October 18 | 11:00 \u2013 ARCUB, Main Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> [same_day_events_link]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Producer:<\/span> Forumul Cultural Austriac\/ Austrian Cultural Forum<\/b><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n #implicAT \u2013 Three Performative Projects for the Austrian Micro-Section of the Romanian National Theatre Festival #35<\/b><\/p>\n #implicAT<\/i><\/b> \u00eenseamn\u0103 o expozi\u021bie, un \u201eartist talk\u201d despre o viitoare coproduc\u021bie ambi\u021bioas\u0103 \u00eentre Rom\u00e2nia \u0219i Austria, dar \u0219i impactul unei instala\u021bii-performance interna\u021bionale \u00een Rom\u00e2nia, care confirm\u0103 paleta de semnifica\u021bii a temei \u201e<\/span>Te prive\u0219te!\u201d<\/i><\/b> Forumul Cultural Austriac \u0219i UNITER \u00ee\u0219i dezvolt\u0103 astfel colaborarea dinamic\u0103 \u0219i variat\u0103, \u00eenceput\u0103 \u00een 2022, care urm\u0103re\u0219te str\u00e2ngerea \u0219i diversificarea rela\u021biilor dintre arti\u0219tii din domeniul teatral \u0219i al performance-ului din cele dou\u0103 \u021b\u0103ri.<\/span><\/p>\n From the stage to everyday life \u2013 ideas for a society that pays more attention to people. At the invitation of UNITER \u2013 the Romanian Theatre Union, the Austrian Cultural Forum responds once again in 2025 to the theme of the 35th National Theatre Festival \u2013 <\/span>\u201eTe prive\u0219te!\u201d*<\/i><\/b> \u2013 with three original projects that bring Austrian and Romanian performing arts into dialogue, under the title and theme #implicAT.<\/span><\/p>\n At the intersection of theatre with photography, literature, video, performance, and other artistic forms, these three proposals bring to the foreground socially engaged artists who encourage audiences to move beyond conformism, sharpen their critical gaze, and embrace civic spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n Developed in Romania, in Austria, and across the two countries, the series of initiatives<\/span> #implicAT<\/b> is in illustration ot the curatorial statement of the artistic directors of the RNTF35: theatre critics Raluca C\u00eerciumaru and Alina Ep\u00eengeac, cultural journalist and playwright Ionu\u021b Sociu, and its associate artist, director Radu Afrim:<\/span> \u201ca call to solidarity and civic responsibility at a turning point for society as a whole, as well as an affirmation of the aesthetic and dialogic flow between artist and audiences.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n #implicAT<\/b> comprises an exhibition, an artist talk about an ambitious forthcoming Romanian\u2013Austrian co-production, and the Romanian presentation of an international performance-installation. Together, these projects enrich the spectrum of meanings evoked by the festival theme, <\/span>Te prive\u0219te!<\/i><\/b>: <\/span>\u201ethe reflexivity of the gaze that mirrors reality through the artistic act, the taking on of responsibility and conscious engagement, the act of looking as an active bridge between stage and audience, the interdependent relationship of past\u2013present\u2013future with emphasis on the tradition\u2013innovation binomial\u201d<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Through #implicAT, the Austrian Cultural Forum and UNITER further expand their dynamic collaboration begun in 2022, aiming to deepen and diversify the connections between theatre and performance artists from both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n *<\/span>We chose not to translate the motto<\/span><\/i> Te prive\u0219te! <\/i><\/b>as it<\/span><\/i> carries a wide spectrum of meanings in this context and encompasses multiple dimensions: the reflexivity of the gaze that mirrors reality through the artistic act, the taking on of resposibility and conscious engagement, the act of looking as an active bridge between stage and audience, the interdependent relationship of past\u2013present\u2013future with emphasis on the tradition\u2013innovation binomial. <\/span><\/i>Te prive\u0219te!<\/i><\/b> means equally: it concers you! and it looks at you\/ it beholds you!\u00a0 and even \u2013 in a poetic, archaic romanian \u2013 look at yourself\/ behold thyself!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cWhat do you know about your mother\u2019s childhood?\u201d is one of the central questions in the projects of Viennese artist Franzi Kreis, whose interdisciplinary practice connects theatre, biography, photography, and live performance in the camera obscura.<\/p>\n She has developed a unique form of onstage development of the photographic image as performance, combining theatre with analogue processes \u2013 a concept presented in 47 sold-out performances of Die Scham (Shame) after Annie Ernaux, at the Volkstheater in Vienna. As part of the RNTF 35, Franzi Kreis will lead a conversation with Romanian-Austrian theatre critic specialising in Austrian theatre Irina Wolf and will present video excerpts of her projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fnt.ro\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FRANZI-KREIS-In-spatele-cortinei.jpg\")
\n<\/div>FREE ADMISSION<\/h3>\n
A talk with the artist about backstage stories, biographies, and performance in the camera obscura.<\/h3>\n
In English, without translation.<\/h3>\n
Video excerpts subtitled in Romanian.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\nFranzi Kreis\u2019s works have been shown in numerous countries worldwide. In Austria, she regularly collaborates with Wiener Festwochen and Wiener Staatsoper. Her first photo album, Limelight, was published in 2020. Current projects include a graphic novel about jazz musician Herbert Pixner and a solo exhibition in Buenos Aires in December 2025. She is also preparing a Romanian\u2013Austrian theatre co-production for 2026\u20132028.<\/p>\n