Open House Oberwart
The Open House Oberwart (abbreviation: OHO) is an art and cultural center in the city of Oberwart in Burgenland .
history
The Offene Haus Oberwart emerged from the former "Verein Jugendhaus Oberwart", which was founded in Oberwart in 1980 and initially addressed social issues with an actionist attitude, as well as the population with unresolved issues, especially in dealing with the Roma ethnic group in the Oberwart area . faced. In the course of time an autonomous cultural work developed at the place. The global political upheavals of 1989 , which had a very special impact on Burgenland as a border region to the Eastern Bloc , led to the establishment of the "Open House Oberwart". The publisher edition lex liszt 12 was established at his address, Lisztgasse 12, in 1992founded, which publishes contemporary literature from and about Burgenland to this day (but now at a different address) . A major turning point in the history of the Oberwart Open House was the attack by Franz Fuchs on February 5, 1995 in Oberwart , in which four members of the Roma ethnic group were killed. In the subsequent analysis and reflection, the social and cultural-political importance of the OHO in view of the ethnic and cultural diversity in Burgenland was increasingly perceived by the public. In 1997 the house was completely renovated and partly rebuilt. Architecturally, the old and new parts merged into a new whole. Especially after the turn of the millennium, the house established itself as an autonomous art and cultural center with a claim to social discourse. The content focus is on regional topics of supraregional importance. Above all, contemporary theater productions (by Peter Wagner among others ) were a concern of the operators from the start, as there is still no permanent place for contemporary drama in Burgenland .
Awards
- 2013 Austrian Art Prize for cultural initiatives , laudation by Katharina Tiwald
- 2014 Bank Austria Art Prize , Regional category
activity
Today the activity of the Open House Oberwart extends to almost all areas of contemporary art . There are regular exhibitions of visual artists, music and cabaret events as well as readings and discussions are on the program. The OHO has also made a name for itself as a stage for productions of contemporary theater and dance productions and annually organizes festivals such as the “Burgenland Dance Days”, the “Book Week” or the “borderline” film festival.
literature
- Peter Wagner (Ed.): The house in Lisztgasse 12. 3 decades of independent cultural work in Oberwart. With Eveline Rabold and Alfred Masal. Edition Marlit / Verlag Hora, Oberwart Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-213-00091-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Austrian Art Prize 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. OHO, Retrieved December 12, 2014
- ↑ Laudation for the 2013 Art Prize by Katharina Tiwald ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. OHO, Retrieved December 12, 2014
- ↑ Bank Austria website , accessed on February 16, 2015
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ' N , 16 ° 13' E