I was not at ImPulsTanz Festival’s opening party last year, but I attended the closing party, and ohhh, it was something different from the usual stuff, let me tell you. The crowd was very mixed, there were people from different countries, different age groups, many dancers, good music and lots of dancing going on - all in all a really nice party atmosphere.

Today at 10 p.m. starts this year’s opening party, and just like last year, it once again takes place at Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz (.. which is a really nice venue, just as a by the way!). So, if you don’t have anything better to do tonight and have €10 to spare, I’d recommend going there!

More info!

PS: I can also totally recommend ImPulsTanz’s Festival lounge at Burgtheater. The nice thing about that is that the entrance is free!

Awesome stuff.

THE LOST SPORT OF OLYMPIA

The Ancient Greeks banned it, but we’re playing it anyway!

The Lost Sport of Olympia is a blindfolded labyrinth race, played in ancient times, and then mysteriously banned in 600 BC.

In 2008 AD, the rules of the lost sport have been rediscovered - and now, this summer, teams are training all over the world, from Tokyo to Buenos Aires, Paris to San Francisco, Sao Paulo to London, Singapore to Wellington, New Zealand. Each city hopes to master the game, and to become the world champions of the lost sport!

Now, for the first time in history, the game will be played in Vienna.

You don’t need to be athletic to be good at this game - but you do need courage, trust, collaboration, and the love of a good adventure!

You don’t have to know anything. You don’t have to bring anything. Just come, alone or with friends, and we’ll put you on a team as we try to set a new European record!

Link to more info: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/805373

WHEN: Saturday 5 July 2008, meet at 15:00, start playing at 15:30

WHERE: Meet on Stadtparksteg, the bridge in Stadtpark that crosses the Wienfluss

Creepy little ad modification.

Nice little sheep, staring at you.

Location: Technical University, Freihaus.

You probably have seen this marketing campaign for some online betting site.

Our British artist in residence — Jesse Darlin’ — asked the great question: “Why is Austria Germany’s bitch?”

I don’t know.

Be part of it!

schaust ua bombä aus.

treffpunkt für den make-up-workshop: samstag, 28. juni 2008, 12 uhr @ monochrom büro museumsquartier.
wichtig: krocha-outfit bitte selbst mitbringen! wir haben nur kapperl, nicht den rest.

start des mobs: samstag, 28. juni 2008, 14:15 uhr @ monochrom büro.

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Soccer games — namely Euro 2008 matches — are getting in the way of opera performances, the Vienna State Opera charged on Tuesday.

The venerable opera house saw its attendance numbers drop to the season’s lowest level on Monday, the same day Austria took on Germany in the city’s Ernst Happel stadium, the Staatsoper said in a statement.

The reason was not that opera fans eschewed Verdi’s La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny ) in favour of watching the match at home.

Rather, fans avoided the evening performance for fear of running into the hordes of soccer fans roaming the city centre, the statement said.

Ticket sales are also suffering for upcoming performances scheduled for the same days as Euro 2008 quarter-final matches.

Amid this uncertainty, the opera house has decided to cancel a ballet performance it had scheduled on June 29 — the day the Euro 2008 final will be played in Vienna.

Company director Ioan Holender said that this was the first time in his 17 years at the Vienna State Opera that anxiety over low attendance has prompted a cancellation.

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Kewagi and monochrom ask you to join the movement. We still have blindfolds.

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Tomorrow, June 10/8PM, we will celebrate our 15th birthday at Ost Klub (Schwarzenbergplatz 10).
Please join us for nice little non-soccer-orgy!

Die große monochrom-Geburtstagsgala (inkl. Greatest Hits
CD/DoLP-Selbstüberreichung durch typische Prominente)

      Wie heißt es doch: „Fünfzehn ist ein undankbares Alter/Du siehst aus wie siebzehn und man behandelt Dich wie dreizehn“

      Ach ja, „die Jugend“ (André Heller, Kronenzeitung, Vauvenargues, Georg Simmel, Die Zeit, Eva Herrmann, Udo Jürgens, http://de.wikipedia.org/, Josef Fritzl, E.M. Cioran, Schopenhauer, Falco, Oscar Wilde) …

      Denn, wie gesagt: die „Jugend“ – Schmäh und Magic!

      Erleben Sie live:
- nicht nachzuvollziehende Stimmungsschwankungen
- hormonelle Desorientierung
- Identitätsschlamassel vom feinsten
- Rebellion ohne Grund aber gut begründet
- ausgesuchte gemischte Peinlichkeiten
- nicht zielführende sexuelle erste Gehversuche, die in Scham, Schande und
Schwulitäten münden
- schon jetzt legendäre Rollenkonflikte
- und natürlich jede Menge Verstocktheit, Unsicherheit und Kommunikationsverlust
- Nervigkeit bis zum Abwinken
- splitterndes Glas

BTW: We will release our first Best-Of CD.

Carefully Selected Moments (CD/LP info)

“Helden, Heilige, Gipfelstürmer” is an exhibition currently on display at the Dommuseum.
Catholic stuff, interesting poster.