Lo and Behold - Abyss X, Battle-ax, FRANKIE, Hunt, Maria Metsalu, Stina Force, Ultrademon

Season Opening

The new LO AND BEHOLD series of events combines experimental sounds and performative practices, looking for sensory perspectives in the theatre space between noise and soft acoustics.

The live performances by Abyss X shift between concert and performance art. In Vienna, she will kick off the European tour for her new album "Freedom Doll", which combines psychedelic guitar solos and operatic crescendos with folk, industrial, progressive rock and spoken word. Her live ensemble in Vienna includes producer and guitarist NEVE, drummer Konstantin Heidler and violist Battle-ax, who will open the evening with her disruptive and emotional soundscapes.

The music of FRANKIE aka Franziska Aigner, who co-composed the music for Anne Imhof’s "FAUST", among other things, shifts from the meditative, harmonious sound of her cello to spherical singing.

Hunt, founder of Amen Records, will be playing live for the first time, fusing a variety of genres such as ambient, drone, classical, trance, shoegaze and witch house.

Maria Metsalu, co-founder of the Young Boy Dancing Group, presents an excerpt from her upcoming performance "Kultuur", examining the arbitrariness of her working life by way of self-presentations. Artyom Astrov supplies the sound.

Improvised voice experiments and grotesque monologues meet the raw beats of the drums during the haunting concerts of the one-woman punk band Stina Force.

The evening closes with a live performance by Ultrademon, whose brittle sound attempts to penetrate the subconscious and combines goth and abstract electronic sounds on their latest album "Aethi".

Curated by Lewon Heublein