Pia Ferzegger inspires with 24-hour performance in the museum quarters!

Pia Ferzegger inspires with 24-hour performance in the museum quarters!

With her outstanding performance "The Second Woman", Pia Ferzegger inspires until May 29, 2025 in the museum district at the Viennese festival weeks. According to vienna.at the performance extends and shows a repeated relationship scene that with its deep emotional layers Animation and silence captivates. Tickets are available for 10 euros and offer spectators the opportunity to dive into a strongly visual and thematic staging.

The stage shines in pink light, framed by cherry red curtains and a red carpet, which immediately takes the audience into the world of the play. In this way, the role of Virginia plays a kind of alter ego by the prominent actress Gena Rowlands. Her interactions with the figure Marty, who brings Chinese pasta, are a central element of the staging.

artistic concept and inspiration

The staging is inspired by John Cassavetes' film drama "Opening Night" and addresses gender dynamics as well as the fine line between acting and reality. In this way, the complexity of human relationships celebrates through a combination of body comedy and improvisation. As vienna.at , over 100 artists such as known artists such as Dirk Stermann and the festivalintant are introduced Milo Rau.

In order to meet the intensity of the performance, this gets a 15-minute break every two hours. A livekamera projects the performance onto a canvas, so that the action can also be experienced from different perspectives.

a room for social questions and resistance

The Viennese festival weeks, which also introduce the concept of the "Free Republic of Vienna" this year, are a place of political and artistic dialogue. As part of events and debates, political, cultural and future -oriented questions are dealt with, which makes the festival weeks a field of experimentation on social issues. At Festwochen.at it is pointed out that the programs also include works by prominent artists such as Elfriede Jelinek and Nora Chipaumire.

The festival focuses on female and diverse perspectives in art. A highlight is the foundation of the Academy Second Modern to promote composers, with Bushra El-Turk as the first composer to present a new opera under her roof. These initiatives illustrate the Wiener Festwochen's claim to be a platform for radical questioning of common ways of thinking and procedures.

In this festive framework, there is not only art, but also a club of the Republic, where live bands and performances appeal to social issues. The place becomes the platform of artistic resistance and self -questioning this day.