, non-binary performing artist originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Their work focuses on marginalised bodies and an attempt to subvert colonial fantasy. In 2006, they completed their dance education at MID (South Africa) and in 2014 SEAD (Austria). They worked with Michikazu Matsune, Doris Uhlich, Magdalena Chowaniec, Needcompany and Michael Turinsky. They are also one half of Bicha Boo Collective, an audio-visual performative collective active since 2017.
Mzamo Nondlwana is a queer, non-binary performing artist originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Their work focuses on marginalised bodies and an attempt to subvert colonial fantasy. In 2006, they completed their dance education at MID (South Africa) and in 2014 SEAD (Austria). They worked with Michikazu Matsune, Doris Uhlich, Magdalena Chowaniec, Needcompany and Michael Turinsky. They are also one half of Bicha Boo Collective, an audio-visual performative collective active since 2017.
Navaridas & Deutinger Marta Navaridas and Alex Deutinger devise text-based performance works since 2007. In their projects they are interested in performative methods of manipulating text and movement, and playfully challenge social forms and habitual perceptions. This pair of international touring artists uses dance, theatre and performance venues but also galleries, museums and the outdoors. Since 2020 they have been developing the performance series 'Emancipation of Wonder' in collaboration with contemporary art museums. They are based in Graz, Austria.
Navaridas & Deutinger Marta Navaridas and Alex Deutinger devise text-based performance works since 2007. In their projects they are interested in performative methods of manipulating text and movement, and playfully challenge social forms and habitual perceptions. This pair of international touring artists uses dance, theatre and performance venues but also galleries, museums and the outdoors. Since 2020 they have been developing the performance series 'Emancipation of Wonder' in collaboration with contemporary art museums. They are based in Graz, Austria.
Silke Grabinger combines urban and contemporary dance with performative art and robotics in her works and concepts. A special focus is on the critical examination of social phenomena, artistic paradigms, and the function or role of the audience. She founded the dance companies SILK Cie. and SILK Fluegge, with which she developed interdisciplinary works such as 'Moving Architecture.' Since 2021, she has been running the experimental space KLISCOPE and is researching as a PhD candidate on robotics, AI, and the moving body in cooperation with Ars Electronica.
Silke Grabinger combines urban and contemporary dance with performative art and robotics in her works and concepts. A special focus is on the critical examination of social phenomena, artistic paradigms, and the function or role of the audience. She founded the dance companies SILK Cie. and SILK Fluegge, with which she developed interdisciplinary works such as 'Moving Architecture.' Since 2021, she has been running the experimental space KLISCOPE and is researching as a PhD candidate on robotics, AI, and the moving body in cooperation with Ars Electronica.
TANZ LINZ/Landestheater Linz TANZ LINZ is the contemporary dance company of the Landestheater Linz, based at the Musiktheater. Its international ensemble of 16 dancers creates productions at the intersection of classical ballet, contemporary dance, and interdisciplinary art forms. Since the 2022/23 season, under the artistic direction of Roma Janus and a curated model, the company has collaborated with renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Emanuel Gat, Chris Haring, Johannes Wieland, Maciej Kuźmiński, Caroline Finn, Andrey Kaydanovskiy. Additional collaborations include projects with the University of Art and Design Linz and the Ars Electronica Festival.
TANZ LINZ/Landestheater Linz TANZ LINZ is the contemporary dance company of the Landestheater Linz, based at the Musiktheater. Its international ensemble of 16 dancers creates productions at the intersection of classical ballet, contemporary dance, and interdisciplinary art forms. Since the 2022/23 season, under the artistic direction of Roma Janus and a curated model, the company has collaborated with renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Emanuel Gat, Chris Haring, Johannes Wieland, Maciej Kuźmiński, Caroline Finn, Andrey Kaydanovskiy. Additional collaborations include projects with the University of Art and Design Linz and the Ars Electronica Festival.