Michaela Falkner

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Michaela Falkner (* 1970 in Kollerschlag ) is an Austrian writer and performance artist who works under the name FALKNER.

Life

Michaela Falkner received her doctorate in political psychology from the University of Vienna with a thesis on verbal constructs . She understands her artistic work, consisting of radio plays and written text, as a complete work of art and focuses on the text form of the manifesto. In 2015, Falkner took part in the competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize with her text Manifest 47 / Krieger seine Bruder sein .

Publications

  • 2005 A fucking masterpiece , Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3707600734
  • 2006 Falkner II: a morality in seventeen pictures , Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2006. ISBN 9783707600896
  • 2009 cold sweat attacks. Requiem for / for euphoria open knees , St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residenz-Verlag, 2009. ISBN 9783701715091
  • 2011 You're bleeding, you're bleeding , St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residenz-Verlag, 2011. ISBN 9783701715688

Radio plays

  • 2012 Manifest 38 / Just the second or two that one needs not to give up, to shout "Liar, Liar, Liar" as soon as they appear again , Director: the author (WDR)
  • 2014 Manifest 42 / Robing hearts where love would be enough , director: the author, composition: Manfred Engelmayr (WDR)
  • 2014 Manifest 44 / The black funeral procession, blackbird, thrush, finch and star, the raven, the raven, the eagle owl, the eagle owl , director: the author, composition: Manfred Engelmayr, Bulbul (ORF) ORF radio play award of criticism
  • 2015 Manifest 49 / Outside under the open sky , Director: Hannah Georgi, Composition: Andreas Bick (WDR) Best acting performance for Birte Schnöink and Christian Löber at the German Radio Play Award of the ARD
  • 2016 Mainfest 50 / You may kill me if you love me , director: the author, composition: Manfred Engelmayr (HR) radio play of the month November 2016
  • 2017 Manifest 51 / Der Vogel, der Vogel , director: the author, composition: Manfred Engelmayr (WDR)
  • 2018 Manifest 53 / Hymns Against the Middle Position , Director: the author, Composition: Manfred Engelmayr (ORF)

Awards and grants

  • 2006/2011/2013 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
  • 2008 Elias Canetti Scholarship
  • 2008 Theodor Körner Prize
  • 2009 Adalbert Stifter grant
  • 2010 Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 2010/11 project grant for literature from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (bmukk)
  • 2011/12 state scholarship for literature from the bmukk
  • 2015 ORF radio play award of criticism for Manifest 44 / The black funeral procession, blackbird, thrush, finch and star, the raven, the raven, the eagle owl, the eagle owl
  • 2016 Radio Play of the Month November for Manifest 50 / You can kill me if you love me

All the manifestos

  • Manifest 01 / A BOW TO SERIOUSNESS The "Intro" to the author and manifesto series (MAKnite, Museum for Applied Arts Vienna, April 10, 2005)
  • Manifesto 02 / WAR IN MIND - THE DIFFICULTY TO LEAVE BEAUTY IN THE VILLAGE Preamble to the State Treaty of May 15, 2005, regarding the return of Austria to the world and myself (MAKnite, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Vienna, May 3, 2005)
  • Manifest 03 / YOUR WERE MY LAST HIGH COME BEAUTIFUL ANGELS TOGETHER DISPATCH THE PLOT A plea for the text type manifest; Proclaiming and postulating as a means of intervention, wanting to do things with words (MAKnite, Museum for Applied Arts Vienna, May 17, 2005)
  • Manifesto 04 / COUNTING ON ME LOVING YOU BACK - A REJECTION A text about the contempt of my audience (MAKnite, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Wien, May 31, 2005)
  • Manifesto 05 / FIND SOMEONE ON A DEALED LAND - VALIDATE ON THE WIRE FENCE A text on the onslaught on the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta (MAKnite, Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, October 11, 2005)
  • Manifest 06 / BLOOD HAS SLIDED IN THE SHOE BONE - IN ALL CASES REFERENCES A Tribute to Ludwig! (MAKnite, Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, November 8, 2005)
  • Manifest 07 / A GOLD RUSCH - IN ANY CASE NOTHING WITH PLAYING CARDS To smell an adventure longing to come across the world (MAKnite, Museum for Applied Arts Vienna, November 22, 2005)
  • Manifest 08 / HIDE AND SEEK - MAKING MONEY ON THE WIRE FENCE A text about the wave of refugees from North Africa (date Seiten der Zeit, 11/2006)
  • Manifesto 09 / I COMMAND TEN THOUSAND MEN I BRAGA - WARLORD AND WARLADY A text on the Iraq war (date pages of the time, 11/2006)
  • Manifesto 10 / VERY CAREFULLY CHOSEN DETERMINATIONS FOR THE MOMENT - KEEP Vigil for the fall A text about Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (Date Pages der Zeit, 11/2006)
  • Manifest 11 / BLACK IS THE NIGHT WITH TWO THREE SIMPLES - MEASURING YOUR OWN GRAVE A text on the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Klosterneuburg (date Seiten der Zeit, 11/2006; Viennafair-st / a / r, 04/2007)
  • Manifest 12 / EXTINCTION OR ELSE FINDING THE EARNED DEAD - LEAD AND FOLLOW Manifesto for the performance & installation “The Execution of Ludwig. A theatrical hymn ”; MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (November 7-10, 2006)
  • Manifesto 13 / AND WHERE THEN A PILLOW IS EMBROIDERED: “IN THE NIGHT THROUGH FIELDS WHERE SEVERAL HUNDRED BULLS ARE!” - a document of infamy - as part of the reading in the “library of unread books” on the topic: cowardly (04/28/2007 )
  • Manifesto 14 / WRONG IS THE WILL TO WANT TO SURVIVE A manifesto on the subject of suicide. In: st / a / r (spring 2008)
  • Manifesto 15 / ONE FOLLOWS THAT WHO LOVES. SILENT public space Vienna (October 16, 2007)
  • Manifesto 16 / VORHUT BEHIND WEINEN Public Space Vienna ( October 17, 2007 )
  • Manifesto 17 / AND HOW YOU LIE IN THE SUNSHINE ON THE WIESE Public Space Vienna ( October 18, 2007 )
  • Manifesto 18 / I AM THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU ! Public Space Vienna (October 19, 2007)
  • Manifesto 19 / DO YOU LOVE ME FOR EVER FOR THOSE THREE DAYS? Public Space Vienna (October 20, 2007)
  • Manifesto 20 / SUCKING ON BLOOD KEES WITH SUGAR IN SALIVA - GUESS WHOS COMING Opening brut (09.-10.11.2007)
  • Manifest 21 / THIS IS NOT A GAME OF CHANCE. PERFORMING A DEATHERN GAME Manifesto on the occasion of the premiere of “FALKNER vs. SET. Linguistic Combat Units # 1 “in the Graz Literature House; Type of weapon: darts. (02/28/2008); Literaturhaus Vienna (April 23, 2008)
  • Manifest 22 / AN ANGEL WENT UP IN FLAMES. PERFORMING A DEATHERN GAME 4-hour performance on the balcony of the School for Poetry (sfd), Vienna ( May 3rd, 2008 )
  • Manifest 23 / PERFORMING A DEATHERN GAME. ONE FOLLOWS THE ONE WHO LOVES. LAUTLOS Manifesto as part of the 72-hour performance / installation “THIS IS THE STORY. Yearning Creatures # 1 "in the Forum Stadtpark, Graz (September 23-25, 2008)
  • Manifesto 24 / MAKING MONEY ON THE MACHINE WIRE FENCE A manifesto on the current political situation: Migration and Europe
  • Manifest 25 / COME WE BUILD A CITY To the Pixelhotel Linz 09, In: "91 ° More than Architecture" (06.2009)
  • Manifest 26 / ACCORDING TO HUNTING RULES MAK, Museum Moderne Kunst Vienna ( May 16, 2009 )
  • Manifest 27 / ZURECHTHAUEN. Then he burned the house down Farewell Sigrid Gareis, Tanzquartier Wien (26.06.2009)
  • Manifesto 28 / you are bleeding you are bleeding! Anthology "Erich Fried Days 2009" (08/11/2009)
  • Manifesto 29 / BRING MY HEAD OFF! Manifesto series on Ö1 / ex libris (01.11.2009)
  • Manifesto 30 / BRING MY HEAD OFF! Manifesto series on Ö1 / ex libris (08.11.2009)
  • Manifesto 31 / BRING MY HEAD OFF! Manifesto series on Ö1 / ex libris (15.11.2009)
  • Manifest 32 / BRING THE HEAD OF ME! Manifesto series on Ö1 / ex libris (November 22, 2009)
  • Manifest 33 / BRING MY HEAD OFF! Manifesto series on Ö1 / ex libris (29.11.2009)
  • Manifest 34 / MANIFEST 34 Contribution to the festival magazine 2010 Steirischer Herbst (09.2010)
  • Manifest 35 / WITH A BIG GESTURE AGAINST THE MIDDLE SITUATION On the occasion of the publication of FALKNER's book "Du blutest, du blutest" (02.2011)
  • Manifesto 36 / Hold the other cheek too. Storytelling with a blue-frozen voice (In: "Mythos Bachmann. Between staging and self-staging", Zsolnay Verlag 2011)
  • Manifesto 37 / HOW IT IS THAT YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD NEVER WANT TO SURVIVE, ALWAYS CALL HEAVEN HEAVEN? Manifesto for the series "I ask myself ..." in the daily newspaper "Der Standard" (01.10.2011)
  • Manifest 38 / ONLY THE SECOND OR TWO, which one needs to not give up, to shout "Liars, liars, liars" as soon as they appear again Radio play for WDR (text, director, speaker; first broadcast: September 1, 2012, WDR 3 )
  • Manifest 39 / WITH A GREAT GESTURE AGAINST THE MIDDLE SITE 1st interdisciplinary symposium of the hoergeREDE series, Graz (March 2nd, 2013) Due to FALKNER's illness, the manifest could never be announced.
  • Manifest 40 / SLEEP ONCE, THEN WE APPROACH Manifesto for the live broadcast “Nachtquartier auf Ö1”, on the topic: “Algeria. How much revolution can a human life endure? "(04/10/2014)
  • Manifesto 41 / WE WANT THIS WAR! Text sound piece as part of the festival hoergeREDE 13 (text & voice: FALKNER; music & voices: bulbul; Minoritensaal Graz, premiere October 26, 2013)
  • Manifest 42 / RAUBEN HERZEN WHERE LOVE WOULD ENOUGH Radio play for WDR (text and direction; first broadcast: March 22, 2014, WDR 3)
  • Manifesto 43.1 - 43.11 / STRATEGY. A station drama 11 short dialogues as part of the exhibition “I saw foggy land. On the relationship between art and literature "(Museum of Modern Art Carinthia; November 14, 2013– February 16, 2014)
  • Manifest 44 / THE BLACK TRAUERZUG, AMSEL, DROSSEL, FINK UND STAR, DER RABE, DER RABE, DER UHU, DER UHU radio play for ORF (text and direction; first broadcast May 13, 2014, Ö1)
  • Manifesto 45.1 - 45.6 / SINGING SONGS IN THE DARK FOREST Six-part manifesto for Ö1 ("Thoughts for the day"; 23-28.07.14)
  • Manifesto 46 / THEN IT STOPS AGAIN, THEN IT STARTS AGAIN An evening on the subject of revolution and counterrevolution. (Concept & staging; WP November 4, 2014; Alte Schmiede, around the Alte Schmiede)
  • Manifest 47 / KRIEGER SEIN, BROTHER SEIN Text nominated for the Bachmann Prize 2015
  • Manifest 48 / AMSEL DROSSEL FINK UND STAR play
  • Manifest 49 / DRAUSSEN UNDER FREIEM HIMMEL radio play for WDR (text; first broadcast: December 5, 2015, WDR 3)
  • Manifest 50 / YOU MAY KILL ME IF YOU LOVE ME Radio play for HR (text & direction; first broadcast: November 16, 2016, HR 2 Kultur)
  • Manifest 51 / DER VOGEL, DER VOGEL radio play for WDR (text & direction; broadcast: January 19, 2017, WDR 3)
  • Manifest 52 / STURM BRICHT LOS STURM BRICHT LOS in: Seismography of the radio play
  • Manifest 53 / HYMNEN WIDER DIE MITTELLAGE radio play for the ORF (text & direction, first broadcast: May 27, 2018, Ö1)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Vienna, Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies, dissertations. [1]
  2. ↑ Printemps of poètes Luxembourg [2]
  3. ↑ Bachmann Prize 2015: the authors [3]
  4. ↑ Austrian State Scholarship for Literature [4]
  5. ↑ German Academy of Performing Arts (ed.): Seismography of the radio play . 40 years of radio play of the month 1977-2017, 30 years of radio play of the year 1987-2017. Belleville Verlag Michael Farin, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-946875-21-5 , pp. 380 . ,


personal data
SURNAME Falkner, Michaela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES FALKNER (in capital letters)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Kollerschlag , Austria