Reading Archive - Salzkammergut 2024

The land neurotic

Andreas Kepplinger — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:09:25 +0000

As a city dweller, I cultivate an urban fanaticism that no rural experience has been able to break. The city is breath, awakening, freedom, civilisation. Not the countryside. At least for me. That is the ideological starting point. Nevertheless, I would like to use my stay in Ebensee to convince myself of the opposite. To understand why you live in a place – not just for the summer – that is known for having only old people, for dying. Why do you live here? What keeps you here? What is it? Why don’t you move from a dead place, as is the trend?

a Before – Between – After
In the Before I will explain my point of view, why I cultivate my urban fanaticism, my short manifesto of reservations. In the “in-between” I want to record my “explorations” on site, with conversations with the locals, and answer the main question: why do they live here? What keeps them in this place?

In the “afterwards” I want to take stock of a) the extent to which my attitude has changed b) the extent to which I have changed. Could this Ebensee, which has a few endearing points for me due to its defence history, even convert me into a country girl?

If there is a possibility, I would probably try to accompany my “in-between” photographically with small Polaroid photos. Things that catch my eye and self-indulgent selfies that document my decline in the provincial air – or, on the contrary, my awakening and rebirth as a rural cheerful creature.

20/09/24 → Rail Tour Reading

12/01/2025 → deutschlandfunk.de
What happens when a self-confessed, even fanatical city dweller undertakes a self-experiment in the Austrian provinces? Certainly not a chapter from the many “How I found my true life in the country” chronicles!

Solmaz Khorsand is a journalist, author and podcaster. She has worked for the newspaper Zeit, derstandard.at, the Wiener Zeitung and the magazine Republik, among others. Her book “Pathos” was published in 2021 and her current book “untertan. Von braven und rebellischen Lemmingen”. She also took part in the Artist in Residence programme of the Salzkammergut Capital of Culture.

Salt Lake Cities

Regional empty spaces as places of experience and meeting points for art: the Capital of Culture 2024 invites young artists from Germany and abroad to research, live and work in these spaces and to activate them with artistic contributions.
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Let’s go, Salzkammergut!

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:00:15 +0000

For the grand finale, the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 and the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 are joining forces at ALFA Laakirchen. → And keep it up – Culture it‘s all of us!
Afterwards, we celebrate open-ended through the night in the centre of Gmunden. Concerts, DJ sets, performances and late-night readings await you here.
Das ganze Programm als Booklet (pdf)

Stadttheater Gmunden, Theatergasse 7

Main hall on the ground floor

20 h Opening by Tom Neuwirth and the Capital of Culture team
Tom Neuwirth has toured the world as Conchita and has inspired thousands. He has returned to support and accompany the Capital of Culture as a member of the committee, and his words will span an arc from the opening in January to the final departure of the Capital of Culture
20:15 – 21 h Counter and Strings. Alois Mühlbacher and the String Quartet. (concert)
The self-definition of the 4 gentlemen from Linz is already a real eye-opener: JazzRockClassicalCrossover String Quartet. And then there is the great countertenor Alois Mühlbacher. A sonic experience and an exciting encounter from Queen to Vivaldi.
21 – 21:45 Timpani, triangle and tam-tam. The incredible world of Vivi Vassileva. (percussion)
The young percussionist Vivi Vassileva regularly sets off from her home in Ebensee to wow audiences in concert halls around the world. Together with guitarist Lucas Campara Diniz, she has created a multi-sound spectacle for the Capital of Culture that puts composers such as Iannis Xenakis in a new, fresh light.
22 – 23 h HipHop meets Pop, Indie joins Rap. Sharktank (concert)
Hip hop meets pop, indie joins rap: Katrin, Mile and Marco not only overcome and combine genres in their interplay – as Sharktank, they open up “a niche on the German-speaking music market that we didn’t know existed until now” (DIFFUS); where playful feel-good beats and light-hearted instrumentals meet conscious rap and melodic vocals, the Viennese trio has found its colourful, independent sound – jump in & swim along!
23:15 – 01 h Doris UHLICH (DJ performance) Every Body Boom
The choreographer, performer and DJ Doris Uhlich invites you to an energetic night of dance in which her artistic ideas resonate. A mixture of her favourite sounds and beats will be served up, from pop to techno and classical music. The body is celebrated in a sound bath of the most diverse musical genres.
01 h – end Miss Ivanka T. (DJ performance, Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut!)
Icon, legend & sensation Miss Ivanka T. With a passport from Austria and a heart in Berlin, she is the symbiosis of the cheeky country mouse with the Berlin city brat in one. From pop, hosting, TV to make-up, she is at home wherever dialect & diversity is allowed to reign & people want to forget the outside world for an hour.

Bar on the 1st floor

20 – 23 h korli (DJ set)
Growing up in the 90s – the decade of CDs – Klara aka korli’s love of music began with her parents’ CD collection. Instead of vinyl stores, LIBROs were bought empty and, in the absence of alternatives, 30-second snippets were downloaded from the first music sites on the Internet. The CDs have disappeared, the love of music and the data size of the downloaded music have grown. Their sets build a bridge from R’n’B to hip hop to house and electronic bass music, and sometimes a tribute to the decade of CDs awaits at the end of this bridge.
23 h – end DJ Rich Parents (DJ set, Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut!)
Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut! DJ Rich Parents plays pop to hyperpop but mainly goes off, brings not only queer bangers but the whole party. DJ RP’s best friends are Kylie and Kim, which sums it up, so treat them like a slut and you won’t get them out of your head.

Kinosaal 1. Floor

20 h – midnight Let’s go, Salzkammergut! Model region for rural Europe
Documentation European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024, Chris Gütl

Former drugstore in the city centre, Rathausplatz 6

From 17 h JUKEBOX with ABSINTH BAR by God’s Entertainment (Analogue Juke Box)
K20, J14, U07, A11 are the abbreviations used on menus in popular restaurants. They allow us to communicate with each other and, in the best case, get served what we want. JUKEBOX works on the same principle, which nowadays can only be found on eBay or Willhaben under rarities and golden prices. JUKE BOX by God’s Entertainment will open our eyes, mouths and ears again and at the same time make everyone emotionally satisfied. Our JUKE BOX is analogue, mechanical, speaks, takes 2 EURO, winks and has every song in stock that has somehow been documented in the last official 6000 years of human history. From Katy Perry to Vangelis. Forward into the past!
ABSINTH BAR – RESEARCH SPACES FOR PSYCHOACTIVIST STATES
What does it mean to be in a normal state? Mere conditioning to the familiar or being in line with syllogistic logic? If you are in the four-sided stands of a football stadium, for example, you wait spellbound for the slow motion replay of the goal or a disputed offside position. Standing at the checkout of a supermarket, do you immediately rule out the possibility that the overworked cashier is a German? After a moment’s thought, however, you quickly realise that the search for a logical conclusion seems illogical after all. Absinth Bar offers nothing that we are used to, it stands outside of any logic and learned sensuality. It refuses to keep its usual opening hours and does not adhere to any other conventional agreements. The meaningfulness of intoxication, the essence of the evening and the truthfulness of the psychoactive state are on the menu at HEURE VERTE.

Stadtpfarrkirche, Kirchenplatz 5

20:30 – 21:30 h Instrumental Art Pop by Anna Lang and Alois Eberl
Sinfonia De Carnaval – that’s Anna Lang and Alois Eberl on cello, trombone, accordion, percussion, electronics and voices. Instrumental art pop that knows no boundaries: elements of jazz and pop meet electronic sound universes and the full sound spectrum of classical playing techniques. Violoncello, voice, trombone, percussion and accordion in a unique and newly defined sound!

Evangelische Kirche, Georgstraße 9

19:30 – 21 h Magdalena Hasibeder, organ I Georg Hasibeder, vibraphone I Jonathan Six, marimba: The Beauty and the Beat. Fireworks with organ and percussion.
The Hasibeder siblings have made different careers from Linz. Organist Magdalena Hasibeder continues to enliven the local music scene with surprising encounters. Here she fuses the enchanting organ of the Evangelical Church with the large instruments of percussionists Jonathan Six and Georg Hasibeder a truly fraternal firework display.

Bürgerspitalkirche, Kößlmühlgasse 1

21 – 24 h Holy Hydra with AVBRUCH
AVBRUCH is an audio-visual installation that renegotiates the theme of new beginnings in an intense live performance. Here, past and future meet, traditions are broken, a dialogue of extremes unfolds: light meets dark, loud meets quiet, sacred meets profane, yin meets yang. The hospital church becomes an interface, a control centre between the worlds – a place where boundaries become blurred. Holy Bim Bam. Bum.
Ford Escort & Jens Vetter (Sound Artists), Robert Huemer & Tim Niedermeier (Visual Artists), Amanda Augustin & Lorena Höllrigl – Hydra Kulturverein (Artistic Concept)

Stadtplatz Schiffsanlegestelle, Schiffsangelesteg am Rathausplatz

19 – 21 h Plateau Blo meets Urban Sauna Club meets Kombucha by Studio Clemens Bauder, DJ Sets by raumarbeiterinnen & friends
At the end of the European Capital of Culture project Plateau Blo, the floating sauna on Lake Traun by the artists’ collective raumarbeiterinnen and in collaboration with the University of Art and Design Linz, we’re turning up the heat once again. Also taking part is the Kombucha Bar by Studio Clemens Bauder, architect and graduate of the University of Art, as well as the residence guests, Martin and Flora Szurcsik-Nimmervoll, who will translate the sauna to Rathausplatz with a wolf as an expansive construction and intervention. DJ sets by raumarbeiterinnen & friends embed the installation by the lake in nocturnal sounds. “The right dance outfit for the evening is an eye-catching bathrobe over a winter jacket.”

Café Brandl, Rathausplatz 1

From 21:15 h DJ sets by Drumfabrik (DJs: Asense, Cerf, Critical Contents, Dvnc, Nikasun, Rawtid, Voltare, Zappla)
With the mission to promote the electronic music scene in Upper Austria, the Drumfabrik cultural association was founded by Zappla in Vorchdorf around 7 years ago. Dozens of events with international stars of the scene later, the girls and boys are paying another visit to the town of Gmunden and are looking forward to a night of dancing, passion and of course: drum & bass!

Bar Zum blauen Affen, Kirchengasse 8

20:30 – 24 h Literaturrausch hosted by Wirtshauslabor – readings and spoken word performances
An empty cultural venue becomes a wild literary salon for one evening. Under the name “Literaturrausch”, the successful Capital of Culture project Wirtshauslabor is making its final appearance for 2024. Curated by Magdalena Stammler and Christina Jaritsch, the following authors will be taking to the stage: Lydia Haider, Mercedes Kornberger, Jacinta Nandi, Jörg Piringer and Magdalena Stammler.

K-Hof Museum, Kammerhofgasse 8

10 – 24 h Exhibition City of Ceramics – Local heroes
The K-Hof, the Kammerhof Museum Gmunden, shows the exhibition Klo&So. Admission: 6€

Theodor Detter, Georgstraße 29

17 – 20 h pm Kids & Kunst: Malen im Museum, Theodor Detter
Children’s programme at the Theodor Detter Museum: children of all ages are invited to get creative together.

Tram, Stern & Hafferl

Experiencing art, Traunseetram stops become public art spaces
On the way, a (living) audio theatre in the Traunseetram

Arrival & Shuttle

Leave your car behind! We’ll make sure that you can not only travel comfortably by public transport, but also get home safely after the big party in the evening or after midnight. Details can be found at salzkammergut-2024.at/travel

On 01/12 at 11am, the hangover breakfast – networking and getting together – will take place in the Remise 1894 Stern & Hafferl.

More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

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I wasn’t surprised that she likes girls

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:00:16 +0000

In 18 portraits, author Lisa Bolyos and photographer Carolina Frank explore the parents’ perspective on the coming out of gay, lesbian, bi, trans, inter and non-binary children.
A quote from the book: “I always saw myself as a very liberal person, until the moment Lia came out. Oops, that’s not what I meant! In your own house?”

Salzkammerqueer

In order to facilitate the exchange of experiences among like-minded people and seekers in rural areas, the Frauen*anlaufstellen are helping to establish a queer community in the Salzkammergut with this project. The aim is to initially provide a home base and infrastructure for an active community that will exist beyond the duration of the project. The second goal is an experimental short film series and artistic photo positions that communicate queer life in the Salzkammergut via social media.
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Reading with Dominika Meindl

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:00:28 +0000

In the evening, Austrian author Dominika Meindl sets another literary highlight with her first novel. In her book “Selbe Stadt, anderer Planet”, she focuses on a polarising topic: the supposed idyll of the Salzkammergut. Listeners can expect a story full of contrasts – a house full of memories, the breathtaking beauty of the mountains and the palpable burden of overtourism. With astute observations and trenchant style, Meindl exposes the areas of tension that lie hidden behind the picturesque façade, questioning the tense relationship between a place of longing and reality.

These two readings form a truly top-class duo that will enchant guests with literature and music on this special day. Wortart.die Lounge in the WASNERIN offers an ideal setting to celebrate the holiday with cultural delights.

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The guitar

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:00:23 +0000

Michael Köhlmeier’s much-loved collection comprises 37 guitars, each with its own history and with which he has a special relationship: there are the cult electric guitars such as the Fender Stratocaster from 1968, but also the two Gibsons, the American Martin tenor guitar and many more. But Köhlmeier not only collects, he also plays passionately himself: at home every day, and often on stage in various formations. In this very personal book, he talks about his guitars, admired instrument makers and the feeling of power that his first encounter with amplifiers and electric guitars gave him. And he tells us how Django Reinhardt became his role model after an injury to his fretting hand – the master “with two crippled fingers”.

Music: Trio Mineur (Graz)
The trio consists of two guitars (Simon Reithofer, Dominik Simon) and a double bass (Lukas Straußberger). With their music they pay tribute to the legendary Django Reinhardt and revive his unique compositions. Their repertoire includes Reinhardt’s works as well as traditional Roma music.

Book table: Buch & Boot – Ihr Buchhändler aus Altaussee

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Wood makes the music

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:59 +0000

“The forest in Austria – interesting facts from A to Z” by forest ambassador Hermine Hackl, with musical accompaniment by the Landesmusikschule Bad Goisern. Director: Peter Brugger

Excerpt from the book description:
Forest ambassador Hermine Hackl has compiled everything you always wanted to know and should know about the forest country of Austria for this book in an entertaining and appreciative way. Because the forest is far more than the sum of its trees.
Published by PUSTET Verlag.

Use the OÖVV public transport and the Salzkammergut shuttle service to get there!

The event will take place in the Cumberland Wildlife Park due to the forecast weather!

Note: The car park at the Almsee is subject to a charge, € 5/day – payment by card or coins possible.

The Temporal Forest & Woodpassage

The focus is on the landscape, which has been heavily characterised by salt mining and industry in recent centuries.
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At the magic tree

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:26 +0000

Helmut Wittmann tells magical tales of trees and legends from the Totes Gebirge, accompanied on the harp by Andrea Roitner. A magical hour at the woodpassage on the Almsee.
The book “Sagenhaft wandern im Salzkammergut” can be signed on request!

Use the public transport of the OÖVV and the Salzkammergut Shuttle Service to get here! The OÖVV bus line 534 will take you to the event and you can also travel back to the Almtalbahn afterwards.

Note: The car park at the Almsee is subject to a charge, € 5/day – payment by card or coins possible.

The Temporal Forest & Woodpassage

The focus is on the landscape, which has been heavily characterised by salt mining and industry in recent centuries.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

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Rail tour reading

Andreas Kepplinger — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:27 +0000

Reading of “Landneurotikerin” by Solmaz Khorsand and final performance of Xenia Lesniewski’s in the “Apocalypso Bar”.

Ebensee Landungsplatz: With the arrival of the train at 14:47, the Landungsplatz station will be opened for the reading by Solmaz Khorsand. Solmaz Khorsand spent June in Ebensee, letting himself be surprised and immersing himself in stories. The unexpected and seemingly impossible will be brought out in the reading from 15:00. Afterwards comes the end in and the “APOCALYPSO” by Xenia Lesniewski, who opens her doors for the last time at Traunkirchen Ort station.

TOUR:

14:47 Start with arrival at Ebensee landing site
16:15 or 18:15 Direct onward journey to Traunkirchen Ort
21:40 End in Traunkirchen Place

Salt Lake Cities

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Mette Edvardsen: Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:01:33 +0000

Books have been burnt time and again throughout history – but the resistant spirit of the words could never be banished. In Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, memorising books is an act of rebellion. Man himself becomes a book. This idea inspired the Norwegian Mette Edvardsen to create her project Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine. In 2010, she began building the library of living books: Since then, performers all over the world have been memorising books. These books can be “borrowed” from bookshops, museums or libraries and “read” for 30 minutes. The project examines how memory not only preserves its objects, but also constantly transforms them. Each new reading of the books leads to surprising and touching encounters between strangers. Each “reading” is for one person only and lasts 30 minutes.

Books in German: Die Baugrube by Andrej Platonow; Vielleicht Esther by Katja Petrowskaja; Nachdenken über Christa T. by Christa Wolf; Faust I by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde by Emine Sevgi Özdamar. Book in English: I Am a Cat by Söseki Natsume.

ANALOG! continues this tradition with contemporary artistic references and offers a series of productions that deal with the former Stephaneum secondary school.

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Unvermögensverkehrsstelle

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:01:47 +0000

On 17 August 2024, artist Barbara Ungepflegt will be exploring Austria’s gaps at Bad Ischl railway station, bringing to light things that were thought to have been lost, while elsewhere she will be punching holes at random and inserting spaces in well-known texts in a fair and gender-appropriate way. In the UNVERMÖGENSVERKEHRSSTELLE, the Viennese artist reads non-stop from Hitler’s Mein Kampf, which she translated into gender-appropriate and fair language in 2022 as part of her dissertation at the University of Art and Design Linz. It is up to the audience to decide when they want to join the marathon reading and how long they want to listen. The marathon reading starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m.

Salt Lake Cities

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Lesefest “near and far”

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:02:33 +0000

The prizewinners in both categories will receive their awards at the event. On both reading days, a general audience award will be given and decided through voting.
Alternative location in case of storm: Trinkhalle Bad Ischl. In case of rain, the festival will take place indoors on the Siriuskogl.

Counting cards

Reserve your free counting cards in the library of the parish of Bad Ischl by email (badischl@bibliotheken.at) or during the opening hours of the library also by telephone (+43 6132 26793) or in person.

Literature Prize

Concise literary positions on European identity with a focus on identity, coming to terms with the past and the effects of globalization are being solicited under the topic near and far. An independent jury of professionals will select the best texts from 10 adults and 4 young people from a printed anthology.

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Reading in the #3

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:43:17 +0000

In case of bad weather:
The reading will take place in the workshop of Plateau Blo: Gaswerkgasse 4, Gmunden

Plateau Blo

Research station, sauna, venue for performance and exhibition
With PLATEAU BLO, a floating island structure consisting of several platforms is moving across Lake Traunsee during the Capital of Culture year.
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Reading in the lake #2

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:43:16 +0000

In praise of living and still waters
Whether May rain or morning dew, muddy puddle or light pond, wild river or the dark eye of the moor, water inexhaustibly promotes the richness of life. It enables renewal wherever it is invited to unfold its effect. We are connected to everything through water, we are part of its cycle. Water is the basis of our lives, we should protect it.

Its manifestations in the landscape form the blue thread of Karin Hochegger’s observations of nature. Her new volume “The Gifts of Water” combines the precise perception and observation of various freshwaters with a wealth of ecological and cultural-historical knowledge – from springs to ponds, pools and ponds to rivers.

Karin Hochegger worked for many years as a nature conservation expert. She currently heads the Liezen district office of the Nature Conservation Association and works on renaturation projects for moors and wetlands in Ausseerland and Ennstal in Austria.

In case of bad weather:
The reading will take place in the workshop of Plateau Blo: Gaswerkgasse 4, Gmunden

Plateau Blo

Research station, sauna, venue for performance and exhibition
With PLATEAU BLO, a floating island structure consisting of several platforms moves across Lake Traunsee during the Capital of Culture year.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

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Reading in the lake and open sauna

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:43:15 +0000

Procedure:
17:00 – 20:00 Open Sauna (please register in advance)
approx. 18:00 – 19:00 Reading

If you would like to take a sauna, please bring:
swimwear & slippers, bathrobe and a sauna towel.
We are also happy to receive a contribution towards the cost of wood (approx. 5 – 10€/person).

In case of bad weather:
the reading will take place in the workshop of Plateau Blo: Gaswerkgasse 4, Gmunden
and the sauna will be heated up at Toscanapark.

Plateau Blo

Research station, sauna, venue for performance and exhibition
With PLATEAU BLO, a floating island structure consisting of several platforms will move across Lake Traunsee during the Capital of Culture year.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

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Das Denkende Herz

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:40 +0000

In the reading at the opening of the “European Theatre Festival”, actress Mavie Hörbiger juxtaposes works by Stefan Zweig with texts by David Grossmann. Stefan Zweig’s radical call for European unification in the spirit of humanism meets David Grossmann’s literary reflections on the crisis in the Middle East. Two unconditional fighters for empathy and against hatred question the possibility of peace in violent times.

European theatre festival

with top-class performances and young regional and international positions that deal with the culture of remembrance and Europe.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

Journey from the World of Yesterday to the World of Today

In cooperation with the Stefan Zweig Center in Salzburg and the Austrian Society for Literature, the European Capital of Culture Region is offering high-quality readings of his critical writings and speeches on the topic.
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Chronik der laufenden Entgleisungen / History of Tomorrow

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:38 +0000

In his latest publication Chronik der laufenden Entgleisungen Thomas Köck talks about the rise of right-wing populism in Austria and Germany and the intensification of social debates, where he meets Stefan Zweig, who addressed a similar topic 100 years earlier in his political essay Das große Schweigen and other works. As part of the literary-political journey from the past via the present into the future, Birgit Minichmayr will also read from Stefan Zweig’s History of Tomorrow and The Mission of Intellectuals . Shortly before the National Council elections in Austria on 29 September 2024, this evening is intended to provide food for thought.

Chronicle of ongoing derailments

On 29 September 2024, Austria will elect a new National Council, and the election campaign has long since begun. Thomas Köck keeps a record of the everyday political aberrations: Knives are sharpened at election rallies and journalists are put in headlocks on camera, while Austrian activists of the New Right give lectures on mass deportations in Germany and collect donations from bourgeois circles. Köck can barely keep up with his protocol of the (linguistic) escalation. But he does not stop at bookkeeping: drawing on questions of class, origin and economics, he tries to understand how Austria could become the prototype of right-wing subject formation in Europe. The result is an angry, at times ironically biting intervention in an election year in which Herbert Kickl could become the first far-right chancellor in Austria since 1945.

Journey from the World of Yesterday to the World of Today

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The Order of the Day – Klaus Maria Brandauer reads Éric Vuillard

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 15 May 2024 00:01:13 +0000

He impressively and succinctly exposes the ridiculous and appalling behaviour of the political and economic elite that led to the Nazi takeover, the annexation of Austria and the outbreak of war. A historical view of the European continent from the present, read by chamber actor and honorary member of the Burgtheater Klaus Maria Brandauer, with Magdalena Hasibeder playing the organ.

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The Order of the Day – Klaus Maria Brandauer reads Éric Vuillard

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Wed, 15 May 2024 00:01:13 +0000

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Daffodils Gala

Andreas Kepplinger — Thu, 09 May 2024 00:01:39 +0000

On the gala evening, we are dedicating a packed programme to the daffodil, the heroine of issue #1 of Narzissenpost. As part of a panel discussion, the participants will discuss what tourism, agriculture and politics can do to ensure that the daffodil can continue to attract guests to Aussee in the future. What is in store for us in the face of climate change and the increasingly intensive utilisation of natural areas? Karin Hochegger (ARGE Naturschutz Ausseerland und Ennstal, Naturschutzbund), Rudolf Grill (Narzissenfest), Franz Steinegger (Mayor of Grundlsee), moderation: Laura Anninger (Netzwerk Klimajournalismus)
Reading: Barbara Frischmuth reads from her novel “Die Mystifikationen der Sophie Silber”
Music: Seer Oimres’lan

Moderation: Aline Dreyer
Followed by: Closing in the Kaisersaal

Narzissenpost

The Narzissenpost, a magazine on advertising pillars, deals with nature and traditions and examines the changes they are subject to.
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4th Long Night of Industrial Culture

Andreas Kepplinger — Thu, 09 May 2024 00:01:30 +0000

The Long Night will take place this year on Thursday, 5 September, when industrial companies, museums and training centres will open their doors to registered visitors. The Long Night of Industrial Culture allows interested people to take an otherwise impossible look behind the scenes of industry on this one day from 16:00 – 22:00 and experience it up close.

For this year’s Long Night of Industrial Culture, 27 companies and museums in the Traunsee-Almtal region are providing insights and opening their doors. All 27 participants show their individual side and put together a great supporting programme. Through presentations, guided tours, tours, product presentations, dialogues, … pupils, students, job and apprenticeship seekers, tourists, locals and generally interested people experience authentic industry up close and immerse themselves in industrial history. The companies & museums are rounded off and musically supported by the Gmunden Festival Weeks, which put together an individual music programme.

More information on the participating companies and their programme can be found at www.industriekultur.at.

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
1. Salinen Austria AG
2. OÖ Seilbahnholding GmbH mit Feuerkogel Seilbahn
3. Stern & Hafferl Verkehr – Remise 1894 in Gmunden
4. Traunsee Schifffahrt
5. OÖ Seilbahnholding GmbH mit Grünberg Seilbahn
6. Gmundner Keramik Manufaktur
7. Salzkammergut Media GesmbH
8. Rohrdorfer Zement GmbH
9. Laufen Austria AG
10. Carvatech Karosserie- und Kabinenbau GmbH
11. System7
12. Voith Austria GmbH
13. Getränke Wagner
14. MIBA AG – Standort Laakirchen
15. Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
16. Wolf Systembau GesmbH

PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS
17. Museum Ebensee
18. Viechtauer Heimathaus
19. K-Hof Museum
20. Papiermachermuseum Steyrermühl
21. Kunstfabrik 4.0
22. Schiffleutmuseum Stadl Paura
23. Museum d. Region Vorchdorf & Kitzmantelfabrik
24. Schrift- und Heimatmuseum Bartlhaus
25. Sensenmuseum Geyerhammer

PARTICIPATING TRAINING & COMPETENCE CENTRES
26. Waldcampus Österreich
27. Pferdezentrum Stadl Paura

Online registration for guided tours is expected to be possible from 1 July 2024.

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Harbours and railway stations, they are my passion

Andreas Kepplinger — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:01:24 +0000

Zweig had a great love for his native Austria, especially the Salzkammergut. But not uncritically. The beauty, the idyll, the peace of the landscape enriched, edified and also disturbed him. Writings from times long past are brought to life on our journey together.

Journey from the World of Yesterday to the World of Today

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Book presentation: Goisern. A narrated local history

Andreas Kepplinger — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:01:10 +0000

The Goiserer historian Marion Wisinger invites you to a discussion with Nina Höllinger (historian, Contemporary History Museum Ebensee), Kurt Lux (historian, initiator of contemporary history projects), Michael John (historian, curator of the Bad Ischl City Museum) and Franz Xaver Mannert (author and local historian) and the audience.

Music: Sibylle Kefer

The Book

Marion Wisinger: Goisern. Eine erzählte Ortsgeschichte
Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 2024.
ISBN 978-3-218-01426-7

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Museum of Memory

siwa_bdietrichsteiner — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:01:59 +0000

A house becomes a place of exchange of living history of its surroundings. The history of the Lederermayerhaus dates back to the beginning of the 18th century. Among other things, it was the location of a fishmonger and the house of a Lederer trade. It was farm and a loving cat house, cared for by its last owner.

More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

Donate exhibits

Donations of artefacts that are displayed as museum exhibits and donated to the Lederermayerhaus can be sold. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact us by mail: museum.der.erinnerung@gmx.at

Important information about visiting the museum

Due to its age and building structure the Lederermayerhaus is not barrier-free and is not suitable for large gatherings of people – in the event of large crowds or bad weather the museum is not accessible. In the event of large crowds or bad weather there may therefore be waiting times when visiting the opening or other events. We ask for your understanding. Drinks and weather-protected seating in front of the building will be provided.

Please also note that access to the museum room is via an old, unsecured staircase and very low doors. The museum room is located on the first floor.

Public toilet facilities are located opposite in the municipal office building.

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Lesung “Kopftuchfrauen”

Andreas Kepplinger — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:01:37 +0000

Lesung von Mag.a Petrau Stuiber (Stv. Chefredakteurin Standard) aus ihrem Buch “Kopftuchfrauen”

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Reading Helge Faller “A class of its own” and panel discussion

Andreas Kepplinger — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:01:39 +0000

Information about the book “A Class of Its Own – When Viennese Women Footballers Were Unique in the World”

When women played a football championship in Vienna between 1935 and 1938, Austria was the only country in the world with its own title matches. The development, which began in the 1920s and was driven forward from 1934 onwards, made Vienna one of the centres in the early history of women’s football. It is time to trace the extraordinary history of the first Austrian women footballers in words and pictures and to analyse it in detailed statistics. In many respects, Austria’s first female footballers were “in a class of their own”. The fact that this upswing occurred precisely during the period of “Austrofascism” also makes it significant in terms of social and gender policy.

366 pages, 100 photos, A4, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-902975-89-8

After the presentation of the book by Helge Faller, we look forward to an exciting discussion with the following guests:

*Helge Faller is himself an enthusiastic football coach, religious educator and women’s football researcher. The author studied history, politics, philosophy and cultural studies at the University of Hagen.

*Lara Krampf, football activist from Vienna, made headlines last year with her petition “Women’s soccer without boundaries” and is actively campaigning for equal opportunities in football.

*Oliver Egger was the first publicly outed footballer in Austria to set up a hotline with his ombudsman’s office for all people in football who have experienced discrimination due to their sexuality.

*Nikola Staritz is a project officer at the fairplay association in Vienna and is responsible for the area of anti-discrimination. She has published on the topics of sport and gender relations and is a football coach herself

Women’s and girls’ football in the Salzkammergut

How can football change culture sustainably? A women’s and girl’s project explores this question thoroughly.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

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