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Performance
World Premiere

a leaking encyclopedia of the now

08.10. –
10.10.
2026

KARIN PAUER

ghosts & monsters

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© Karolina Miernik

With haunting sensitivity, Karin Pauer explores the resonances of the planetary catastrophe and a world that is in the process of decaying and evolving at the same time. ghosts & monsters takes shape between two gestures – naming and perceiving – to encounter both that which disappears and that which emerges. The ghosts of times gone by brush against new monstrous formations: radiation that seeps into the ground, bionic robots that patrol disaster areas, mushrooms with healing powers or toxins, medieval bestiaries, and modern data centers. To the haunting sounds of Rozi Mákó, the five dancers persistently navigate through these conflicting forces. The theater space becomes a delicate landscape – one that quakes under the pressure of intertwined temporalities. Inspired by Inger Christensen’s 1981 poem Alphabet and texts by anthropologist Anna Tsing, Karin Pauer’s choreography proposes an ethic of mindfulness. 

Time

19:00–21:00

Location

TQW Halle G

Duration

120 Min

Price

€ 28/23/14

Additional Information

Visitor note: The audience is free to move around the room and change seats during the performance. You may also leave and re-enter the theater at any time. Seating is available.

Trigger warning: strobe lights, heavy bass, high volume

  • Dates

    • THU
      08.10.

      Karin Pauer

      ghosts & monsters

      19:00 – 21:00

      TQW Halle G

      Additional Information

      Visitor note: The audience is free to move around the room and change seats during the performance. You may also leave and re-enter the theater at any time. Seating is available.

      Trigger warning: strobe lights, heavy bass, high volume

    • FRI
      09.10.

      Karin Pauer

      ghosts & monsters

      19:00 – 21:00

      TQW Halle G

      Additional Information

      Visitor note: The audience is free to move around the room and change seats during the performance. You may also leave and re-enter the theater at any time. Seating is available.

      Trigger warning: strobe lights, heavy bass, high volume

    • SAT
      10.10.

      Karin Pauer

      ghosts & monsters

      19:00 – 21:00

      TQW Halle G

      Additional Information

      Visitor note: The audience is free to move around the room and change seats during the performance. You may also leave and re-enter the theater at any time. Seating is available.

      Trigger warning: strobe lights, heavy bass, high volume

  • Supporting Program

    • THU
      08.10.

      18:30 – 18:50

      Introduction

      In German

      Time

      18:30 – 18:50

      Location

      TQW Halle E, Foyer

      Duration

      20 Min

      Price

      Free admission

  • Artist Bio

    Karin Pauer

    is a performer and choreographer based in Vienna. All her pieces are informed by exploring relationships, the in-between, empathy and togetherness. She investigates these notions by combining embodied choreographic practices with language, visual art and live music. In 2008, she finished her BA in choreography at the ArtEZ Institute of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Since then, she has worked with artists such as Katrin Hornek, Aldo Giannotti, Maureen Kägi, Anna Maria Nowak, Doris Uhlich and Random Scream/Davis Freeman. From 2014 to 2019, she regularly co-operated with the Austrian-based dance company Liquid Loft/Chris Haring and has been the recipient of the danceWEB scholarship, the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office’s START scholarship, and was part of the Creative Crossroads Platform by LifeLongBurning. Her own creations have been presented, among other places, at ImPulsTanz, Tanzquartier Wien, brut Wien, Donaufestival, Wiener Festwochen, Secession Wien, Kunstforum Bank Austria, Belvedere 21 and at international venues. karinpauer.com

  • Credits

    Artistic direction, choreography Karin Pauer Creation, performance Hugo Le Brigand, Ixchel Mendoza Hernández, Stella Covi, Alberto Cissello, Karin Pauer Live sound Rozi Mákó Space Eva Engelbert Light space Sveta Schwin Costume Karin Pauer, Eva Engelbert Outside eye Aldo Giannotti Production Marijeta Karlovic-Graf Administration Takelage

    A co-production by Kunstverein ARGO/Karin Pauer and Tanzquartier Wien. Funded by Stadt Wien Kultur (MA 7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS).

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    © Karolina Miernik

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    © Karolina Miernik

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    © Eva Engelbert

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    © Karolina Miernik