Zwischen Tentakeln & Zunge

Together with Keith Hennessy & Circo Zero, God‘s Entertainment open up perspectives on sensuality, the body and coexistence in a multi-sensory performance as a counter-narrative to Western-influenced perceptions of the world.

Inspired by queer ecologies, post-humanist figures of thought and the question of non-human intelligence, a physical-associative narrative unfolds beyond binary systems of order. Tentacles touch, tongues grope - and in between, fleeting alliances, hybrid beings and moving relationships emerge. The pond in front of the Karlskirche becomes an intermediate space for contact, transformation and resistance. What if coexistence does not mean harmony, but entanglement?

OCT.opus 25

The team of artists that go by the name of God’s Entertainment will be depositing a huge octopus replica in the pond near the Karlsplatz to offer us a new interpretation of Strauss’ waltzes.

This artistic ersatz for an octopus, representing an intriguing symbiosis between Strauss and cultural studies expert Donna Haraway, is designed to give us a completely new perspective on the waltz as such, with lively and provocative interpretations opening up unprecedented emotional and intellectual vistas on the music of Johann Strauss. With the help of an array of supporting artists, Strauss himself will conducting OCT.opus 25 and dancing to his own music. On five weekends, the project will be electrifying its audiences with humour, temperament, concerts, performances and dinners.