WILLIAM FORSYTHE

in cooperation with ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival

ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival was founded in 1984 and now, for over ten years, it has been creating a dialog between dance/choreography and visual arts, continuing the connection between the two disciplines that has existed for more than 100 years. From 11 July to 11 August 2024, the festival for dance and performance will now be coming to the MAK for the first time.

11.7.2024—18.8.2024

Lower Exhibition Hall

The cooperation focuses on several works by William Forsythe. With his dance works, the American choreographer freed the practice of ballet from its identification with the classical repertoire and transformed it into a dynamic art form of the 21st century. In addition to his work as director of the Ballett Frankfurt and since 1989, as head of his own company, he has also been developing installations which he calls “Choreographic Objects” and which are shown at international biennials and in museums such as the Tate Modern, Louvre, and MoMa.

The interactive video installation City of Abstracts and the participatory pendulum labyrinth Nowhere and evrywhere at the Same Time, No. 2 will be among others on display at the MAK. In City of Abstracts, viewers’ movements are artistically distorted on a large LED screen, challenging their own perception. Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time, No. 2 is a participatory installation of swinging pendulums suspended from an automated grid that is mounted on the ceiling and set in motion. Visitors are invited to playfully dodge the unpredictable movements with varying speeds and spatial contrasts and become part of the walkable choreography.