Ariadne Randall

Huggy Bears Days

Reverse Cowgirl β

studio brut
Performance World premiere in English
Huggy Bears Days
{Gender} {Politics} {Transformation}

During the Huggy Bears Days, brut Wien in co-operation with WUK performing arts will show four performances created as part of the Huggy Bears Mentoring Programme.

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

 Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

, © Christine Miess

Huggy Bears Days – Reverse Cowgirl β

Ariadne Randall – Reverse Cowgirl β

 It's a concert, it's a nature documentary, it's a piece about becoming who we want to be, and what we leave behind along the way. Our gender, for instance? It's a way of asking what home means if they'd throw you in jail there for being who you are. Caution: includes sinful dancing and historical instruments. To ensure the highest performance quality, please exchange your identity with the Department of Performance Quality before experiencing the qualities of this performance.

Ariadne Randall is an American artist and composer living in Vienna. She creates spaces for imagination through sound, text, and image. She holds degrees from UCLA and Bard MFA, where she studied music and poetry. She has performed widely, from Lincoln Center to countless basements, and has been a part of work featured on the BBC, CNN, and Artforum. Previously, she lived in New York City, where she organized underground venues, zines and radio.

Note: A complimentary exhibition exploring elements of this project, including video art, drawings, and installation, will be highlighted during Vienna Art Week, November 10 to 17 at Galerie Peter Gaugy. You are cordially invited to attend.

This performance interpolates elements of Spirit Armor Reloaded and Hellbender, works represented by Galerie Peter Gaugy.

About Bears in the Park and the Huggy Bears Mentoring Programme:

Since 2016, Huggy Bears has been a pillar of innovative performance art, supporting emerging artists in Vienna. Each year, the mentoring programme provides three or four individuals or collectives with comprehensive support in areas from production to administration, equipment and dramaturgy. In a series of different presentation formats as well as regular feedback sessions within the group, the young artists’ projects develop into very special pieces. At the end of the nine-month programme, the mentees get to present their performance projects for the first time on a big stage in Vienna. This year, the Huggy Bears Days will be held as a co-operation between brut Wien and WUK performing arts.

The programme is operated by the initiative Bears in the Park based at Kempelenpark in Vienna’s 10th district and run by Philippe Riéra and Charlotte Bastam. The initiative is dedicated to supporting the Vienna performance scene and helping it grow. To foster this goal, the Huggy Bears are offered not only reliable advisors but rehearsal spaces at Kempelenpark. Each autumn, Bears in the Park releases an open call for artists to submit their project proposals for the following year.

Credits

By and with Ariadne Randall Costume Nyx Ferrand Advice Asa Horvitz
Supported and advised by the Huggy Bears Mentoring Program by Bears in the Park.

Dates & Tickets

Following the performance (8:30 pm), the contribution Collective Action (a solo show) by Gudrun Schmidinger will be shown as part of the Huggy Bears Days.

November 2023

Sun. 26.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price category € 22/€ 16/€ 11

Mon. 27.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price category € 22/€ 16/€ 11

Tue. 28.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price category € 22/€ 16/€ 11

studio brut
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
not accessible

Downloads

Evening Programme_Huggy Bears Days (PDF)

 

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26.11.2023 - 28.11.2023

COMBINED TICKET Huggy Bears Days

With contributions by Ariadne Randall and Gudrun Schmidinger

Performance
World premiere
in English

26.11.2023 - 28.11.2023

Gudrun Schmidinger

Huggy Bears Days

Collective Action (a solo show)

Performance
World premiere
in English

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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)
accessible

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Move to the Beat – Stay for the Curry
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LOW
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Matteo Haitzmann
Im Styx baden
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Veza Fernández
Chantal, the body is a text longing for perspective
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Aperitivo
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Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Spacing in: Relaxed Performance Lab
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[EOL]. End of Life
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An Evening with

studio brut

not accessible

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

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trace my layers, thrust your guts
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Aperitivo
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François-Eloi Lavignac
Fifth position
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PIERRE

Breitenseer Lichtspiele

not accessible

Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Hütteldorfer Straße) Tram: 10 (Laurentius Platz), 49 (Hütteldorfer Straße)

October 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

WUK performing arts

barrierefrei

Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Vienna
Subway: U6 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), Tram: 40, 41, 42 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), 5, 33 (Spitalgasse), 37, 38, 40, 41, 42 (Spitalgasse / Währinger Straße)

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sk8r grrrl
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Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková
Sandpit