Opening Wienwoche 2025

After party slogan: “Hard times require furious dancing” – Alice Walker

Our dance floor demands liberation. Especially in the times in which we live, this demand must be echoed in every aspect of our lives. In many Afro-diasporic traditions, music and dance are mediums we use not only for grief and joy, but as ways to reflect, imagine, and route our way to freedom.

We invite you to share the evening with us where, through our performances, we will re-echo our demands for liberation and imagine a collective future. This evening will feature performances by DJ Tall, Gawdesque, YIELU, MFATICC, peeace., and MZTAY, who will all conjure necessary spaces of release in different forms. This evening is one that is QTBIPOC-centered, however we invite others to join the space with respect.

Opening Program at Prospekthof:

Choir: New Choir
Welcome Speech: simon INOU, Nataša Mackuljak, Jelena Micić, Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur
Sonic Keynote: Soñ Gweha aka SOÑXSEED
Screening: Crni Tito – Blaq Tito Addressing the Parliament of Ghost by Christian Guerematchi
Sound Performance: Ghostpoet
Performance: L2D by Christian Guerematchi
Mezzo-soprano: Katia Ledoux
Bar: Netty Exotic / Erschaffen statt verschwenden
Performative Walk from Prospekthof to Celeste

Poetic Collective Breath Walk with Njideka Iroh
Route Start: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Girardigasse, 1060, Vienna
Naschmarkt, 1060, Vienna
Falcostiege, 1050, Vienna
Celeste, Hamburgerstraße 18, 1050, Vienna

Afterparty Program at Celeste Curated, Hosted and Performed by:

DJ Tall
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Gawdesque
YIELU
MFATICC
MZTAY
And more TBA