LichtStrauss

At the beginning of spring, Victoria Coeln transforms Vienna's Stadtpark into a three-hectare walk-in work of light and media art for around two months. The light painting over the dark park landscape every evening with spectral colours, abstract lines and flower ornaments transforms not only the park's meadows, paths and trees, but also its visitors into elements of a real landscape painting. By using their own smartphones, the light artwork can be taken to a new level and transformed into a media artwork. A search game that raises the question of the visibility of women in public then and now.

The light-based flower spaces are the visual key for the specially created augmented reality artefacts. Seven female performers can be visualised directly on a smartphone in the middle of the park. Inspired by the courageous, decisive women from Strauss' operettas, the performers of our time not only have their say with their personal performative forms of expression, but also in their respective native languages. They confidently set an example of cultural diversity.

The LichtStrauss opening will take place on 21 March 2025 in the Gartnebaukino and afterwards in the Stadtpark.