SALON on Sunday with Judith Kohlenberger and Barbara Tóth

The contemporary update of the historical "Salon": Anna Luca Krassnigg invites personalities from art, literature, and science every Sunday to discuss pressing questions in light of the season's motto. This time, we are enriched by Daniela Strigl, Klaus Theweleit, Florian Scheuba, Lisz Hirn, Jonas Grethlein, and numerous other forward-thinking individuals.

Sun, March 15 (11:30 AM) "Austria as a Testing Ground for the Apocalypse" with Judith Kohlenberger (cultural scientist and migration researcher) and Barbara Tóth (journalist and historian).
Karl Kraus' nearly 100-year-old description of our country seems to have lost none of its relevance in light of contemporary developments (and export hits like Jan Marsalek, Karin Kneissl, Martin Sellner, or René Benko) since Kraus and Qualtinger. Two highly sought-after and engaged Austrian experts discuss the recent history of the country and the possible cultural causes of monstrous phenomena in the Austrian style.

The form of the salon, which undoubtedly has a theatrical quality, aims at a dual event: the stage experience as a spark and the public salon as a ritual to further develop and let the experienced resonate.

With her renowned guests, theater maker Anna Luca Krassnigg explores variations of the monstrous and seeks answers to the eternal riddle of the dual nature of humanity: in ancient myths, in Austria, in complex relationships of war and love, and in the monstrous events of our time.