The Big Black-Out

in context of NIGHTWATCH by irreality.tv

brut at Matteottiplatz
Performance Series finale crowd shoot
{Alltagsfiktionen} {Soapifizierung} {Das Ende des Schlafs}

“The future belongs to the big black-out and radio silence.” (Paul Virilio) 

, © brut

irreality.tv – The Big Black-Out in context of NIGHTWATCH by irreality.tv

, © Christian Raab

irreality.tv – NIGHTWATCH

, © Christoph Strotz und Christian Raab

irreality.tv, Nachtwache

Both film shooting and intervention in the city space at the same time, irreality.tv’s big series finale will hopefully involve a complete black-out in Sandleiten. Are we going to succeed in dimming out the city and turning off all TV sets, neon signs and street lamps? And then, what are we going to do under the screen of night darkness? No registration required.

Start time: 9 pm. Please be there in time. Meeting point: Altes Kino Sandleiten, Liebknechtgasse 32, 1160 Wien.

The Big Black-Out takes place in the context of NIGHTWATCH by irreality.tv. In May and June, the performance TV collective irreality.tv will shoot a participatory science-fiction series for TV. NIGHTWATCH is set in a world that could be hours: a 24/7 rhythm rules everyday life. Nights are bereft of darkness and sleep is first optimised, then banned altogether. Hardly anyone dares to dream. And yet, there is some resistance against this regime of sleeplessness. A sleepeasy opens in Ottakring, a secret place where people meet for collective sleeping. Hope for a blackout is alive. Further information

Dates & Tickets

June 2018

Sat. 16.06.2018, 21:00
brut at Altes Kino Sandleiten

brut at Matteottiplatz
Matteottiplatz, 1160 Wien

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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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Veza Fernández
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not accessible

Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
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Lens Kühleitner & Olivia Hild
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Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Hütteldorfer Straße) Tram: 10 (Laurentius Platz), 49 (Hütteldorfer Straße)

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Alex Franz Zehetbauer
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Shop in the 4th district (Theresianumgasse 35)

not accessible

Theresianumgasse 35, 1040 Vienna
U-Bahn: U1 (Taubstummengasse) Bus: 13A (Belvederegasse)

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every day display

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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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Maria Mam & Flora Renhardt
sk8r grrrl
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Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková
Sandpit