Sexcession - Sex in the City
16. March 2010, 12:38:19 unter: Austria, German, Interviews, Podcasts, Video, ViennaSwinger’s club in the Secession, blue sperm, and “Bar Rectum” in the Museumsquartier! Sexplosion in the city? Going Artsy - We get our art criticism off the street.
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The Swiss artist, Christoph Büchel, is presenting a swinger’s club in the basement of the Secession. The “Bar Rectum”, the dark blue sperm, “Darwin”, and the “Bikini Bar” from the Dutch studio van Lieshout, are all currently being featured in the courtyard of the Museumsquartier in Vienna.
We’re not sure whether this is a reference to art legend Peter Weibel’s 1983 “Sex in the City”, or a never-before-seen “Sexplosion”, as it was referred to in a daily rag. After a portion of the Viennese population responded through an initial, spontaneous outpouring of letters to the editor, the public reaction has calmed down a bit. With our camera team in tow, we braved the streets of Vienna in order to gage public opinion for ourselves. Going Artsy - Art criticism hits the streets. In collaboration with the Schuberttheater Vienna. (wh/jn)
