CentroArteHortensiaHerrero

CAHH

Opening: 11 November 2023

as part of the permanent collection presentation

Tuesday to Saturday 10h at 20h / Sunday 10h at 14h

C. del Mar, 31, 46003 València, Valencia, Spanien

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has two key aims. One is to share the best international contemporary art with society at large and the other is to help turn the Valencian Autonomous Community into a top cultural and artistic destination.

The project also meets one of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation’s key aims, namely heritage conservation by restoring and repurposing an iconic Valencian palace.

The historic Valencian palace will be converted into a complex with a surface area of more than 3,500 square meters spread over two four-storey buildings with a total of 17 exhibition rooms.

The Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is pleased to announce its inauguration in November 2023 in Valencia.

In addition to recovering an important element of the city’s architectural heritage, the transformation of the space will also allow the public to enjoy Hortensia Herrero’s private art

collection and temporary exhibitions showcasing nationally and internationally renowned artists, such as Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Andreas Gursky, Tony Cragg or Georg Baselitz, among others.

Also, there will be a wide range of cultural events, as well as conferences and various activities promoted by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation itself.

The Art Centre is scheduled to open in 11 November 2023.

The Hortensia Herrero Foundation is known in the region for its support of projects in heritage conservation, such as the restoration of the Colegio del Arte Mayor de la Seda (Valencia’s College of High Silk Art) or the Iglesia de San Nicolás (Saint Nicholas Church), repurposing Palacio Valeriola, is its most extensive project to date. Its geographical location, in the heart of Valencia’s historical centre, meant that restoration work needed to delicately incorporate the ruins of part of the Valencian Roman Circus discovered during foundational excavations and parts of the former Jewish Quarter running through the palace dating back to the 14th century. Before lying derelict for over a decade, this iconic palace had historically housed the local newspaper Las Provincias and in the 1980s the nightclub Juan Sebastián Bach, which as a main attraction allegedly kept a lion in a cage in the club’s foyer. The Valencian studio ERRE Arquitectura directed the restoration of the palace.

The contemporary art collection that can be admired at the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre, some of the brushstrokes of which can be seen in this digital space, is the fruit of a life, my own, in which art has been a vitally important component. Like most collectors, I began by taking an interest in the artists closest to me, those who created or exhibited in my home city of Valencia.

The greatest task facing the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is shaping the building housing the collection. This edifice is none other than the Palacio Valeriola (Valeriola Palace), an iconic 17th century building in the Baroque Style, in Valencia’s Old Town. It lies close to the ruins of the Roman Circus and what was formerly The Jewish Quarter.

The Palace was put to various uses over the years, as the headquarters of the newspaper Las Provincias and a nightlife venue, and has lain empty for several decades.

The Hortensia Herrero Foundation acquired Palacio Valeriola in order to restore it and give this fine building a new lease on life as an Arts Centre.

Le Palais des Valeriola

During the restoration, some important archaeological discoveries were made: part of the old Roman Circus of the city of València, ruins of the old Jewish quarter, whose boundary was inside the palace, a traditional date back to the 14th century, several vases…

The company responsible for the restoration of the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is ERRE Arquitectura, a Valencian architecture studio.

© Julian Opie, courtesy, VEGAP, Valencia, 2023.

Hortensia Herrero has always had a special sensitivity for art and for more than ten years she has been collecting art.

The Hortensia Herrero Art Collection has a clearly international vocation with contemporary artists of recognized prestige that can be found in the collections of museums such as the

MOMA, the Tate or the Pompidou among many others.

The first presentation of this collection will include more than 100 works by more than 50 artists, including such well-known names as Anselm Kiefer, Anish Kapoor, Georg Baselitz,

Mat Collishaw, Tony Cragg and Andreas Gursky.

Hortensia Herrero is the President of the Foundation that bears her name. She is Vice-President and, together with her husband, majority shareholder of Mercadona, Spain’s biggest supermarket chain. Her philanthropic work stems from her wish

to give back to the land where she was born and that has given her so much in life.

The Hortensia Herrero Foundation sprang to life in 2012 with the mission of fostering interest, knowledge and awareness of art and culture through projects created in The Valencian Autonomous Community by artists from around the world

The projects promoted by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation are focused on contemporary art, restoration and dance.

Some of the key projects include: temporary exhibitions of monumental sculptures of Jaume Plensa, Tony Cragg, Julian Opie, Manolo Valdés or Ron Arad; the restoration of Valencia’s College of High Silk Art and Saint Nicholas Church (so-called ‘Valencian Sistine Chapel’); support for dance through Gala Valencia Danza Somos Arte (dance festival) and the Valencia International Dance Campus.

“We are really looking forward to the moment when visitors will be able to stroll through the corridors and rooms of the Art Centre, one of the most ambitious projects carried out by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation. A building that will house the Foundation’s art collection focused on international contemporary art. A collection that is alive and that aims to be one of the most attractive in Europe. Our goal is turning the city of Valencia into a cultural and artistic destination of reference”.

© Manolo Valdés, VEGAP, Valencia, 2023.

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Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 20

Sunday 10 to 14

Calle del Mar, 31 – 46003 València

Fundación Hortensia Herrero

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Anna Attar (* 1986 in Wien) ist eine österreichische bildende Künstlerin und Musikerin.[1] Bekannt ist sie auch unter dem Pseudonym Monsterheart, mit dem sie ein musikalisches Soloprojekt startete.[2] Im Jahr 2015 war sie für den FM4 Award, der im Rahmen der Amadeus Austrian Music Award verliehen wird, nominiert.

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ist Songschreiberin, Produzentin und bildende Künstlerin aus Wien.

Ihre Musik beschreibt sie als Graveyard Pop.

Mit EOTW + KY erscheinen am 31. Oktober 2020 zwei Singles

als weitere Vorboten zum kommenden Album

“The New“.04.11.2020

Excuse me, do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior?
2023, oil on canvas

Isi, 2023, 75×75 oil on canvas

Ab dem Alter von 16 Jahren trat sie in Bands auf und war später Frontfrau der Wiener Band Go Die Big City.[3] 2011 gründete sie die Band Monsterheart und brachte im Jahre 2012 die erste EP auf den Markt.[4]

Von 2010 bis 2017 absolvierte sie ein Studium bei Gunter Damisch, Erwin Bohatsch und Veronika Dirnhofer an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien.

INSPECTRE 2023, 80×80 oil on canvas

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Diskografie

2023: Monsterheart vs Paul & Pets – Easy Fix (Catgold Records)

2020: The New (Album, Polkov Records)

2020: Flowers (Polkov Records)

2017: Salam (Album, Seayou Records)

2015: Cosmic Rider / Bones (EP, Buddyhead/Redelsteiner)

2014: W (Album, Seayou Records)

2012: Monsterheart (EP, Seayou Records)

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ART BASEL

48 Bd Henri IV, Paris

Performance and Exhibition | Yury Revich: Unity

Project UNITY

TUESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2023 | 6PM & 7:30PM

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IHAM Gallery Paris

Yury Revich Unity

Tue, Oct 17, 2023 | 6pm – 7pm (Paris)

Tue, Oct 17, 2023 | 7:30pm – 9pm (Paris)

multidisciplinary live performances

Concept+ Music YURY REVICH

Dance ARTHUR CADRE

Visual Art DR FORMALYST

Wed – Sat 14h – 20h

46 Bd Henri IV, 75004 Paris FRANCE

https://www.ihamnft.com/

Open to public

https://parisplus.artbasel.com/events/detail/56358/Performance-and-Exhibition-Yury-Revich-Unity/36753

On October 17, two performances (6pm and 7:30pm) and a multidisciplinary exhibition will merge human and post-human creativity, under the direction of ECHO Award-winning, Stradivari violinist and composer Yury Revich. With music by Yury Revich, video art by Dr Formalyst, and dance by Arthur Cadre, the performance will be seen through the prism of artificial intelligence, which becomes a collaborator in its own right.

The 20-minute performance begins with soundscapes, gradually evolving to integrate visual movements and dance, creating an experimental audiovisual and physical artistic experience of total immersion. In a world increasingly fragmented by modern communication tools, this event demonstrates that art remains a force capable of transcending barriers by touching our common emotions, long predating contemporary culture.

The project aims to harness this power by creating an unprecedented interaction between dance, music and visual art, supported by artificial intelligence, to offer a new perspective on human expression through the objective gaze of technology. Despite the current divide created by technology, this convergence between technology and art opens the way to powerful collective experiences that can guide us towards understanding, tolerance and mutual respect.

https://parisplus.artbasel.com/events/detail/56358/Performance-and-Exhibition-Yury-Revich-Unity/36753

Yury Revich I Olario

is interdisciplinary musician and artist, ECHO Klassik winner, International Classical Music Awards winner and UNICEF Austria Honorary Representative.

www.yuryrevich.com

INSTA / @yuryrevich

Arthur Cadre

is a French dancer, contortionist, choreographer, model, and former architect. In 2022, he was featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for his contributions to the Art & Culture field.

www.arthurcadre.com

insta / @arthurcadre

Dr Formalyst

is a visual artist, designer, software engineer, architect and design professor, currently pioneering creative uses of AI as a Fellowship fellow.

www.dr-formalyst.com

insta / @dr_formalyst

Yury Revich Unity

THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 | 7:30PM

multidisciplinary live performances

Concept+ Music YURY REVICH

Dance ARTHUR CADRE

Visual Art DR FORMALYST

40 rue de Richelieu, 75001 Paris

Invitation only

http://www.unity-art-performance.com/

Yury Revich Unity

FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2023 | 7PM

multidisciplinary live performances

Concept+ Music YURY REVICH

Dance ARTHUR CADRE

Visual Art DR FORMALYST

mercredi au samedi 13h I 19h

Librairie-boutique-café / 238 rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris 3

http://www.unity-art-performance.com/

https://www.see-marais.com/

@seemaraisparis

RSVP to: office@yuryrevich.com

new original piano composition: “POSTCARD FROM PARIS”

Austrian violinist and composer Yury Revich won the ECHO Klassik Award, the International Classical Music Award, and his recording of Saint-Georges double concertos was listed on the US Billboard classical charts in 2021. At 18, he had his Carnegie Hall debut alongside Daniil Trifonov and later debuted with Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan. Since then he has been performing at venues such as Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, London Cadogan Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Prinzregententheater Munich, Tonhalle Zurich, Leipzig Gewandhaus, BOZAR Brussels and many others.

As a soloist he performed with the La Verdi Milano, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Zagreb Soloists, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Kammerphilharmonie Potsdam, Collegium Musicum Basel, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, he toured with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and worked with conductors such as Mikhail Pletnev, Liana Isakadze, Lionel Cottet, Duncan Ward, Johannes Schlaefli, Yuri Bashmet, etc. As a prize-winning recording artist, he recorded 9 CDs for various labels, including SONY and NAXOS. Among this repertoire are works for violin and orchestra by composers such as Romberg, Doderer, Piazzolla, Saint-Georges, and Vivaldi.

Besides performing many works dedicated to him by composers like Johanna Doderer and Benjamin Rota, Yury is a keen composer. For example, recent premieres were at the World Space Week 2021 and the World Expo in Dubai in 2021.

As a traditionally trained classical musician, it has always been important for Yury to collaborate with artists across the board, within and beyond classical music.

His interest in interdisciplinary and cross-genre collaborations reaches over to contemporary art, dance, literature, and various musical genres. He collaborated with Ute Lemper, Sunnyi Melles, Cornelius Obonya, Christiane Hörbiger, Ramon Vargas, Constantin Luser, Pixie Lott, Arotin and Sergey, Gabriel Prokofiev and Gérard Depardieu. In a more classical setting he performed alongside Paul Badura-Skoda, Sumi Jo, Alexey Igudesman, Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Angelika Kirchschlager and various others.

Several of the artists mentioned above were guests in his concert series “Friday Nights with Yury Revich, ” which he established in 2015.

Born into a musical family of violinists since the 19th Century, Yury started playing the violin at age 5.

For over a decade, advocating for various charitable and philanthropic causes has been vital for him. Among his projects is the Austrian Gala Charity “All for Autism, “which he started in 2015 and advanced to one of Europe’s most significant Autism Awareness events. He created and hosted the Dreamland Gala for UNICEF for years.

Since 2021, Yury has been an Honorary Representative of UNICEF Austria. Under the invitation of the Austrian president, Yury performed at, curated, and directed the concert dedicated to the Day of Austria at the 2021/2021 World Expo in Dubai.

He has been featured by Vogue, Forbes Magazine, The Times, ORF, ZDF, Sat1, Puls4, Die Zeit Magazin, etc.

From 2016 till 2022, Yury played on a 1709 Stradivarius; currently, he plays on Guarneri del Gesa on loan from Mr. Lukas Hufnagl.

https://www.yuryrevich.com/web/index.html

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*VIP PREVIEW: Tuesday, 17 October 2023 | 11am–5pm

Access VIP Tickets

Opening Reception, 17 October 2023 | 5–8pm

(invited guests only)

Opening Hours:

Wednesday, Thursday: 12pm–7pm

Friday, Saturday: 12pm–8pm

Sunday: 12pm–6pm

18-22 October 2023

17, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009 Paris France

https://parisinternationale.com/

For the 9th edition of Paris Internationale, 71 participants from 25 countries will be taking over the Central téléphonique Le Coeur on rue Bergère, a stone’s throw from the Grands Boulevards.

Paris Internationale’s nomadism and rediscovery of Paris’s architectural heritage has become one of its hallmarks. For its 2023 edition, the fair is taking over the Central téléphonique Le Cœur on rue Bergère, a stone’s throw from the Grands Boulevards. The site will cover 5,000 square meters and four exhibition floors.

Central Bergère – 17 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009, Paris © Meggie Dejean

Erected in 1911, the building is the work of architect François Le Coeur, a student of Anatole de Baudot – himself the architect behind the famous Saint Jean church in Montmartre that mirrors some of the building’s characteristics – and admired by Auguste Perret. This original brick monolith with its reinforced concrete structure caused a scandal at its inauguration. As an under-appreciated part of Paris, an architectural tradition at the crossroads of modernism, it provides an ideal setting for the new proposals of the participating artists. This avant-garde building is adorned with wrought iron railings and art deco details designed by the sculptor Adalbert Szabo, including an unusual clock with a 24-hour dial decorated with the Zodiac signs. Its original function accompanied the beginnings of the «telephone boom» at the start of the 20th century : a window onto the Parisian, French and international artistic communities that today resonates with the spirit of Paris Internationale.

For the second year running, Paris Internationale and the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) associates through a new edition of MAINTENANT! The work of four artists that received support from Cnap will be exhibited : Eva Barto, Béatrice Lussol, Malik Nejmi and the duo Grout/Mazéas.

is a continuation of the initiatives undertaken by Cnap to support artists at different stages of their careers through targeted partnerships. This proposal aims to underline Cnap’s long-term commitment to artists and to their research, experimentation and creative work, in a specific context and at a given time: MAINTENANT! (Now!)

Centre national des arts plastiques is one of the main operators of the French Ministry of Culture’s policy regarding visual arts. On behalf of the French State, the CNAP contributes to the Fonds national d’art contemporain, a national collection that it conserves and promotes through loans and donations (in France and abroad) collaborative exhibitions, and publications. With over 107,000 works from 22,000 artists across two centuries, the collection presents a varied cross-section of artistic currents. It also helps to raise the profile of the supported projects through distribution activities. By supporting artists and professionals, including galleries, Cnap is an essential public partner, making a significant contribution to the cultural development of the French art scene.

De gauche à droite : Alessia Volpe, Anissa Touati, Gregor Staiger, Nerina Ciaccia, Silvia Ammon, Alix Dionot-Morani, Marie Lusa, Axel Dibie, Cornelia Grassi, Antoine Levi © Margot Montigny

Launched in 2015, Paris Internationale’s public programs facilitate exchanges and conversations about art between members of the international art worlds. With events held in informal and unconventional formats, the public programs take place throughout the fair and are accessible for free. 2023’s Talks programme will celebrate the spread of the artists from the PI community throughout France’s institutions.

Wednesday 18th october, 5pm

Claire Le Restif (curator and director of Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine) in conversation with Caroline Bachmann (artist), on the occasion of her first solo exhibition in a French institution entitled

Le Matin.

Thursday 19th october, 12am

Martha Wilson (artist), in conversation with Sylvie Boulanger (curator and adviser) and Muriel Enjalran (curator and director of FRAC Sud), on the occasion of her exhibition Invisible – works on aging (1972-2022) at FRAC Sud – Cité de l’art contemporain in Marseille and the 10th Collector’s edition box for the Laughing Cow by Martha Wilson produced by Lab’Bel.

Thursday 19th October, 4.30pm – “Eco-responsibility in visual arts institutions around the world, what kind of experience for the artists? “

Conference organized by Elaine Alain & ADAGP

Thursday 19th October, 5.30pm – “TextWork”

Conversation between Chus Martinez (curator, art historian and writer), Martine Aballéa (artist) and Pauline Autet (curator et editor), moderated by Anissa Touati and Marie Canet.

Friday 2Oth October, 12am – “Fondant”

A conversation between Vincent Honoré (curator), Anissa Touati and Zoé Williams (artist), on the occasion of Fondant, the artist’s first institutional solo in France at la friche la belle de mai, Marseille.

Friday 20th October, 5pm – “Shifting identities”

Daria de Beauvais (curator) in discussion with Jakob Lena Knebl (artist) on the occasion of his exhibition «Doppelganger!» at the Palais de Tokyo, in a duo show with Ashley Hans Scheirl.

Saturday 21st October, 5pm –

“The sun is a form of writing, a force”

A conversation between Fabien Danesi (Director of the FRAC Corse), Mélissa Epaminondi (Artistic Director of Casa Conti – Ange Leccia), Ange Leccia (artist), Prisca Meslier (Director of De Renava) and Natacha Delmon Casanova (Artistic director of the Providenzza residency).

Samedi 21 octobre, 18h00 – “Une rétrospective dérivée (1993-2023)”

Conversation between Cédric Fauq (curator) and Mathieu Laurette (artist) on the occasion of the exhibiton « Matthieu Laurette : Une rétrospective dérivée (1993 – 2023) » at MAC VAL museum.

Paris Internationale is also renewing Daily Dérives, its program of conversations led by emblematic personalities of the art world. These highlights will take the form of guided tours inside Paris Internationale 2022. As they progress through the four floors of the venue, curators, museum directors, artists, heads of foundations, collectors (sometimes all of the above) will exchange about the artworks on view in a flâneur spirit.

https://parisinternationale.com/#public-programs

Paris Internationale
s’associe une nouvelle fois au Cnap
Pour la deuxième année consécutive, Paris Internationale et le Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) s’associent pour un programme intitulé Maintenant ! Quatre artistes Eva Barto, Béatrice Lussol, Malik Nejmi et le duo Grout/Mazéas sont invités à exposer un projet artistique issu d’un soutien du Cnap.Maintenant ! s’inscrit dans la continuité des actions mises en œuvre par le Cnap pour accompagner, dans le cadre de partenariats ciblés, des artistes à différents moments de leurs parcours et des développements de leurs projets. Cette proposition vise à souligner l’engagement dans le temps long du Cnap auprès des artistes et en faveur de leur travail de recherche, d’expérimentation et de création, dans un contexte spécifique et un temps donné : Maintenant !

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ALBERTINA

Gottfried Helnwein, Pink Mouse 2, 2016
Öl, Acryl auf Leinwand
ALBERTINA, Wien © Gottfried Helnwein | Bildrecht Wien, 2023

ab 24. Oktober 2023

SprecherInnen:

Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Generaldirektor der ALBERTINA

Kuratorin: Elsy Lahner

Ausstellung: 25.10.2023 – 18.2.2024

Öffnungszeiten: Täglich | 10 – 18

Mittwoch & Freitag | 10 – 21

Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Wien

https://www.albertina.at/ausstellungen/gottfried-helnwein-23/

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zeigt die ALBERTINA eine große Ausstellung der Werke der letzten drei Jahrzehnte. Das Werk des in Wien geborenen Künstlers Gottfried

Helnwein ist von der Auseinandersetzung mit den Themen Schmerz, Verletzung und Gewalt geprägt. Als zentrales Motiv dient ihm die Figur des noch unschuldigen, verletzbaren und

wehrlosen Kindes, das stellvertretend alle psychologischen und gesellschaftlichen Ängste verkörpert. Gewalt an Kindern, Kindesmissbrauch, auch die politische Vereinnahmung und

Instrumentalisierung des noch unbeschriebenen Geistes stellt Helnwein mit der ihm eigenen, albtraumhaften Bildsprache eindringlich dar.

Gottfried Helnwein, Epiphany 1 (The Adoration of the Magi 3), 2013
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ALBERTINA, Wien | Dauerleihgabe von Gottfried und Renate Helnwein © Gottfried Helnwein | Bildrecht Wien, 2023

Sein zweites großes Thema ist das Dritte Reich der Nazis: Helnwein sieht darin den Gipfel einer verbrecherischen Diktatur, eine ebenso erbarmungslose wie kalt kalkulierende

Vernichtungsmaschinerie. Es sind jedoch Nachstellungen mit Naziunformen, die uns daran erinnern, dass der Totalitarismus von damals bis in unsere Tage hinein brandaktuell geblieben ist.

Diese hyperrealistischen Bilder, die immer nach einer fotografischen Vorlage entstehen, bestechen durch ihre technische Perfektion. Helnwein gilt bis heute als Provokateur, übt er doch von Beginn an mit seinen Werken Kritik an der Gesellschaft: „Meine Arbeit war eigentlich immer ein Versuch, mit dem, was auf mich wirkt, zurechtzukommen oder darauf zu reagieren.“

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Helnwein stellt das Böse, das Nihilistische dar, gleich einem Vexierspiel, in dem das Zerstörerische durch die scheinheilige Fassade zu verleiten sucht. Seine berühmte Mickey

Mouse, die mit ihrem zweifelhaften Lächeln bedrohlich wirkt, deutet auf das Unglück der Manipulation der Jugend hin. Das geschändete, gepeinigte Kind zieht sich so als konstante

Projektionsfläche einer Gesellschaft hindurch, die unfähig zum Frieden scheint.

Kuratorin: Elsy Lahner

Helnwein and “In the Heat of the Night”
oil and acrylic on canvas, 1999

Gottfried Helnwein

Nachts war mein Kinderzimmer in ein tiefes rotes Licht getaucht – meine Spielsachen, die Möbel, mein Bett, meine Hände – alles hatte die gleiche Farbe und schien aus demselben weichen Material zu sein. Als wären die Naturgesetze aufgehoben, schien alle Materie von innen heraus zu glühen. Die Ursache dieser roten Wundernächte war der riesige leuchtende Stern der Roten Armee auf dem Dach der Fabrik gegenüber, der nachts seine Glut in meine Kinderstube goß.

Die Tage hingegen waren grau, zäh wie Schleim und von grenzenloser Langeweile, alles erschien mir unwirklich und häßlich. Es war das Wien der Nachkriegszeit, in dem ich aufgewachsen bin. Ich lebte mit meinen Eltern in Favoriten, einem traditionellen Wiener Arbeiterbezirk, der damals zur sowjetischen Besatzungszone gehörte. Das Haus, in dem wir wohnten, fristete ein kümmerliches Dasein zwischen einer Gießerei aus der Jahrhundertwende und einem grauen Monstrum von Fabrikanlage aus der Nazizeit, welches nun auf dem Dach das Zeichen seiner neuen Herren trug, eben jenen gewaltigen roten Stern.

In meiner Erinnerung ist alles rostig und staubig. Die Straßen waren wie ausgestorben, nichts bewegte sich, niemand sprach. Die wenigen Menschen, die ich sah, waren gedrungen, unförmig, gebeugt. Eine Welt, die stille stand, ohne Geräusche, ohne Farbe, ohne Bewegung, nur manchmal durchbrochen vom Knattern eines klobigen Lastwagens, der vollbeladen mit russischen Soldaten mit Karacho durch die Straße fuhr.

Dann war es wieder still.

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