Modellprojekt Macondo 2009

Aktuelle Situation:
 
Macondo/Zinnergasse befindet sich in seiner 50 jährigen Geschichte in einer sehr kritischen Situation.  Die Ursachen sind zwei einschneidende Änderungen:

Das Integrationshaus wird im September 2009 geschlossen. Das bedeutet den Wegfall  von Deutschkursen, Koordinationsfunktionen, Betreuungsfunktionen, Sicherheit und Stabilitätsfunktionen für ca. 3000 Leute 
Die 40 jährige Gartenkultur, die der Boden für ein gutes nachbarschaftliches Verhältnis zwischen den einzelnen [...]

ORF THEMA : “Macondo”

ORF THEMA 22 Juni, 2009

PERFORMANCE : 12, 13 MAI

link to Tanzquartier Wien site

 
LIFE ON EARTH, PART 3
“Crash Course”
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Join us for “Crash Course” the final performance of the trilogy LIFE ON EARTH - a piece about travel, storytelling and the slippery search for home.  Two years ago, Cabula6 drove a busload of people from the Tanzquartier Studios to an unusual place between the airport, freeway [...]

Busstation 73a - Set Up

april 5, 2009
(special thanks to gewista)

From Relational Aesthetics - Nicolas Bourriaud (1998)

 
(To read PDF: From Relational Aesthetics - Nicolas Bourriaud (1998))

 
Relational form

Artistic activity is a game, whose forms, patterns and functions develop and evolve according to periods and social contexts; it is not an immutable essence. It is the critic’s task to study this activity in the present. A certain aspect of the programme of modernity [...]

DIRECTIONS

MONDAY - SATURDAY
THE BUS (only runs monday - saturday, otherwise scroll down to see streetcar directions)
Take U3 to the End Station “Simmering”
Catch the 73A Bus to LANDWEHRSTRASSE  (**DO NOT TAKE to “PANTUCEKGASSE”)
(go up a very long escalator - which will be in the middle-ish of the platform. at the top, you will see [...]

Der Tigerjunge

march 15, 2009

Roland’s Reflections

some impressions of macondo evening

I was really impressed with the stories of Gino and Michy..and how vibrant they are…and it made me think about immigrants in the US, and also the kids of the immigrants…
the first generation….that many were so creative and bringing great energy and ingenuity into the US culture that seemed to be a mix of the [...]