Since 2023 Life Long Burning talks to the artists of ImPulsTanz’ [8:tension] Series to get some insights and anecdotes on their artistic work practices and their residence time during the festival in Vienna. Writer Sean Pfeiffer and the curators Breanna O’Mara & Chris Haring teamed up for this podcast. Until the end of the year, we release one episode of every Thursday.
The [8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series at ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival has been offering the opportunity to get to know a new generation of choreographers from all over the world and their work since 2001. Since 2024 the series is curated by Breanna O’Mara and Chris Haring.
Since 2023 Life Long Burning talks to the artists of ImPulsTanz’ [8:tension] Series to get some insights and anecdotes on their artistic work practices and their residence time during the festival in Vienna. Writer Sean Pfeiffer and the curators Breanna O’Mara & Chris Haring teamed up for this podcast. Until the end of the year, we release one episode of every Thursday.
The [8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series at ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival has been offering the opportunity to get to know a new generation of choreographers from all over the world and their work since 2001. Since 2024 the series is curated by Breanna O’Mara and Chris Haring.
Harald’s first solo Batty Bwoy is both bleak and playful in its re-appropriation of racist and homophobic stereotypes. By embodying this harmful imagery, they emerge on the other side as a newly ambivalent figure, impossible to grasp.
Batty Bwoy was presented in a spacious white cube setting within the exhibition Blackness, White and Light by New York-based visual artist Adam Pendleton at mumok – Museum of Modern Art Stiftung Ludwig Vienna. The challenging setting created an intense dialogue between the Norwegian-Jamaican performer and Pendleton’s work, leading to huge success with the audience and 2 add-on performances.
Writer Sean Pfeiffer and Harald talk about his inspirations for the piece, the musical collaboration with a Norwegian prog-rock band, and the delicacy of involving an audience directly.