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108 siting futurity opposition to Haider and the far right” (Varney 2010, 113). In contrast the protestors were very pleased by the action: Mathias Lilienthal recalls the way that the situation was defused by selecting a delegation of six protestors to bring their message to the “asylum seekers”: “We want to liber- ate you! We want to bring you freedom! We are from the anti-fascistic front!,” they shout. The situation is defused as Schlingensief’s team accede to releasing the “asylum seek- ers” — though this is shown to amount to little more than bundling them into the same black Mercedes as was used to take previous “losers” to be “deported” — and one of the protestors is shown happy and smiling, declaring that “Now they will all be freed.” (T. Schmidt 2011, 6–7) In the online Neue Lager Zeitung that documented the events of the action, a boastful headline read “The Fortress was Stormed; the Asylum Seekers Almost Freed,” with the action of the “Wiederstandsdemonstration” [“resistance demonstration”] likened to “Indians” attacking a fort in a wild-west film. The text goes on to assure readers that “the asylum seekers are in safety — they are well” (“Die Burg ist gestürmt: Asylanten fast befreit” 2000), as though the demonstrators were a greater dan- ger to the asylum seekers than the conservative crowds that gathered daily around the container.10 One sees a similar pro- 10 The original text describing the incident reads: “Widerstandsdemonstra- tion griff an! Wie im Wildwestfilm: Das Fort von Indianern überwältigt. Die allwöchentliche Demonstration zog zum Container und beinahe mit ein. Die Asylanten sind in Sicherheit — es geht ihnen gut. Donner- stag abend, kurz nach 20 Uhr. Lagerleiter Schlingensief verliest gerade die Namen derer, die abgeschoben werden sollen. Eine Menschenmenge bewegt sich auf die Container zu: Trotz verstärkter Security war es nicht möglich, die einzelnen Stürmer zurückzuhalten. Sie kletterten über den Zaun, drangen durch die Türen, stiegen über das Vordach des Containers in den Innenhof. Ihr gemeinsames Ziel: Die Asylanten zu befreien und das Transparent mit dem Text ‘Ausländer raus’ herunterzureißen. Beides gel- ang nur fast. Die Containerinsassen wurden vom Team der Lagerleitung und der Security mit einem Wagen in Sicherheit gebracht. Heute sind sie
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Siting Futurity The “Feel Good” Tactical Radicalism of Contemporary Culture in and around Vienna
Title
Siting Futurity
Subtitle
The “Feel Good” Tactical Radicalism of Contemporary Culture in and around Vienna
Author
Susan Ingram
Publisher
punctumbooks
Location
New York
Date
2021
Language
English
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
ISBN
978-1-953035-48-6
Size
12.6 x 20.2 cm
Pages
224
Keywords
activism, Austria, contemporary art, contemporary theater, protest culture, radicalism, social protest, Vienna
Category
Geographie, Land und Leute

Table of contents

  1. Preface 11
  2. Introduction 19
  3. 1. (Re)Forming Vienna’s Culture of Resistance: The Proletenpassions @ #Arena 39
  4. 2. Converting Kebab and Currency into Community on Planet #Ottakring 57
  5. 3. Lazarus’s Necropolitical Afterlife at Vienna’s #Volkstheater 81
  6. 4. Hardly Homemad(e): #Schlingensief’s Container 101
  7. 5. From Grand Hotels to Tiny Treasures: Wes Anderson and the Ruin Porn Worlds of Yesterday 119
  8. 6. Capitalism, Schizophrenia, and #Vanlife: The Alpine Edukation of Hans Weingarter 143
  9. 7. #Hallstatt: Welcome to Jurassic World 161
  10. Bibliography 189
  11. Filmography 215
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