PRESS INFORMATION, 31.5.2005 - Festival der Regionen

THE FESTIVAL IN BRIEF
Under the title Ordered States projects will be presented at the 2005 Festival of Regions which are
distinguished by a high degree of sensitivity for the structures and systems of order in the everyday
world. In close co-operation with local cultural initiatives and the general public, the projects will relate
to the living space and social realities in the focal region, Upper Mühlviertel. The motif and the choice
of focal region are to be also understood as a contemporary reference to the Adalbert Stifter
anniversary in 2005. A multitude of encounters between the general public and participants in the
Festival from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, Russia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic
and the United States will lead to a dense series of presentations characterized not only by precise
observation and a committed sensitivity to regional particularities, but also by the linking of
contemporary cultural practices with the reality of everyday living. Based on the results of an
international call for proposals the 2005 Festival program is oriented toward the main motifs of gender
orders, youth culture, regional development, architecture and public order. The gamut of projects
ranges from staging the everyday life of villages and small towns in co-operation with residents and
setting up a Test Field Mühlviertel via workshops on international women’s networks through to work
with youths in schools and youth clubs. Exhibitions in Linz round off the program.
DATES
Preview: Friday, June 17th 2005, 7:00 to 10:00p.m. , Linz
Landesgalerie Linz, Architekturforum OÖ
Opening tour: Saturday, June 18th 2005, 2:00 to 12:00 p.m.,
Rohrbach to Schwarzenberg
Festival: Saturday, June 18th to Sunday, July 3rd 2005
PARTNERS
KIKAS Aigen-Schlägl, BG / BRG Rohrbach, Frauentreffpunkt Rohrbach, Projekt “Jugend” BH
Rohrbach, Sportunion Aigen-Schlägl, Chor-i-feen St. Oswald, Sportunion St. Oswald, Freier Rundfunk
Freistadt, Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg, Gemeinde Schwarzenberg
PRESS CONTACT
Wolfgang Schmutz ++43 (0) 7234 85 2 85 – 0, presse@fdr.at, www.fdr.at
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