DH5

  • Not-Knowing in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice

    Not-Knowing in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice

    Anna Freudenthaler (AT), Sebastian Baryli (AT), Klaus Doblhammer (AT), Amelie Zadeh (AT), Jasmin Kargin (AT)

    Psychoanalysis was conceived by Sigmund Freud to study a factor of human life he encountered in his clinical experience. He named this factor the unconscious: something that is known without the subject knowing that it knows about it. The contradiction inherent in the definition of the unconscious has led psychoanalysis to be called an impossible…

  • LIVE, LOVE, BLEED

    LIVE, LOVE, BLEED

    Enesi M. (BR)

    LIVE, LOVE, BLEED is a 30-minute performance by Enesi M. that explores the interplay of opposites through a fusion of Reggaeton, Baile Funk, Dance Music and Heavy Metal.

  • SANTA SANGRE

    SANTA SANGRE

    ALMA de Bruixes: Cristina Dezi (IT), Isabel Farina (IT), Giulia Tomasello (IT)

    We have been raised to feel ashamed of the dirtiness and impurity of our bodies. We have been taught to keep certain things private, to silence our flesh, to fear the stains, the smell, the color and the liquid sensation between the legs. We have been told to suppress our desires and pleasures, to feel…

  • Kau Mass

    Kau Mass

    Anna Weberberger (AT)

    Yoga, meditation, palo santo, raves, chewing gum. Multiple crises require multiple solutions. Chewing gum for five minutes reduces stress and stimulates blood flow to the brain. What may appear to be boredom, arrogance or coolness, Anna Weberberger turns into a daily ritual of an individual or collective nature in the Church of Ignorance.

  • I can’t just, or I just can’t

    I can’t just, or I just can’t

    Miriam Stoney (GB)

    There are presumably many reasons why we put ourselves down: to appear approachable or even relatable; to show submission; to express how we feel about ourselves; to anticipate and eclipse others’ negative opinions of ourselves; to limit expectations; to set up expectations we will almost certainly be able to exceed or “to hustle”; to prevent…

  • Pataphysical Orchestra

    Pataphysical Orchestra

    Clemens Wenger (AT), Raphaela Edelbauer (AT), Simon Nagy (AT), Sabine Rechberger (AT)

    Founded in 2022 and also known as the “sound-erotic pony guard of the pataphysical widows”, the Pataphysical Orchestra is a sound body modeled after the legendary Portsmouth Sinfonia in which professional musicians, courageous amateurs and musical duds share the stage.

  • Pre-Opening Walk

    Pre-Opening Walk

    Six festival locations and just as many exhibition openings, excellent research, award-winning media art, gaming, immersive art treasures, a critically lapidary NOPE – there are many good reasons to mark the pre-opening walk on your calendar.