For the first time, Manfred Erjautz presents an excerpt of his ‘Opera scultura’ The closer I get, the more I drift afar., which will premiere on December 4 and 5, 2024 at Dom Im Berg, Graz.

Erjautz sees The closer I get, the more I drift afar. as a river that, divided into four acts, floods the space and meanders in a musical and visual-sculptural sequence. Performative side arms open up an artificial meadowscape of meta-levels that behave like communicating vessels. The transformation as a primary stylistic device turns the dot at the end of a sentence into the beginning of a drawing. The closer I get, the more I drift afar., makes inner landscapes comprehensible and poses fundamental questions about human finiteness that exist in each of us beyond the real present.

Tickets for the premiere are available via the website of the Grazer Spielstätten and Dom Im Berg HERE.

Team:

Manfred Erjautz – Visual Artist/Artistic Direction

Aubert Crovato – Composition

Severin Su – Composition/Performer/Vocals (Doctors On Decks)

Martin Lesjak – Composition/Performer

(Doctors On Decks)

Wolfgang Hattinger – Musical Supervisor

Camille Primeau – Vocals

Wolfgang Zuser – Flutes

Ana Ostojic – Piano

Frederico Pellaschiar – Violoncello

The performance is part of the ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE 20. VIENNA ART WEEK.

From November 8 to 15, 2024, VIENNA ART WEEK will turn the spotlights on the art city Vienna for the 20th time. With this year’s theme “Facing Time”, VIENNA ART WEEK reflects on its almost 20-year history and explores the various dimensions of time.

The anniversary celebrations will kick off with a grand opening on November 8 with artistic interventions in the studio building of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (former Semperdepot). Find out more in our program.

REGISTRATION required. FULLY BOOKED.