According to the magazine: Documentary “Soundtrack of Arts 2: Goya – Mondrian – Madonna” – from 10:30 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON
Vienna (OTS) – The “kulturMontag” presented by Clarissa Stadler on July 8, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON illuminates the sunny and dark sides of tourism and looks at the exhibition “The Colors of the Serenissima” in the Salzburg CathedralQuartier, which is dedicated to the historic Dedicated to the network of relationships between the city of Mozart and Venice, and presents Joachim A. Lang’s new film “Leaders and Seducers”, a mixture of documentary and fictional re-enactment, which uses the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to examine the backgrounds, motivations and mechanisms of the Nazi regime. perpetrator involved. The director is live in the studio together with actor Robert Stadlober. Afterwards, the second episode of the “Soundtrack of Arts” series entitled “Goya – Mondrian – Madonna” (11:30 p.m.) examines the influence of painting and performance art on pop singers such as Madonna and Katy Perry.
Longing for summer – the sunny and dark sides of tourism
Mass tourism is back. The economy is celebrating, with experts predicting a record year for 2024. Tourism has been continuously intensifying for decades and has become an integral part of our lifestyle. It has brought added value, prosperity and cosmopolitanism to even the most remote areas and thus prevented migration. This is the sunny side of tourism. On the downside, there are negative effects such as crowds, major environmental impacts and rising land prices. Tourist hotspots suffer from the influx of visitors, while other places are left behind. Communities are conflicted: on the one hand they benefit from tourism, on the other hand they increasingly notice undesirable side effects. Considering that tourism depends more on the environment than other economic sectors, it is surprising that climate change is often still a marginal issue here. Our society’s desire to travel seems unbroken and yet it has changed, as more and more people travel more often, further, but for shorter periods of time. What impact do holiday wishes have on the environment, the social structure and climate change? What can tourism look like that doesn’t destroy what it thrives on? How can tourism be rethought and steered into more sustainable paths in times of climate crisis, wars, the threat of further pandemics, a shortage of skilled workers and an ongoing energy crisis? What role do spatial planning and architecture play in this? The current exhibition “About Tourism” in Vienna’s AZW highlights central aspects of tourism such as mobility, city tourism, interactions with agriculture, climate change, the privatization of natural beauty and changes in accommodation types and examines the question of whether and how tourism development is planned.
Between Salzburg and Venice – The colors of the Serenissima
During the Baroque period, Salzburg developed into a power-political center and an interface between Italian and German cultural areas. Art was transported between Venice and Salzburg, as were merchandise. Artistic relationships of all kinds emerged, in the areas of architecture, fine art and music. The exhibition “The Colors of the Serenissima” in the DomQuartier, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, documents how close the cultural, economic and political relationship was between Salzburg and Venice. With the founding of the DomQuartier, the heart of today’s UNESCO World Heritage Site in Salzburg, the historic center of political and ecclesiastical power in Salzburg could be experienced again. Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, who was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1587 to 1612, was socialized in Rome. There he got to know and love the Italian Baroque and had Salzburg gradually redesigned. For the anniversary show “The Colors of the Serenissima,” DomQuartier director Andrea Stockhammer brought the crème de la crème from the Vienna Art History Museum to Salzburg. The KHM will contribute no fewer than 52 loans – masterpieces from Canaletto to Veronese, from Titian to Tintoretto. It is the first guest appearance of the Vienna Museum in Salzburg.
The Mechanisms of Demagogues – The Film “Leaders and Seducers”
Why did intellectuals and the masses follow the National Socialists and their obviously criminal actions? The German director Joachim A. Lang sheds light on these fateful years of world history, which would not have been possible without the powerful propaganda machine led by Joseph Goebbels, in his new film “Fuhrer and Seducer”. He goes on the trail of the perpetrators and investigates how these people were able to commit such atrocities. He sheds light on the backgrounds, motivations and mechanisms of the perpetrators. He focuses on the people behind the “Führer” and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels, portrayed by the Austrian actor Robert Stadlober, portrayed the dictator down to the smallest detail as a leader, a charismatic speaker and an apparent hero. He ensured the impact of the images in all media, manipulated people and fueled anti-Semitic hatred through demagogic speeches. Lang’s film is a mixture of documentary and fictional reenactment, based on well-founded sources. With “Leaders and Seducers” the director sets a clear goal: it is “a film for the present” and “a film against seduction”. Clarissa Stadler discusses the mechanisms of the Nazi apparatus, fake news and the controversial perpetrator perspective live in the studio with director Joachim A. Lang and Robert Stadlober.
Documentary “Soundtrack of Arts 2: Goya – Mondrian – Madonna” (11:30 p.m.)
The fact that music is inspired by visual art and performance art is very current, but not new. Composers have always made famous paintings the starting point for their music. In the second part of the documentary trilogy, blogger and art historian Julia Meyer-Brehm and art historian Henry Keazor go on an exciting journey to the “Soundtrack of Arts”. Axel Fuhrmann’s film shows how the visual arts of the 20th and 21st centuries have arrived in both pop and contemporary classical music. This becomes particularly clear in the life and work of a singer: Madonna, the queen of pop music, has shown a diverse interest in the visual arts since the beginning of her artistic career and is also known as a passionate collector. Another contemporary example is the Pantheon in Paris, for which the German sculptor Anselm Kiefer and the French composer Pascal Dusapin created a total work of art made up of sounds and sculptures on behalf of President Emmanuel Macron, which is intended to commemorate the dead of the First World War. “Soundtrack of Arts” also shows how pop singer Katy Perry dances in a Mondrian dress, how Mondrian paints the “Broadway Boogie Woogie” in New York and Auguste Renoir’s children’s pictures come to life in the music of Jean Françaix. The rapper Drake performs in the rooms of the light artist James Turrell, singer Annie Clark is transformed into a larger-than-life sculpture by Ron Mueck and Böcklin’s “Island of the Dead” shines in dark orchestral colors. Madonna imitates the painter Tamara de Lempicka and composer Olga Neuwirth writes new music for the world’s oldest music video.