Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek

ani_male

studio brut
Performance World Premiere Video installation No spoken language
{man and animal} {body alienation} {the other}

In their interdisciplinary work, choreographer/dancer Georg Blaschke and media artist Jan Machacek have devised a creative aesthetic approach of fusing choreography, animation, video installation and sound. In their third collaboration, ani_male, the two artists strike up an intense dialogue between depictions of masculinity and of bestiality. Their poignant play on body alienation and the transition towards the other thus becomes a journey into the uncanny valley between man and animal.

, © Lisbeth Kovacic

Georg Blaschke – ani_male

, © Lisbeth Kovacic

Jan Machacek & Georg Blaschke – ani_male

, © Laurent Ziegler

Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male

, © Laurent Ziegler

Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male

, © Laurent Ziegler

Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male

, © Laurent Ziegler

Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male

, © Lisbeth Kovacic

Georg Blaschke – ani_male

, © Lisbeth Kovacic

Georg Blaschke – ani_male

, © Lisbeth Kovacic

Georg Blaschke – ani_male

In ani_male, animated images superimpose the actual body and textures like skin, fur, leather and hair. This creates a display of body alienations that poses questions of naturality, functionality and cliché with respect to representations of men and animals. Choreography becomes the vehicle of a transition towards the Other, which is almost tangible, but needs to be kept at a distance by the voyeuristic gaze. Performer Georg Blaschke’s specifically somatic body practice unfolds in close communication with the methodical, aesthetic qualities of Jan Machacek’s media art. Sources of inspiration include the book Gehen – Laufen – Hüpfen. Die angeborene Fortbewegung des Menschen (“Walking – Running – Hopping. Man’s Natural Locomotion” after Max Thun-Hohenstein, Daniel Spoerri’s collage of objects Figure humaine comparée avec celle du singe from the Carnaval des Animaux series and the essay Tier werden (“Becoming an Animal”) by Teresa Präauer.

On February 24th the show will be followed by an artist talk.

Georg Blaschke is a choreographer, dancer and lecturer for contemporary dance. As a producer of his own works over several years, he has developed and presented a unique choreographic language in various formats and collaborations. His recent works are strongly influenced by motives and stylistic devices from visual art. Most recently, the brut programme featured his piece Bodies and Accidents. An Artistic Response to the Work of Francis Bacon.

Jan Machacek studied sculpture and set design and works at the intersection of media art and performance. His performances and short films have toured many venues and festivals. Most recently, Machacek was involved in Ghost Times, the first part of the two-year the que_ring drama project, in collaboration with Gin Müller.

 

Credits

Concept and performance Georg Blaschke Media art and performance Jan Machacek Costume and set design Hanna Hollmann Music design Christian Schröder Licht design and technical direction Sabine Wiesenbauer Production management M.A.P. Vienna Raffaela Gras

A co-production by M.A.P. Wien and brut Wien.

With the kind support of the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office.

Dates & Tickets

February 2020

Thu. 20.02.2020, 19:00
Remaining tickets at the box office

Fri. 21.02.2020, 19:00
18 € / 14 € / 9 €

Sat. 22.02.2020, 16:00
18 € / 14 € / 9 €

Sat. 22.02.2020, 19:00
18 € / 14 € / 9 €

Mon. 24.02.2020, 19:00
18 € / 14 € / 9 € *Followed by an artist talk

Tue. 25.02.2020, 19:00
18 € / 14 € / 9 €

studio brut
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
not accessible

Info

On February 24th the show will be followed by an artist talk.

Event recommendations

08.01.2020 - 11.01.2020

Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe

Carré Noir

Performance
Austrian Premiere
in English

30.01.2020 - 01.02.2020

Navaridas/Deutinger/Szalay

Octopus

Performance / Dance
in English

Magazin

Letters for later

Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male

Juraj Bako, student of Digital Arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, adresses his letter to something we all have more or less in common – hair. Inspired by Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek – ani_male
October 2025
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

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

October 2025
Karin Pauer
LOW
October 2025
Season Opening Party
October 2025
Aperitivo
October 2025
Matteo Haitzmann
Im Styx baden
November 2025
Veza Fernández
Chantal, the body is a text longing for perspective
November 2025
Aperitivo
November 2025
Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Spacing in: Relaxed Performance Lab
November 2025
DARUM (Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche)
[EOL]. End of Life
November 2025
Drag Show with the Dragsau Collective
November 2025
Touch tour
November 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

studio brut

not accessible

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

October 2025
Lens Kühleitner & Olivia Hild
trace my layers, thrust your guts
October 2025
Aperitivo
November 2025
François-Eloi Lavignac
Fifth position
November 2025
Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola
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

Shop in the 4th district

not accessible

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

October 2025
Jan Machacek & Angélica Castelló
every day display

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)

November 2025
Maria Mam & Flora Renhardt
sk8r grrrl
November 2025
Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková
Sandpit