EVENT LANGUAGE: GERMAN

EXCURSION TO PRINZENDORF CASTLE

Departure Vienna: 14:00 (bus parking at Kursalon Hübner)
Arrival Prinzendorf: 15:00
Return journey: 16:30
Arrival Vienna: 17:30

Hermann Nitsch

Born in Vienna in 1938, he lived and worked in Prinzendorf Castle, Lower Austria.

Hermann Nitsch is a decisive co-founder of Viennese Actionism. He is one of the most important contemporary artists and one of the most versatile: actionist, painter, composer (symphonies, organ concertos), playwright, stage designer. His Gesamtkunstwerk, the Orgien Mysterien Theatre, encompasses the broad spectrum of his art by requiring the use of all five senses – the tragic leads to a confrontation with flesh, blood and viscera. The O.M. Theatre is located in Prinzendorf in the Weinviertel. Works by Hermann Nitsch are exhibited in the two Nitsch Museums (in Mistelbach and Naples) and in the most renowned international museums and galleries.
Hermann Nitsch died on 18 April 2022 in Mistelbach.

Prinzendorf Castle

Prinzendorf Castle is a historic castle in the Weinviertel region, which is known for its central role in the work of the artist Hermann Nitsch. It originally belonged to Klosterneuburg Abbey and was part of an agricultural estate. For Nitsch, the castle became a place of artistic enlightenment, where he realised his ‘Orgien Mysterien Theater’. In 1971, he acquired the castle, which has since served as the venue for numerous performances and Whitsun festivals, including the famous 6-day play with hundreds of participants. Surrounded by vineyards and cellar lanes, the castle provides the ideal backdrop for Nitsch’s extensive artistic visions.

Registration via: office@nitsch-foundation.com

Number: 20 people, first come first serve