OCTOBER 17-26\u00a0 | \u201eI.L. Caragiale\u201d National Theatre Bucharest, Marble Foyer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> [same_day_events_link]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Participants: Anna Baar, Bettina Bal\u00e0ka, Raphaela Edelbauer, Olga Flor, Valerie Fritsch, Susanne Gregor, Reinhard Kaiser-M\u00fchlecker, Barbi Markovi\u0107, Mieze Medusa, Karin Peschka, Robert Prosser, Ferdinand Schmalz.<\/p>\n Producers Forumul Cultural Austriac, ORF, Austrian Society for Literature<\/p>\n The installation will be open to visitors for the entire duration ot the 35th Romanian National Theatre Festival (October 17\u201326).<\/p>\n *** #implicAT \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 \u201eTe prive\u0219te!\u201d 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.<\/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 \u201eTe prive\u0219te!\u201d* \u2013 with three original projects that bring Austrian and Romanian performing arts into dialogue, under the title and theme #implicAT. Developed in Romania, in Austria, and across the two countries, the series of initiatives #implicAT 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: \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<\/p>\n #implicAT 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, Te prive\u0219te!: \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.<\/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.<\/p>\n *We chose not to translate the motto Te prive\u0219te! as it 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. Te prive\u0219te! means equally: it concers you! and it looks at you\/ it beholds you! and even \u2013 in a poetic, archaic romanian \u2013 look at yourself\/ behold thyself!<\/p>\n<\/div> Words acting as light projectors. Twelve major voices of contemporary Austrian literature reflect on what it means to be socially engaged through the exercise of writing, and on the ways they choose to present their texts to the public. In a series of portraits going beyond the limits of an interview and turning into small performances, carefully avoiding autofiction, the authors reveal the social, communal, identity-based, and personal stakes that sharpened their writing. Prose writers and playwrights (writing for stage or radio) discuss the evolution of their relationship with readers, the transformation of the written text into spoken text (in readings, performances, slam poetry sessions, etc.), and its democratic relevance.<\/p>\n This series of portraits offers insight into the current state of Austrian and European society at multiple levels. Conceived in a distinctive aesthetic format, each episode is accompanied by music selected by the authors themselves. The series was produced by ORF \u2013 the Austrian public broadcaster \u2013 in collaboration with the Austrian Society for Literature.<\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fnt.ro\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/literATitudini.-vizual.jpg\")
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\n#implicAT \u2013 Three Performative Projects for the Austrian Micro-Section of the Romanian National Theatre Festival #35<\/p>\n
\nAt 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.<\/p>\n