Stadtwerkstatt

The workshop is a city Linz cultural club and venue. Founded in 1979 by young activists, it is the oldest autonomous cultural center of Linz. In addition to several weekly music events are held regularly, other cultural and artistic events. In the building of the city workshop and the studio of independent radio Radio FRO is housed.

History

The city workshop was founded in 1979 as an association in Linz with the " goal of the critical analysis of the conditions of life in the city and the promotion of cultural initiatives at the national level close ".

In 1980 the club moved to an empty factory building in Linz Urfahr, near the Danube, a. The building was used for both residential as well as for exhibition and event purposes. Shortly before 1983, the demolition threatened, the association launched the campaign " sgraffito Alchemia ", under which the entire building facade was designed. The house was founded in 1990 in favor of a dormitory nevertheless demolished and the club moved into the property of the municipality of Linz standing, much smaller house in church lane 4

The building was fundamentally transformed from March 2001 and renovated. The residents of the building offices and Radio FRO relocated temporarily to the re-opening in May 2002. 2006 were the events in the city workshop about 19,000 visitors.

Building

The city workshop is located since 1990 in the Church Lane 4, almost directly on the Danube, the Nibelungen Bridge and next to the Ars Electronica Center. In Stadtwerkstatt building is located on the ground floor cafe and restaurant "Café power " on the 1st floor of the great hall and the studio of Radio FRO and often in cash or DJ unused space at events next room.

Actions

In keeping with its objective, the association promoted " cultural initiatives " such as the " Independent filmmakers Linz ( ULF) " and participated in exhibitions and in the production of plays. However, even took the members and artists of the Stadtwerkstatt regularly - often unusual - actions such as 1983, a " escalator concert " in the shopping arcade of the building complex Lentia 2000 or 1982, the " engine room concert " in Linz " gallery Hofstöckl ".

Also, poster exhibitions such as " four years optical megaphone " in 1984, and the design of the facade of the old club building in 1983, or the facade painting " Glowing vehicle" in 1986, belonged to the artistic activity of the city workshop.

The information sheet Stadtwerkstatt published bimonthly and is called " Caregiver ". This page deals with current topics from the cultural scene in Linz.

In 1995 the book was presented to the eponymous exhibition "City Workshop in work 1979-1995 ".

In 1996, the arts and culture Server " servus.at " online - with it also the city workshop.

STWST TV

Video productions found their way to various film events and since the founding of the " STWST TV ", which was rarely actually seen on television, the city workshop could make available several times its own transmission concepts also larger audience groups. At the Film Festival Wels 1987 presented " STWST TV " a 5-day live show called " Hotel Television", which could be received in a hotel by Welser -house TV system. 1989 " STWST TV " to see the video festival " cross- track ", and the media activists total of 12 hours interactive live TV in 1990 sent in the New York Buffalo on 6 consecutive days with the name " Shuffle Off To Buffalo ," which 320,000 households via cable could receive. For one of these broadcasts a broadcast date was provided on which normally held a weekly program broadcast by radical Christians. In order to conceal the fact the viewers initially that now " STWST - TV" makes the program instead of the commonly -discussed at this time show, the show began with Bible texts and disguised as a priest moderator. How could an audience be achieved, which would probably not followed by even one of " STWST TV " program made. Total 7 programs were broadcast, which staked out a subject area of religious fanaticism, obsession with youth, the U.S. invasion urge treatment of Austria clichés, the U.S. image of Europe, punk as an art concept and a whole mission without sound and with pictures only.

Some other projects, media artist: 1991 and 1992 designed " STWST TV " broadcasts to Ars Electronica with the motto " Out Of Control " and " Endo and Nano", which were to be seen on 3sat and ORF 2. 1993 was shown live on Channel 5 in the cable of Amsterdam STWST TV presentation. In the same year the media group presented at various universities in Cochabamba, Bolivia, their program " CBB Por Ejemplo ". All exhibition participants were then actually named honorary citizens of the city of Cochabamba.

All these innovative and creative media works were not unappreciated, for 1993 and 1994 there were several awards:

• Country's cultural price for video art at Herbert Schager (1993 )
• Talent Promotion Award of the Province of Upper Austria for media arts at Thomas Lehner (1993 )
• Regional Award for initiative cultural work at the city workshop ( 1993)
• Appreciation Award for media art by the Federal Ministry for Science and Art (1994 )

Events

From the beginning, the club held various events of different ways. There were exhibitions, plays, lectures and of course numerous concerts. So playing in 1982 as the " Einstürzende Neubauten", "down" and " Konstantin Wecker " in the building in the Urfahraner Friedhofstraße 6th 1983 read Hermann Nitsch from the " Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries ".

1998 Black Market International in Linz and was presented from November 16 to 20 performance and action art

Known to the general public, the city workshop is next to readings and actions but mainly due to the regular concerts of alternative - local and international - Bands ( rock, punk, electro, etc.) and DJs (Electronic music such as drum and bass and techno, hip- Hop, Reggae, etc.). Here also the premises of Stadtwerkstatt frequently by local organizers can (usually DJ collectives ) be rented, in close cooperation with the City workshop of each event is working on a smooth implementation.

Thus, a two-day event experimental electronic music took place, for example, in February 2006, the " interference 06 Extreme Music Meeting ", which was organized by "Brain Trust Media Grind " and " Artonal ". In addition to local bands, whose game has been accompanied and edited by Japanese DJ " KK Null ", as well as DJs regional collectives " chemotaxis " and " Morphed " were more experimental musicians and DJs from Germany, Australia, USA, Holland and Belgium ( Sickboy ) on.