Verena Holzgethan (IT/AT) & Paul Neuninger (AT)
In the installation Sleep for Africa you can take a break, lie down and find refuge in a large comfortable bed placed inside a tent. The sleeping facilities have a voluntary fee and the money which is raised is donated directly to the cultural and developmental project Operndorf Afrika in Burkina Faso, which was initiated by the late German film, theatre and opera director Christoph Schlingensief.
In the installation Sleep for Africa you can take a break, lie down and find refuge in a large comfortable bed placed inside a tent. The sleeping facilities have a voluntary fee and the money which is raised is donated directly to the cultural and developmental project Operndorf Afrika in Burkina Faso, which was initiated by the late German film, theatre and opera director Christoph Schlingensief.
Your sleep can produce building blocks for the next phase of the Operndorf Afrika project: After completing a school run by local teachers, the next task for the project is to build an infirmary that provides basic medical care for the school children and villagers from the region.
Verena Holzgethan is a landscapedesigner living in Vienna working in the field of landscaping, plant research and performance. Studies at United World College of the Atlantic, UK, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam in Fine Arts and at the University for Applied Arts Vienna in Landscapedesign.
Paul Neuninger is a trained dancer and Feldenkrais© Practitioner who shifted his base from a performative/somatic profession to his passion of working with plants and outdoor space. Currently he is working and studying at the Institute of Landscape architecture at the University of Life science in Vienna.
Concept: Angelika Fink & Satu Herrala
Installation: Verena Holzgethan & Paul Neuninger
Location: Festival Center, Valvomo, Kaasutehtaankatu 1
The installation is placed in the Festival Center and will be open throughout the entire festival.
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| Photo: Annuska Dal Maso |
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| Sleep for Africa, Helsinki / Photo: Annuska Dal Maso |
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| Pia Lindy sleeping for Africa. / Photo: Annuska Dal Maso |
Verena Holzgethan is a landscapedesigner living in Vienna working in the field of landscaping, plant research and performance. Studies at United World College of the Atlantic, UK, at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam in Fine Arts and at the University for Applied Arts Vienna in Landscapedesign.
Paul Neuninger is a trained dancer and Feldenkrais© Practitioner who shifted his base from a performative/somatic profession to his passion of working with plants and outdoor space. Currently he is working and studying at the Institute of Landscape architecture at the University of Life science in Vienna.
Concept: Angelika Fink & Satu Herrala
Installation: Verena Holzgethan & Paul Neuninger
Location: Festival Center, Valvomo, Kaasutehtaankatu 1
The installation is placed in the Festival Center and will be open throughout the entire festival.
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| Francis Kéré and Christoph Schlingensief / Photo: PerfectShotFilms |
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| Construction work. / Photo: Thierry Ferre |
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