KULTUR IST DAS NEUE SALZ - Kulturcafé mit Elisabeth Schweeger

In the organizer's words:

The Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin cordially invites you to a cultural café at the Austrian Embassy. We are delighted to welcome Elisabeth Schweeger, Artistic Director of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024.

Under the motto "CULTURE IS THE NEW SALT", Elisabeth Schweeger will give a keynote speech on the program lines and the summer program of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024. The focus will be on projects in the performing and visual arts.

Elisabeth Schweeger will also report on her practical experience as artistic director. Topics such as bottom-up processes as strategies for local and international networking, the creation of future prospects for youth and open society in the development of rural areas and the art of differentiation are themes that Elisabeth Schweeger will highlight in her lecture.

Following the keynote speech, we cordially invite you to a cozy get-together with coffee and cake. Here you can discuss, process and deepen the impulses from the lecture with each other and with Elisabeth Schweeger.

The cultural café will take place on May 23rd in the rooms of the Austrian Embassy from 2.00 pm and will last until 4.00 pm.

Registration for the event here.

About Elisabeth Schweeger:
Elisabeth Schweeger was born in Vienna and studied comparative literature and philosophy in Innsbruck, Vienna and Paris. In addition to her work as a journalist and cultural manager, she has also worked as a curator for the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, the Venice Biennale, the Ars Electronica in Linz, the Documenta Kassel, the OK Linz and the Landesgalerie Linz. Schweeger has also worked in several theaters, including as artistic director of the Marstall / Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel (1993 - 2001), as chief dramaturge at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, as artistic director of Schauspiel Frankfurt (2001 - 2009), as artistic director of KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hanover (2009 - 2015). She was Managing Director/Artistic Director of the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg (2014 - 2022). Elisabeth Schweeger lives and works in Germany and Austria.

More information about the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 can be found here.

An event of the Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin.

Price information:

Free admission - registration required.