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Performances
World Premiere
19.03. –
21.03.
2026

MICHIKAZU MATSUNE

Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

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© Michikazu Matsune

Artist Michikazu Matsune is brilliant at sleeping badly. His new work, made with performers Camilla Schielin, Evandro Pedroni and Julia Zastava, invites the audience into a shared space of curiosity, knowledge and exploration within the world of sleeplessness and troubles associated with our nightly act of (un)resting. 

Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners) gently dissolves the boundaries between wakefulness and slumber, opening up a poetic encounter with the restless moments that haunt our nights. Laden with quiet humor and thoughtful observation, Matsune creates a reflective environment in which insomnia becomes a lens to consider our human condition. Evoking subtle tensions between rest and unrest, the performance encourages audiences to reconsider sleep not just as a biological necessity, but as a richly layered terrain of imagination, vulnerability, and collective experience. 

Featured artworks by Elisabeth Molin, Ida Kammerloch, Jannis Neumann, Karen Werner, Rosa Wiesauer, Julia Zastava, and Michikazu Matsune

Listen to Non-stop Lullabies by Karen Werner – a 24/7 broadcast of lullabies in various languages, sung by 60 contributors who share their personal connection to the songs – on radiomulte.live, available until 30 March 2026. 

Duration

70 Min

Location

TQW Studios

Price

€ 16/12

Additional Information

In English. No chairs; the audience will be seated on a carpet. If you need a fixed seat, please book in advance at tanzquartier@tqw.at, and we will be happy to accommodate your request.

  • Dates

    • THU
      19.03.

      Michikazu Matsune

      Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

      19:00 – 20:10

      TQW Studios

      Additional Information

      Remaining tickets at the evening box office

    • THU
      19.03.

      Michikazu Matsune

      Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

      20:30 – 21:40

      TQW Studios

      Additional Information

      Remaining tickets at the evening box office

    • FRI
      20.03.

      Michikazu Matsune

      Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

      19:00 – 20:10

      TQW Studios

      Additional Information

      In English. No chairs; the audience will be seated on a carpet. If you need a fixed seat, please book in advance at tanzquartier@tqw.at, and we will be happy to accommodate your request.

    • SAT
      21.03.

      Michikazu Matsune

      Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

      19:00 – 20:10

      TQW Studios

      Additional Information

      In English. No chairs; the audience will be seated on a carpet. If you need a fixed seat, please book in advance at tanzquartier@tqw.at, and we will be happy to accommodate your request.

  • Supporting Program

    • FRI
      20.03.

      15:00 – 16:30

      Michikazu Matsune

      Workshop on Stage

      Time

      15:00 – 16:30

      Location

      TQW Studios

      Duration

      90 Min

      Price

      € 15

    • SAT
      21.03.

      14:00 – 18:00

      Michikazu Matsune

      Beyond Sleep

      Time

      14:00 – 18:00

      Location

      TQW Studios

      Duration

      240 Min

      Price

      Free admission

  • Artist Bio

    Michikazu Matsune

    Originally from the seaside town of Kobe and based in Vienna since the 1990s, Michikazu Matsune is an artist working at the crossroads between documentary and conceptual performance, where poetry, humor, the absurd, and criticism meet. Developing projects in various formats, ranging from stage performances to participatory projects and publications, his body of work explores the friction between cultural ascriptions and social identifications, individual experiences and collective histories, the public and the private. Matsune’s ongoing struggle with insomnia led him to initiate The Institute of Sleepless Nights (since 2022), a study group and practice-based research project devoted to the art of sleeplessness and to numerous issues related to the nightly act of (un)resting. He teaches performance art at the University of Arts Linz. 

    michikazumatsune.info

  • Credits

    Concept, artistic direction Michikazu Matsune Performance Camilla Schielin, Evandro Pedroni, Julia Zastava, Michikazu Matsune Featured artworks by Elisabeth Molin, Ida Kammerloch, Jannis Neumann, Karen Werner, Rosa Wiesauer, Julia Zastava, Michikazu Matsune Costume Julia Zastava Space Michikazu Matsune, Julia Zastava Light design Yasemin Duru Artistic & dramaturgical consultation Francesca Romana Audretsch Production management Franziska Zaida Schrammel

    A production by Studio Matsune / Verein Violet Lake Co-produced by Tanzquartier Wien With kind support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS)

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    © Elsa Okazaki

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    © Elsa Okazaki

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