TR4NSFORMA

TR4NSFORMA is a new festival introduced to the Viennese cultural scene by 4lthangrund / Galerie Utopia. This festival explores transformational arts through the dynamic interplay of sound, music, movement, space, and interaction. It seeks to expand the concept of performance and performativity, considering the idea that performance is not just an act or presentation, but an ongoing expression of transformation - an experience that reshapes the environment in which it occurs.

The festival is built around the concept of transformance, an evolving artistic method that challenges established norms of communication and expression. Transformance redefines performance as a process of reinvention, where artists and audience are co-creators of a mutual environment. The festival provides a platform for artists to express their individual and collective experiences while encouraging collaboration and interaction towards the audience.

By engaging performative elements such as sound, music, movement, and social awareness, this form of artistic expression brings together artists and audiences in shared spaces of transformation. It cherishes meaningful connections between cross-cultural communities, encouraging thoughtful relationships within creative spaces.

Through these empowering experiences, the TR4NSFORMA festival challenges the connections of performance art and the community. By charging this innovative process, TR4NSFORMA becomes an ecstasy for change, where art transforms into a living, dynamic exchange that reflects, influences, and reshapes artistic and societal perspectives.

Transformance artists: Alexandru Cosarca, Kasho Chualan, Marie Cherie, plurale, Your Club is not my Club: Theodora Hergheligiu, Johanna Kalinke, Réka Novák, Angelo Beltrame Márk Seres.

Curator: Marko Markovic
Production: Mena Huber
Design: Lorena Tabares Salamanca