VIENNA
March 7th - 12th, 2011
Czech Centre Vienna
Herrengasse 17, Vienna
phone: +43-1-5352360
Opening hours
Monday 10:00 – 20:00
Tuesday 10:00 – 20:00
Wednesday 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday 10:00 – 20:00
Friday 10:00 – 20:00
All parts of the program are free of charge.
Art exhibition Embodiment of the Spiritual
Interactive screening of the film On Our Own
Additional video installations with lectures and extensive information material as well as three pieces of art from Abbé Libansky and Barbara Zeidler, Institute for culture resistant goods, will supplement the exhibition.
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Detailed Programme
6:00 PM - opening of the project in Vienna - introduction of the project and the artists followed by concert of Marcel "Chaos" Houf and Zdeněk "Londýn" Vokatý
6:00 PM - table talk About the last genuine Steinhofer
Primarius Dr. Peter Langer talks with Barbara Zeidler.
Primarius Dr. Langer, son of the former medical director of the famous Steinhof clinic, grew up within the boundaries of the clinic‘s premises. Today he is psychiatrist and head of the second psychiatric department in the clinic. He will give rare insight into personal experiences and knowledge, will talk about the development of psychiatry from the 1950-ies and about its responsible position within our society.
4:00 PM - Special guided tour free of charge Psychiatry and Architecture – The Otto Wagner hospital, its history and architecture
During its construction period this hospital was considered to be one of the most advanced in Europe – today it is not only an outstanding example of the prevailing formal principles within the early 1900’s but also a jewel of Art Nouveau.
Meeting point: 4:00 PM, foyer of the head office, Otto Wagner Spital, Baumgartner Höhe 1
Public transport:
- U4 to „Unter St.Veit“ , then bus 47A to the station „Psychiatrisches Zentrum”;
- or from „Dr. Karl Renner Ring“ - bus 48A ( running time app. 35 minutes) to the station „ Psychiatrisches Zentrum“;
- or U3 till terminal stop „Ottakring“ , then bus 48A to the station „Psychiatrisches Zentrum“
6:00 PM - Lecture „Art – Brut Centre Gugging“
Dr. Johann Feilacher, director of the Art-Brut Centre Gugging, delivers insight into his work and the work of the “gugging classics” area hosts a standing collection of exceptional paintings, drawings, prints and objects by the Gugging Artists. The art by the Gugging Group is classified as Art Brut. Due to the important historic and present role that Gugging has played in the development of Art Brut, the Museum focuses primarily on this field, but also du include a wider presentation of other Austrian and international Art Brut representatives.
7:30 PM - movie projection The Excursion (86 min., directed by Kumiko Igarashi, in English)
Documentary about the „House of Artists“ and some of its most famous artists: Oswald TSCHIRTNER, Johann FISCHER, Arnold SCHMIDT, Johann GARBER, Heinrich REISENBAUER, Johann KOREC, August WALLA. “The Exkursion” brings Schmidt, Garber, Korec, Fischer and Reisenbauer to Prague for an exhibition of their works in the Czech National Gallery.
6:00 PM - Film presentation The patient is the boss (D, 2003, 45 Min.)
Documentary about an extraordinary experiment: a radical reform of the psychiatric system in Slovakia and the pilot project of the first international media factory for chronically ill psychiatric patients.
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