Daniel Aschwanden (†)

, © Yan Shuo

Daniel Aschwanden - DOG_men. Neue Körper, Mythen & die Stadt

Daniel Aschwanden (January 21st, 1959 - July 8th, 2021) was a Swiss performer, choreographer, director, curator who lived and worked in Vienna. With the festival “Tanzsprache” he founded the first festival of the independent scene in Vienna. In the context of the project „Bilderwerfer“ he worked with disabled and non-disabled dancers. Together with the group he received the state award of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Art for innovative and trend-setting achievements in this field. In the following years, his work shifted to questions of (performing) art in public space with participatory approaches, but also to questions about the role of art in urban development processes. Daniel Aschwanden supported the profile development of the class „Social Design – Art as Urban Innovation“ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, designed the field of performance in the Department of Art and Communicative Practice and most recently played a key role in setting up the Applied Performance Lab (APL). For his longstanding services, the City Councilor for Culture suggested Aschwanden for a honoring of the city of Vienna. However, the award could not take place due to the corona.

On July 8th, 2021 Daniel Aschwanden left us much too early. He has had a decisive influence on the independent scene in Vienna for decades – including the brut programme. We are grateful to him for his visions, his energy and his impulses. His last project Deep Dreaming Creatures, on which he worked together with Lucie Strecker, remained unfinished and will be performed posthumously and in memory of him.

 

Works at brut

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brut all over Vienna

brut nordwest

accessible

Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
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April 2025
Hyeji Nam
MANSHIN
April 2025
Björn Säfsten
Lost Night
April 2025
imagetanz Closing Party with Bicha Boo Collective
May 2025
Oleg Soulimenko
Roll Over and Over and Over
May 2025
baseCollective (Arno Böhler, Susanne Valerie Granzer, Johannes Kretz, Evi Jägle, Christoph Müller)
Seven Chambers of the Heart: Staging Philosophy
May 2025
MINTality Stiftung
STEM needs us – women* in strong roles (Science – Technology – Engeneering – Mathematics)
May 2025
Handle with care feat. Danilo Andrés
June 2025
The department of Artistic Strategies with Art x Science School for Transformation / University of Applied Arts Vienna
A Chair of One’s Own (Working title)

studio brut

not accessible

Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
not accessible

April 2025
Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark)
Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top
April 2025
McKenzie Wark
Reverse Cowgirl
April 2025
Anastasiia Vorobiova
VR & Avatar Workshop
April 2025
Zoe Gudović aka Zed Zeldich Zed
STOP – From Macho to Davičo

Bears in the Park Art Place

not accessible

Eyzinggasse 12, 1110 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Gasometer) Bus: 72A (Gasometer), 76A, 76B (Simoningplatz)
not accessible

April 2025
Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Parts 3 & 4