This Austrian film is based on the last years of Wilhelm Reich’s life in the US. Wilhelm Reich – psychiatrist and experimental scientist – finds himself on trial, charged with deception. His dream of liberating human individuality makes him a dangerous ...
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Features & upcoming events
Viewpoints on Folklore
11 June – 30 August 2013 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Exhibition continues until Friday 30 August 2013
The intriguing theme-based exhibition Viewpoints on Folklore addresses the concept of folklore and the associated visual representations in the works of contemporary Austria-based artists. The exhibition brings together ...
Theatrical Lives from Vienna to London: . Treasures from the Miller Archive Exhibition
19 June – 30 August 2013 | University of London
The lives of refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe now seem to us extraordinary: leaving behind family and friends, taking with them from their homeland little more than the will to resist, they rebuilt their lives in ...
Nelkengasse: The Flight of the Moldau Family
25 June 2013, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
In Vienna 1938-1945, the buildings No 4 and 6, Nelkengasse represent a particularly tragic location in the 6th district. In these houses, many so-called Sammelwohnungen were installed – group flats where Jewish families lived following ...
Clara Luzia UK Tour
27 – 29 June 2013 | Various venues
Having played a solo show for Soundpark Austria in London before, Amadeus-Award winning singer-songwriter Clara Luzia returns for a stint of two dates plus a radio session. BBC 6Music stalwart Marc Riley, who has been ...
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News
Egon Schiele birth house opens
The birth house of Austrian painter Egon Schiele will open to the public on 15 June in Tulln near Vienna. Find out more here.
International ChoreoLab Austria
Tanz Atelier Wien host the International ChoreoLab Austria in the art and nature sanctuary of St. Margarethen. Find out more here.
ELN video
Watch European Literature Night 2013 online. Austrian author Norbert Gstrein is the second author presented.
London: Soul of the Streets interview
Listen to an interview with writer Iain Sinclair about the soul of London's streets on Shoreditch Radio in response to Hubert Blanz's photography exhibition Homeseekers. The interview was conducted at the ACF London.
Austrian architecture shortlist!
The Islamic Cemetry in Altach, Voralberg is shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Find out more here.
Salzburger Festpiele win Opera Award
The Salzburger Festspiele have won the award for best opera festival at this year's opera awards in London!
Call for scores
Cheltenham Festival is calling for scores for their New Composer Academy. Apply here.
Call for applications
The city of Graz is calling for applications for their "Writer of the City of Graz" scholarship which includes the provision of an apartment and a monthly allowance from September until the following August. For further details and information please contact kulturamt@stadt.graz.at
University of Vienna Summerschool
The University of Vienna offers a variety of courses in law, politics, economics, history, cultural studies and German at their summer school campus in Strobl on the Wolfgangsee - a picturesque Austrian lake near Salzburg from July 13 – August 10, 2013. Find out more here.
ForeignStudents.com
An excellent resource for foreign students coming to or already in the UK. The website includes a directory of scholarships & a useful guide to the NHS. Find out more at www.foreignstudents.com/
Austrian government awards, grants and subsidies for translation
With a view to promoting (Austrian or foreign) translators or the translation of Austrian contemporary literature, subsidies, grants and awards are available from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. Click here for more information.