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We ask artists:
What do we do to save ourselves, to save the world?
Bruce Naumann created a neon sign akin to the signs for luminous advertising for a pub:
"The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths"
Artists, our heroes, exposed themselves to physical torments, undertook pilgrimages, planted trees, watered themselves with animal blood, splattered themselves with urine, wrote pamphlets, screamed, fought, starved.
Young filmmakers are portraying artists.
Duration: 3-5 minutes each film
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Survival Guide #1
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HÄNDL KLAUS, Autor und Regisseur |
Director, camera, cut: Leonie Wieser
Händl Klaus was born in 1969 in Rum near Innsbruck/Tirol and lives in
Vienna, Berlin and Port am Bielersee (Switzerland). He is working as an
actor and director. He is also creative in the areas of poetry,
narration, novel, radio play and play.
He received several awards
like the Rauriser Literaturpreis, the Robert Walser-Preis, the
Förderpreis zum Schiller-Gedächtnispreis, the Welt-Dramatikerpreis der
Stadt Bern and the Lyrikpreis Feldkirch. In 2004 he was nominated for Best Newcomer in Literature for the Nestroy-Theaterpreis. His debut film MÄRZ (2008) won the Silberner Leopard for the best debut
at the international renowned Internationalen Filmfestival Locarno. Further works (selection): theatreplay "Ich ersehne die Alpen; So
entstehen die Seen" (2001), libretto "Häftling von Mab" (2002), theatreplay "(Wilde) Der Mann mit den
traurigen Augen" (2003), theatreplay "Dunkel lockende Welt" (2006).
LEONIE WIESER
Leonie
Wieser was born in 1989 in Vienna, studies in Sussex. Fims: SCRABBLE 1-4
(European Youki Awards 2008 and YOUKI 10 - appreciation award from the judges),
GLEICH IN DER ECKE IST DAS MEER (VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, film:riss
Festival Salzburg 2007), GOTT, WIR LIEBEN UNS (ORF shorts on screen 2006 -
Winner Category Zukunftsvision 2020, Youki Festival Wels 2006 - acception
award, VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Diagonale 2007), I:(1)00 dB ARBEIT:I
(a project with Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Diagonale 2008)
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Survival Guide #2
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OLIVER HANGL, performance artist
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Director, camera: Michael Schindegger
Sound: Laura Endres
Cut: Leonie Wieser
The renowned Austrian artist Oliver Hangl was born in 1968 in
Grieskrichen. After he worked as an actor at the Serapionstheater and
as a and scene designer at the Theater Sparverein, he studied Theory of
Drama and Italian at the University of Vienna from 1993-2000. Besides
his acting career, Oliver Hangl devotes himself to media arts and fine
arts and is known around Europe for his Solo and Group exhibitions.
Works (sample): "Wiener
Beschwerdechor" (2010), "Kino im Kopf spezial" (2010), "Sleepshow"
(2009), "100 Jahre Technisches Museum Wien" (2009), "Kosovo ON EAR"
(2008), "Wroclaw Guerillawalk" (2008), "Guided by accident?" (2007),
"Gehsteigdisco" (2006), "The Inverted Parade" (2006) "Disco ON EAR"
(2006), "Funkkopfstörung 7" (2006), "Basel ON EAR" (2006), "Losers'
Lounge" (2005), "Gürtel ON EAR" (2004).
MICHAEL SCHINDEGGER
Michael
Schindegger, born in 1981, studies ‚camera' at the Vienna Film Academy since
2003. He lives and works in Bukarest, Brüssel and Vienna. He worked with Peter
Jaitz for his movie RIMINI (2009), which was shown at the First Steps Festival
in Berlin. His directing debut DACIA EXPRESS (2008) celebrated its world
premiere at the Viennale 08 and was shown at the Diagonale 09. His new project
NR 7 is in progress.
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Survival Guide #3
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ANGELA DENOKE, opera singer |
Director: Marvin Kren
Camera: Hans Starck
Cut: Nina Schley
Sound: David Brych
Camera assistance: Veljco Tatalovic
Growing up in a musical parental home in Stadt by Hamburg, she
graduated as a singer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
at Ingrid Kremling's class. On the 1st of April 1997 she
celebrated her debut as a soprano singer at the Vienna State Opera in
Marschallin. Angela Denoke sings at several international opera house
stages like the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden Opera, Bayerische
Staatsoper München (debut: Salome 2006), Semperoper, Gran Teatre del
Liceu, Opera National Paris (Katja Kabanowá, Cardillac, Rosenkavalier,
Die Sache Makropulos, Parsifal, Fidelio, Wozzeck), Théatre du Chatelet
Paris, Staatsoper Berlin (Tannhäuser, Pique Dame, Erwartung,
Rosenkavalier, Fidelio and Salome), Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Teatro
Real Madrid, Hamburgische Staatsoper, in San Francisco and Chicago. She
sang with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Deutschen Sinfonie
Orchester, the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Simon Bolivar Youth
Orchestra of Venezuela and the Berliner Philharmonikern. Since 1997 she
sings at the Vienna State Opera as Tatjana (Eugen Onegin), Elisabeth
(Tannhäuser), Jenufa, Marietta/Marie (Die tote Stadt), Kundry
(Parsifal), Salome, Elsa (Lohengrin), Arabella and Marschallin. In 1999
she got honoured as Singer of the Year by the magazine Opernwelt. In
2007 she received the Faust-Theaterpreis for best singing
representation in a musical theatre. In 2009 she received the honourary
title Austrian Kammersängerin and celebrated a huge success as "Lady
MacBeth von Mzensk", directed by Matthias Hartmann.
MARVIN KREN
Born
in 1980, he works as a producer of short films, documentaries and advertising
film since 2003. Films (sample): RAMMBOCK (2010), SCHAUTAG (2008), TRIO (2008),
POACHER (2007), DANCE WITH JOHN STARKS! (2006), LIFE AND WORK FOR GW (2005),
PRATERSTERN (2005). RAMMBOCK was awarded with the Wiener Filmpreis. His short
film PRATERSTERN was shown at the Short Film Festival Rome, at the Vienna
Independent Shorts and at the ORF. In 2009 Marvin Kren received the Max Ophüls
Prize for his short film SCHAUTAG. The Austrian premiere of his film took place
in the context of the Diagonale 09, where he won the award for Best Newcomer
Film of the Year.
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Survival Guide #4
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OLGA NEUWIRTH, composer
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Director: Ella Gallieni
Camera: Bernadette Weigel
Sound: Julia Kausch
Olga Neuwirth was born in Graz in 1968. She is known being on of the
most distinguished and creative contemporary composers of Europe and is
celebrated for many years internationally. She studied composition and
theory in Vienna and at the ‚Conservatory of Music' in San Francisco.
In 1994 she was a judge at the Münchener Biennale für New Musical.
Within the series §Next Generation" Olga Neuwirth presented herself at
the Salzburg Festival in 1998 throughout two concerts. Her
international breakthrough started one year later when she won the
Ernst-Krenek-Preis for her successful musical play "Bählamms Fest!´"
(Libretto: Elfriede Jelinek adapted from Leonora Carrington). In 2000
more achievements followed. In March 2000 her world premiere of
"Clinamen/Nodus" started in London, followed by a worldwide tour. In
the same year a cooperation with the film maker Michael Kreihsl
accumulates in "The long rain" celebrated its premiere at the
Steirischen Herbst. The world premiere of her musical play "Lost
Highway", named after the same-named David Lynch movie, took place in
2003 at the English National Opera and in 2006 her trumpet concert
„...miramondo multiplo..." for the Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra at
the Vienna Festival and the Salzburg Festival.
Together with
Valie Export and Elfriede Jelinek she initiated a Group Exhibition "Die
Macht der Sprache at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. 2006 she
became a member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin. In 2010 she received
as the first woman ever the Kunst-Staatspreis Musik, the highest
artistical award of the republic. She works and lives now in Vienna.
ELLA GALLIENI
Ella
Gallieni was born in 1983 in Vienna, since 2006 she is a student at the Vienna
Film Academy. Her short films: HORSE CAMP (2008), SOUCIS DE LUXE
(2007) and LOSS (2006). HORSE CAMP had its world premiere at the Diagonale
09, was part of the program of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, is
represented by the film distributor Sixpackfilm
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Survival Guide #5
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FRIDOLIN SCHÖNWIESE, director
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Director: Fridolin Schönwiese
Camera: Rafael Ortega
Sound: Antonio Fernández Ros
Fridolin
Schönwiese was born in Vienna and studied Journalism and Communication Studies
and Dramatics in Vienna. He is member of the art group GANG ART, freelancer for
films, art exhibitions, trailers and radio projects. Fridolin Schönwiese lives
and works in Vienna and Mexico. Films: THE FIVE CARDINAL POINTS (2009) awarded
with the 3-sat documentary film award of the Duisburger Filmwoche and the
documentary film award of the Innsbrucker Sommer, VOLVER LA VISTA (2002-05), IT
WORKS (1998), COSMODROM (1992-95), LUFTRÄUME (1990)
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Survival Guide #6
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HILDEGARD ABSALON, tapestry artist
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Director, Camera, Sound: Bernadette Weigel
Cut: Ewa Stern
Sound Design: Philip Zauner
Bernadette Weigel visits Hildegard Absalon. Absalon talks about the wear and tear of the body and the artistic occupation itself. She talks about her work which takes a lot of time, patience and often too much energy. In the course of the interview Absalon unwraps her loom which she had stored away years ago. On the loom there still is a yet unfinished gobelin. Hildegard Absalon sorts through threads - maybe she will be captivated by the loom once again.
Hildegard Absalon is an Austrian tapestry artist. She taught decorative design and decorative textiles at the University of Vienna. She is also a freelance gobelin weaver and has realized designs by artists like Maria Lassnig, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Günter Brus among others. Since 1982 she has focused on realizing exclusively her own designs. Hildegard Absalon is a master of the detail in this now only seldom used technique. Her works are evidence of great wit and self-referential power.
Exhibitions (selection):
1975 'Magna Feminismus: Kunst und Kreativität' at the Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna; 1996 'Chaos Wahnsinn' at the Kunsthalle Krems; 2000 'Schau der Arbeiten' at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India; 2003 'Mimosen, Rosen, Herbstzeitlosen. Künstlerinnen. Positionen 1945 bis Heute' at the Kunsthalle Krems; 2011 'Female in progress' at Grünspan - Plattform für Kunst und Kultur im Drautal.
BERNADETTE WEIGEL
Born 1977. Studied Theater, Film and Media Studies at the Unversity of Vienna and Camera and Directing Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Films (selection): MARIE (2009), EINE FRAU (2009), GAME OVER (2009), WIENS KULTURSÖLDNER (2008). The short film MARIE was screened at the Diagonale 2010 film festival. The short film GAME OVER was screened at the Vienna Independent Shorts film festival in 2009. Bernadette Weigel ist currently working on the documentary: VOYAGEUSE ENTHOUSIASTE - NOTES OF A TRAVELLER.
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