Symposium: My Body Is the Event Vienna Actionism And
Symposium: My Body Is the Event Vienna Actionism and International Performance mumok Museum moderner Kunst The expansion of painting, abreaction, body analysis, self-mutilation, and Stiftung Ludwig Wien shamanism. International experts discuss the relationships between Vienna Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien Actionism and international performance art. April 24, 3.30–7 pm In My Body Is the Event. Vienna Actionism and International Performance, an April 25, 11 am–6 pm Location: mumok Hofstallungen exhibition running to August 23, 2015, mumok is presenting its own large collection Admission free of Vienna Actionism within the context of international developments in the 1960s and 1970s. Actions by Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, and Rudolf Schwarzkogler are compared and contrasted with works by artists including Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, VALIE EXPORT, Terry Fox, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Natalia LL, Paul McCarthy, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Gina Pane, Neša Paripović, Ewa Partum, Carolee Schneemann, Wolf Vostell, and Hannah Wilke. Divided into several thematic sections, this exhibition addresses questions that were already at issue in the action art of the 1960s and 1970s. The presentation clearly shows that the Vienna artists were not only right up with the times but in many cases true pioneers. Rudolf Schwarzkogler On Friday, April 24, 2015, from 3.30 pm, and on Saturday, April 25, 2015, from 11 3. Aktion, 1965 am, renowned experts on Vienna Actionism, performance, and dance will be Black-and-white photograph Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig discussing the questions raised by this exhibition. These experts include the artists Wien, on loan from the Austrian Ludwig Hermann Nitsch and Günter Brus, the writer Ferdinand Schmatz, and well-known Foundation since 1984 theater critic and scholar Hans-Thies Lehmann.
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