Under the direction of Angela Glechner open spaces have become increasingly more important in Sommerszene Salzburg\u2019s programme. Not only the festival, but also the city itself benefits from this approach. The artists and their projects focus mostly on zones off the city\u2019s tourist-beaten tracks. Artists like Willi Dorner, with whom Angela Glechner has already worked together many times, look for a city\u2019s undiscovered corners. \u201cWe want to see Salzburg\u2019s rougher side,\u201d says Angela Glechner. In recent years Sommerszene festival has explored the whole city, from \u201cKommunalfriedhof\u201d and \u201cBahnhofsviertel\u201d to the streets of Lehen with their residential buildings from the 70s. Because real life in Salzburg takes place outside of Getreidegasse. \u201cNonntal or \u201cAndr\u00e4-Viertel\u201d with its farmer\u2019s market are Salzburg\u2019s real urban spaces,\u201d says Angela Glechner. \u201cOne only has to go to Salzburg\u2019s city centre after 6 p.m. There\u2019s not much going on there after closing time.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Angela Glechner the city\u2019s compactness is an important advantage when it comes to carrying out projects in public spaces. \u201cWhen we use public space in Salzburg no one can pass by without noticing,\u201d she says. This also makes it possible to carry out projects that work with partly imperceptible overtones and displacements, like Ingri Fiksdal\u2019s \u201cDiorama Salzburg\u201d. This performance installation uses almost indiscernible changes in order to detach people\u2019s perception of Salzburg\u2019s \u201cBahnhofsvorplatz\u201d and its locals from everyday life.<\/p>\n
24 Hours- the Rhythm of a City<\/strong><\/p>\n Theatre group \u201cohnetitel\u201c invites visitors to take part in a six-day odyssey through Salzburg. Inspired by a world classic, namely James Joyce\u2019s Ulysses, the group has created an episodic wandering into the city\u2019s inner part. Their project is called \u201cDie Sp\u00e4te der Stunde\u201d (At this Late Hour). In a series of different places the audience will encounter artistic miniatures, which engage in discourses with \u201cexperts of daily life\u201d: Not unlike its literary inspiration, this project makes the versatility of life in a city tangible using a daily schedule, like an eloquent search machine. 24 episodes in 24 places and 6 days provide the framework for this theatre performance: A very special story-telling exploration of Salzburg.<\/p>\n Marco D\u00f6ttlinger\u2019s sound installation \u201cEuch sprechen die Steine\u201c (The Stones Speak to You) also transforms a public space that is important for the city of Salzburg: Neutortunnel connects busy \u201cFestspielbezirk\u201d with quiet residential areas on the other side of M\u00f6nchberg. Composer and sound artist Marco D\u00f6ttlinger has chosen this \u201cwalk-through space\u201d for his sound installation: Above the tunnel portal from 1765 there is a portrait of former Prince Bishop Sigismund Graf Schrattenbach with the Latin inscription \u201cEs sprechen die Steine.\u201d (The stones speak.). Marco D\u00f6ttlinger\u2019s sound installation democratises this gesture of domination carved in stone. In the pedestrians\u2019 and cyclists\u2019 tunnel the acoustic footprints of the people who pass through this tunnel each day are turned into a sound installation. His work of art is not dedicated to the city\u2019s former ruler, but to the people of Salzburg themselves.<\/p>\n Once again Sommerszene Salzburg offers a densely packed, vibrant programme with lots of performing art: Over the course of 13 days 5 world premieres and 4 Austrian premieres will take place. Guests include artists and groups like \u201cForced Entertainment\u201d, Jan Martens, Lisi Estaras and Louis Vanhaverbeke.<\/p>\n