Voyage Into Infinity - Narcissister - Vienna Festival 2026

US performance star Narcissister’s latest work is centred around an installation as she brings an oversized chain reaction machine made of recycled everyday objects to the stage. Three masked performers are driving the action. A falling discus thrower (pin-up boy of Nazi propaganda), a marble run that goes up in flames, vaginal fireworks are elements of a choreographed game about cause and effect. In contrast to the inspirational film The Way Things Go (1987) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, which covered up the male interference (i.e., editing) in such a game, Narcissister is foregrounding the female, partly nude performers as driving forces. Equipped with emblematic, doll-like Narcissister masks, they become projection spaces and provide an eerie commentary on entrenched beauty ideals and the objectification of women. Voyage Into Infinity is humour, critique and visual spectacle rolled into one: raw energy and punk spirit.

Recommended for ages 16+

The performance contains nudity.

Duration: approx. 60 min

programma

Voyage into Infinity

Narcissister

Luogo

Il MuseumsQuartier (Quartiere dei Musei), o MQ, è un complesso museale di Vienna.

Situato nel distretto di Neubau, occupa un'area di 60.000 m² e contiene al suo interno edifici barocchi e di architettura moderna. Costituisce uno dei dieci complessi dedicati all'arte più grandi del mondo.

All'interno del complesso si trovano i seguenti musei:

Architekturzentrum Wien, museo di architettura
Leopold Museum, dove è esposta la collezione Rudolf Leopold
KUNSTHALLE wien, galleria d'arte
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), museo di arte moderna e contemporanea
ZOOM Kindermuseum, museo per bambini