r i v e r h o o d
A choreographic assemblage
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installation & walks & performances & concert & reading
5th – 11th of April, 2025
Kunstraum eindorf
Sabina Holzer (conception)
Wienfluss (script)
Jack Hauser (scenography)
Alix Eynaudi, Sabina Holzer, Oisin Monaghan, Agnes Schneidewind (choreography, performance, walks)
Christina Gruber (hydrological counselling, walks)
Litó Walkey (writing companion & reading)
Boris Hauf (composition & sound)
Herbert Justnik (dramaturgical companion)
mollusca productions (production management)
As lovers, neigbours, children, friends, parents, collaborators, and other kinds of connective beings, the artists share their concerns and imaginations for the condition of the world by thinking with rivers. Their shared artistic practices will move the public through forms of installation, walk, performance, concert and reading to open up to these collective reflections:
We turn to the Vienna River and the geological conditions of the 15th district and follow the extended riverbed and streams through time. By turning to one river, we connect with all the other rivers. The rivers and their waters are veins: in our bodies, in the landscape. They are vulnerable, endangered habitats. The Wienfluss was flooded some months ago. We are also flooded. Swept away into a flowing oblivion. How we were. How we will be. How we could be. We invite to bring the attention on the everydayness of our senses and dances.
Again and again we listen to the river. We hear its song. The water carries memories. Of the land, of time. We touch the edges and are touched by them. Flushed by rivers, we want to learn from the water. From the flow. The waves. The horizontal and vertical branches. The transitions, the living, from those who passed away. Witnessing water roots growing on soaked surfaces through touch, we braid dances and words. Our bodies do not belong to us, they are intertwined, part of each other and the living space. We practice cultivating what we have in common and what is different. We practice trust. Tributaries that we are, we come together from our native river land, bringing our gifts and boulders to share, to celebrate and dream. Often on the threshold, lingering, leaking, moving, being moved, waving, whispering, weeping; full of desires, memories, hopes, and gratitude. In the midst of how crazy we make this world, we connect, practice, and invite a community to come.
At Kunstraum eindorf, Reindorfgasse 8, 1150 Vienna:
~~ Installation: 5 – 11 April
~~ Performance: 10 & 11 April, 18:00 (doors open 17:00): Alix Eynaudi, Sabina Holzer, Oisin Monaghan, Agnes Schneidewind, Jack Hauser, Boris Hauf
~~ Concert & Reading: 11 April, from 20:30: Boris Hauf & Litó WalkeyBox office: 10,00 € (cash only!)
Please register: eva@mollusca-productions.com
Reduced tickets are possible in special cases by arrangement!
At the Wienfluss
~~ Walks: 05 & 06 April, 14:00. Meeting point: U4 Hüttendorf on the ground floor, Ströck bakery, duration approx. 2 hours. Afterwards there is the possibility of a get-together of the walkers at eindorf with the artists.
Participation: pay as you wish !
Please register: eva@mollusca-productions.com
With many thanks to: Sabine Grupe
A project by cattravelsnotalone
With the kind support of Kunstraum eindorf and Volkskundemuseum Wien.
Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna.
Sabina Holzer has been designing workshops & artistic research settings on the human body, water and urban landscapes since 2022. Under the name Liquid Journey she has so far visited the Volkskundemuseum, Tanzquartier, dieAngewandte and ImPulsTanz in Vienna. In 2021, she received a working grant from the City of Vienna for her artistic research Fluvial.
COLLABORATORS & COMPANIONS
Alix Eynaudi, choreographer and dancer, lives in Vienna. Her works are shown internationally and are located in the field of extended choreography. www.alixeynaudi.com
Christina Gruber, freshwater ecologist and artist, works at the interface of art, science and technology. www.christinagruber.net
Boris Hauf, musician and composer, curator. Works in the field of performance and dance, as well as numerous albums and, since 2015, his own label. www.hauf.klingt.org
Jack Hauser, former filmmaker, performer, scenographer, claparatist, who has been exhibiting, presenting, designing, planning and supervising conceptual visual works with various materials and media as ‘Wohnung Miryam van Doren’ with friends since 1999. https://www.cattravelsnotalone.at/jack-hauser/
Sabina Holzer, choreographer, dancer and author. Her performances and texts explore the ecologies of human and more-than-human bodies with a particular focus on movement. www.cattravelsnotalone.at
Herbert Justnik, curator and cultural scientist. Since 2006 at the Volkskundemuseum Wien, where he has been curator, scientific spokesperson and head of the photo collection, where he conducts research with an open concept of science and a broad idea of the curatorial. www.volkskundemuseum.at/
Oisin Monaghan, is a dance artist and visual performer/creative currently based in Vienna.
He works with numerous international artists for theatres, galleries and public spaces.
Agnes Schneidewind, lives and works in Vienna.Based on somatic body and dream practices, she works with dance, text and visual media. https://asjnijdewindt.wordpress.com/
Litó Walkey, lives in Berlin and explores non-hegemonic strategies through performance, writing and choreography. Her artistic practice seeks forms of relationships, responsibility and responsiveness. https://litowalkey.org
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7th of April, dieAngewandte
BOOK PRESENTATION: CONTINGENT AGENCIES
Edited by: Alex Arteaga, Nikolaus Gansterer, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
With texts by: Alex Arteaga, Nikolaus Gansterer, Karen Barad, Arno Böhler, Emma Cocker, Alexander Damianisch, Gerhard Dirmoser, Mika Elo, Sabina Holzer, Tim Ingold, Paula Kramer, Erin Manning, Dieter Mersch, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Leena Rouhiainen, Andreas Spiegl.
Lay-out & design: Marie Artaker, Alexandra Möllner
https://www.hatjecantz.de/products/78954-contingent-agencies
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2nd – 5th of July, BRUT Vienna
ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HEART
Artist Research Laboratory with
Arno Böhler, Aurelio (A.C. Hammer), Patrick Beldio, Jyoti Dogra, Stefan Dobner,
Nikolaus Gansterer, Susanne Valerie Granzer, Johannes Kretz, Sabina Holzer,
Florian Reiners, Tanja Traxler, Yunus Tuncel, Evi Jägle
PEEK-Project(FWF: AR822 Arts in Philosophy : Philosophy in the Arts.
On The Significance of the *Heart* in Artistic-Research and Performance Philosophy.
Artistic Research Centre
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (ARC-mdw)Sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)Grant-DOI: 10.55776/AR822
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WITHING (ON GOING)
with: Delphine Chapuis Schmitz, Emma Cocker, Laressa Dickey, Sabina Holzer, Ines Marita Schärer — Litó Walkey
6 international femal artists explorethe relation of languaging and bodying: How does languaging affect bodying? How does bodying affect languaging? How does movement inform wording? How does wording inform moving? How can we explore ways for languaging/bodying with, through and from sensing and somatic practices? How to find wording and worlding for the polyphonies of somatic experiences?
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2835793/2835794
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BODYWORK (ONGOING)
SIB® – systemic and integrative bodywork | Individual Sessions
SIB – (systemische und integrative Bewegungslehre®) a body and perception training, which combines knowledge and practice from Feldenkrais‘ functional integration with solution-oriented and systemic-therapeutic methods.
Contact me any time for questions & individual treatments: cattravels[at]silverserver.at
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga® (ONGOING)
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga® (founded by Sadie Nardini) is a mindful and invigorating yoga with special approaches to the breath and the Asana in order to stimulate or core strength meridian to enhance our well-being, immune system, self-care and much more. In this yoga we combine our breath especially effectively with the flow of movement. The focus is on the deep muscles of the pelvic floor, psoas and lower back.
(Teaching experience: Im_flieger, Tanzquartier Wien, sead – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, ImPulsTanzWien a.o.)
I prepare different focuses depending on the occasions & give one to one sessions.
Please connect me for further information: cattravels[at]silverserver.at
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IM RAHMEN DER AUSSTELLUNGSBETEILIGUNG VON JACK HAUSER
BEI Elke Silvia Krystufek kuratiert – We don’t talk to strangers – zu Ehren Franz Graf
VON DISTRICT4art, ANTON TICHAWA, SABINA HOLZER, JACK HAUSER
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IMPULSTANZ
Liquid Journey VIII
Intensive 2, 27.7.+28.7.2024, 11:00–17:00, Arsenal H
Vienna’s geological bedrock consists of rocks that date back to a time when Vienna was still a sea. A sea that became a lake, which then dried up and was finally covered by the sediments of the Danube and the Vienna Woods. The traces of this primeval sea can still be found everywhere. In the city as it has grown and also in our bodies in a sympoetic relationship to the environment.
Inspired by hydrofeminism, Liquid Journey VI explores our physical relationship to water and to ourselves. Body fluids nourish us, they detoxify and shape transitions, they initiate and accompany the change between different sensations and feelings. This workshop also explores the transformative quality of liquids, as well as their lightness and power. Our dances will dive into their waves, their pulsation, their tides and connect with their freedom and the moods they bring. We will also practise poetic mindfulness towards ourselves and the cultural nature of which we are a part and which we will also explore in this workshop.
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IMPULSTANZ
~abun~dance
29.7.–2.8.2024, 09:30–11:30 Arsenal C
In ~abun~dance~ yoga & dance meet and are dedicated to the revitalising qualities of water in our bodies and on our planet.
All expressions of water on our earth can be found in the body. There is the great unbound ocean of fluids in which all cells are bathed and rivers & streams that flow in the vessels of the veins, arteries, lymph and brain. The wave of breath connects us to the permeability and suppleness of water. This not only stimulates blood and lymphatic circulation, but also the flow of energy, which contributes to greater vitality and joie de vivre.
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga supports our inner fire and mindfulness. We stretch, strengthen and relax. When light meets water, the result is a dancing, exhilarating sparkle. We are on the trail of this glow with every breath. We strengthen joy and set it in motion so that it accompanies us through stressful and difficult times.
~abun~dance~ practises mindful devotion without losing oneself. The focus is on the simple flexibility of the body. Through small changes, tips and tricks, everyone will find their own personal way to hold positions (asanas) and immerse themselves in their dance.
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19th of June: Rote Herzensangelegenheiten @ Rote Bar / Volkstheater im Rahmen von On the Significance of the heart /peek project & Festwochen.
Ein Versuch, Begriffe mit Affekten so zu verbinden, dass sie sich in Übereinstimmung mit den Regungen des Herzens zu einem neuen Bild des Denkens entfalteten. Denkaffektionen // Affektionen des Denkens // Rote Herzens:angelegenheiten. Gerade sie scheinen den Vollzug einer doppelten Geste anzustreben, in der Herz & Verstand Hand in Hand miteinander gehen; denkend, fühlend, schmeckend, reflektierend! Mit Arno Böhler, Susanne Valerie Granzer, Sabina Holzer, Evi Jägle, Florian Reiners
In deutscher und englischer Sprache
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Publication:
which dances – which writes. Aluminium Assemblages
Herausgegeben von Sabina Holzer und Elisabeth Schäfer
Sonderzahl Verlag, Wien 2023
Mit Texten von: Thomas Ballhausen, David Ender, Alix Eynaudi, Jack Hauser,Sabina Holzer, Kartin Hornek, Herbert Justnik, Niamo Lattner, Jeroen Peeters, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Elisabeth Schäfer, Tanja Traxler, Brigitte Wilfing.
The fragile state of the earth, the immense consumption of resources in some parts of the planet and the resulting climate change ask for expanded narratives on how we can deal with this existential threat to our common living conditions.
which dances – which writes. Aluminium Assemblages brings together contributions dedicated to the resistant practice of wanting to tell new stories in dark times. The texts explore the glittering, reflective, high-energy, poisonously luxurious compounds of aluminium. Aluminium is the metal most commonly found on earth. It is impossible to imagine our everyday life without it, but at the same time the production of aluminium is tremendously energy-intensive and the red sludge produced during its production is highly toxic. which dances – which writes. Aluminium Assemblages describes an artistic research of a choreographic assemblage. In the contributions to the volume, the production and consumption of aluminium are recycled in a poetic, reflective way in order to give the interwoven co-existence of the human and the non-human new assemblages, assemblages, in language.
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13th – 17th of May, 11:30 – 13:30: Morning Practice @ TQW Vienna
Our bodies contain all the expressions of water on earth. Inside us is a vast ocean of fluids in which all our cells are immersed, along with rivers and streams that run through our veins, arteries, lymph and brain vessels. We will focus on the different streams of sensation and tension, and the fluid transitions of movement, voice, and text that we experience as dance. With our eyes closed, we will explore the intricate details that nourish our presence by diving into the micropolitics of our bodies. We surrender to multi-layered, simultaneous meanings as if our dances emerge from our dreams. Our skin helps us to listen, and we give space and time to play. Rhythm and tempo tell stories of joy and sorrow as we move fluidly between blurs and instincts, gentleness and wildness. We allow places to bubble up with light and laughter through the words of our breath.
14. und 16. Mai, 14:00 – 17:00: Liquid Journey VII @ TQW Vienna
Exploring the transformative qualities of water in the urban space along the Danube Canal, our dances come into contact with the waves and the pulsation. In Vienna, the geological bedrock consists of rocks that were formed when Vienna was still a sea. This sea eventually turned into a lake, dried up, and was later covered by the Danube and Vienna Woods sediments. The traces of this primaeval sea can still be found everywhere: in the city, as it has grown, and in our bodies – in a sympoetic relationship with the environment. Inspired by hydrofeminism, we will explore our physical relationship with water. Body fluids nourish us, detoxify us, and shape transitions. They help us initiate and accompany the change between different sensations and feelings. In this workshop, we will practise poetic mindfulness towards ourselves and the culture-nature we are a part of.
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* 9. – 14. April 2024
which dances – or how to imagine a future beyond extraction
Choreographic assemblage designed and created by
Sabina Holzer / cattravelsnotalone in collaboration with: Aluminium, Alix Eynaudi, Esther Figueroa, Jack Hauser, Sabina Holzer, Eva Holzinger, Kilian Jörg, Herbert Justnik, Anna Leon, Stefan Pogatscher, Elisabeth Schäfer.
Volkskunde Museum Wien
Laudongasse 15–19, 1080 Wien
1080 Vienna
which dances – or how to imagine a future beyond extraction is a choreographic assemblage and spatial setting to explore the materiality, production and waste of aluminum. Hissing sounds, twinkling lights and weightless movement appreciate the beauty of the material, the intelligence of the soil and the earth from which it comes. They say metal has no memory. If it did, what would aluminum tell us? Would it tell us that bauxite mining is affecting the lives and livelihoods of surrounding communities through its impact on air and water quality, agriculture and ecology? Would it tell us about the destruction of the last remaining natural areas in remote parts of the world? Would it ask us why at the same time huge amounts of energy are being used to produce a metal that only enables some economies to grow and modernize, requiring even more energy and resources?
Would it ask us whether we can imagine sustainable consumption and develop a different understanding of happiness and fulfillment in order to give our lives together a different direction?
which dances – or how to imagine a future beyond extraction invites you to engage with these questions through an exhibition / assemblage, a film screening, a workshop and a performance & book presentation.
April 9 – 14, 2024, daily 10:00 – 17:00, exhibition / assemblage which dances – or how to imagine a future beyond extraction
April 12, 2024, 18:00 Feature & documentary: Fly me to the moon by Esther Figueroa (English).
The film accompanies aluminum around the world and into space. We encounter technical innovations, numerous wars, social upheavals and environmental destruction. In the here and now of the climate crisis, it challenges us to think about the consequences of our consumption and to change our material culture and political economy. Winner of the Awareness Festival Merit Award 2019.
Afterwards: Activation of the space and informal exchange with drinks.
April 13, 2024, 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop: which dances – or how to imagine a future beyond extraction. We are in search of other micropolitics & perceptions. Landscapes are bodies; they condense time. By exploiting them, they become like flesh around ghostly voids.
They ask: How can we live a life in the Anthropocene and beyond? How can we come to terms with the challenges of capitalism and extraction and imagine a sustainable future together? With: Esther Figueroa (tbc), Sabina Holzer, Kilian Jörg, Stefan Pogatscher (tbc).
April 14, 2024, 18:00 Performance & book presentation: which zones by & with Aluminium (artistic direction), Sabina Holzer (material, choreography & performance), Elisabeth Schäfer (text & performance), Jack Hauser (scenography), Thomas Wagensommerer (sound material), Alix Eynaudi (choreographic accompaniment), Brigitte Wilfing (compositional accompaniment),
mollusca productions.
which dances – which writes, edited by Sabina Holzer & Elisabeth Schäfer, Sonderzahl Verlag 2023. In conversation with Anna Leon and Herbert Justnik.
A co-production of cattravelsnotalone and Volkskunde Museum Wien.
Eine Koproduktion von cattravelsnotalone und Volkskunde Museum Wien.
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* 8.3. – 2.6.2024
testing grounds
Katrin Hornek in collaboration with
Karin Pauer, Sabina Holzer und Zosia Hołubowska
secession wien
Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Wiener Secession
Friedrichstraße 12
1010 Vienna
With her artistic oeuvre and curatorial practice, Katrin Hornek playfully engages with the strange paradoxes of living in the age of the Anthropocene, that is, the new geologic epoch where the effects of capitalism, colonialism, and extractivism are written into the body of the earth. She asserts a more complex understanding of the entwinement of so-called nature and culture that recognizes that our bodies and cultures are substantially and spiritually connected with other creatures and the elements that make up our world. As an artistic strategy, Hornek follows the stories and traces of the material world into their countless networks to create narratives.
With her artistic oeuvre and curatorial practice, Katrin Hornek playfully engages with the strange paradoxes of living in the age of the Anthropocene, that is, the new geologic epoch where the effects of capitalism, colonialism, and extractivism are written into the body of the earth. She asserts a more complex understanding of the entwinement of so-called nature and culture that recognizes that our bodies and cultures are substantially and spiritually connected with other creatures and the elements that make up our world. As an artistic strategy, Hornek follows the stories and traces of the material world into their countless networks to create narratives.
testing grounds is a new, immersive live installation conceived by Katrin Hornek and developed in a collaborative, body-based process involving artists as well as researchers and scientists from different fields. The collaboration with Karin Pauer, Sabina Holzer, and Zosia Hołubowska lays a foundation for the work, which addresses a sensitive urgent matter: At stake is the measurable evidence of radioactive radiation around the world as a result of the testing and use of nuclear weapons in hundreds of above-ground tests since 1945. A local soil sample in which radioactivity was measured as its starting point, testing grounds follows the permanent imprints left by the so-called nuclear fallout in our bodies, in plants and earth archives.
Embedded in an installation that evokes images of decaying landscapes, twice a week three dancers perform a score choreographed by Pauer. Texts created by Sabina Holzer and Katrin Hornek provide multi-layered narratives on the subject matter, which enter a subtle, intimate dialogue with specially composed soundscapes by Zosia Hołubowska, while with their movements, the dancers delve into the depths of body archives. Together, the elements of the live installation create a sensual, immersive experience, a test set-up of the embodiment of the unspeakable.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with essays by Anne Faucheret and Brian Holmes and contributions by the participating artists.