Autor*innenwettbewerb Teil II

In the organizer's words:

Readings / Author competition / Guigonis/Dabiri/Ziem

The readings will take place in Zwinger 3. They will also be livestreamed and shown on video after the events.

"Ghostbike" by Julie Guigonis
It could be the night of nights. It's Rocky's birthday. And everyone is coming: Giorgios, Rocky's best friend. Rocky's cousin. Even Monika König from "Café König", Rocky's former trainer. And also the truck driver who ran Rocky over. Because Rocky is missing from his birthday party. He was killed in an accident where the cycle lane leads from the sidewalk onto the road and he was in the blind spot of the truck turning right. While blame is being apportioned and political consequences are being demanded on social media, Rocky's cousin and Giorgios, driver and king are celebrating his birthday in their own way.

"DRUCK!" by Arad Dabiri
Vienna. Plus minus 2023: Dadash is on trial after a failed deal. The verdict: so far unclear. His siblings Shirin and Hassan and their friends Omar, Murat and Freddie, WhatsApp group "Straßenköter", are waiting for the final decision - but with very different views on the possible consequences. While Shirin sees Dadash's future as an inevitable development of resistance against "expected integration", Hassan's sense of responsibility for a community and criticism of everyday discrimination combine to form a fuse that is set to end in a demonstration against right-wing populism. In a sensitively precise confrontation with systemic injustice, the final deal becomes a final (return) blow.

"Child of Silk" by Leonie Ziem
Judith no longer loves people. She uses her inheritance to buy an ice cream parlor and a sex robot: an artificial stupidity, smarter than AI, with early childhood traumas, vulgar language and a mind of its own. After a short time, however, the sex robot leaves Judith and she sinks into heartbreak. Judith wanted to show everyone that love does indeed exist across species boundaries, whether lithium ions or red blood cells, silicon flesh or fat cells! But the opinions of the protesting public are divided. Between the pressure to justify herself and her own feelings, Judith also loses her bearings at some point in the tempting oversupply of digitalization.