Wiener FestWochen [ENA] This is a formally lucid yet intellectually ambitious contribution to Vienna’s long tradition of documentary theatre, transforming the city’s lived experiences into a collectively authored urban mythography. At the core of Mattias Andersson’s project lies a simple but radical question addressed to Vienna’s inhabitants: “Is there a particular moment in your life that you would like to see performed on stage"?   [Full story...]

Natural History Museum [ENA] “Clothes of the Millennia – Inspiration for Today” at the NHM Vienna is a model example of how a museum can translate archaeological knowledge into a vivid, contemporary aesthetic experience, without sacrificing scholarly precision. Framed as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Natural History Museum, the historical fashion show turned the Lower Dome Hall into a living timeline, in which seven thousand years of textile history walked past the audience in the form of 55 models.   [Full story...]