Elena Lydia Kreusch
artist / curator / scholar / producer
WIENER TEPPICH - AN ART VIDEO
CONCEPT AND DIRECTION: ARNE MANNOTT AND ELENA LYDIA KREUSCH
CAMERA AND EDIT: CHRISTIAN SCHRATT
MUSIC: GAMMON
ARTISTS
: ARNE MANNOTT
, CHRISTOPH SCHIELE
, MAJA KAROLINA FRANKE
, RALPH ÖLLINGER
, RUTH BILLER
, SARA LANNER
ASSISTENT: PATRICK TILG
PRODUCTION: WOHNPARTNER (KULTURLABOR GEMEINDEBAU)
ARTISTIC PRODUCTION: KREATIVKULTUR
SUPPORT: KULTURABTEILUNG WIEN
LOCAL ACTORS:
ABDEL AZIZ ALLAM, ADELHEID RESCH
, AHMAD SAMADIARAB
,ALEXANDER BARJAMOVIĆ, ALEXANDER WANDRUSZKA, ARCE LÓPEZ GUTIÉRREZ,
CHRISTA CHYTIL, DEWID NEDIĆ
, EMILY PESEVSKA, EMRE KARALI, FURKAN KARALI
, JAGODA ASANOVIĆ, JENNIFER NEDIĆ, LJILJANA BAOTIĆ, MAHMUT SAHAT, MAKI MUJIĆ, MIA GHARSAH, MICHAEL BURGER, MOHEB GHARSAH
, MONAL ADIL
, MONICA HAAS, RAMIN KESHAVARZ, SAMUEL RESCH, SARA ABDEL SALAM, STEFAN BIBERICH, TENZIN CHOCKSANG LHABU, TEODOR MITROVIĆ, WALTER LEITHNER, WENDELIN SCHÖN, WERNER HOFER, YVONNE WALDNER, ZEINAB ABDEL SALAM
, ZIVKA JOVANOVIĆ
A 250-METER-LONG RED CARPET - ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR AN INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE - IS CUT INTO DIFFERENT SIZED PARTS IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 AND THUS CONVERTED INTO MOBILE STAGES IN TWO VIENNESE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. THE IMAGE OF ARTISTS AND RESIDENTS ON A PIECE OF CARPET STANDS AS A METAPHOR FOR “PHYSICAL DISTANCING” AND AT THE SAME TIME FOR A UNIFYING ACTION THAT OVERCOMES THE BARRIERS BETWEEN THOSE INVOLVED. THE SHORT FILM IS ALSO A CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF TWO IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL AND SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN VIENNA, TOGETHER WITH THEIR SPECIAL ARCHITECTURE AND ABOVE ALL. WITH ITS DIVERSE RESIDENTS.
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