Pop-up Stages
At Montforter Zwischentöne, we explored the transformation of spaces into temporary stages. Therefore, we would ask renowned regional architects to design a pop-up stage for our most experimental formats.
Event Design: Hans-Joachim Gögl and Folkert Uhde
Production: Tom Pfanner
Pews as a foundation
Juri Troy and his team transformed a chapel by using the existing elements of the chapel for a completely new interpretation of the space. Pews were transformed into sculptural stage constructions, exhibition furniture and even bar counters. The entire construction was assembled from the existing church pews and connected with tension belts. This meant that the room could be reconfigured and dismantled again in a short space of time without any permanent changes.
Photos: Matthias Dietrich, Victor Marin Roman, Matthias Rhomberg
A Grand Cinema in a Storage Room
Studio SAAL conversed a storage and waste room into a temporary cinema in the style of the grand theatres of the 50s and 60s. For two weeks, it served as a mini-showroom of art films from regional artists and art collectives for the topic of “waiting”. Because the intervention was located centrally next to Feldkirch’s busiest bus stop and due to its bright appeal, many new audiences got in touch with the Festival.
Photos: Angela Lamprecht
Three funerals in an industrial hall
Certainties. Privacy. Leisure. Values that can not be taken for granted anymore. At Montforter Zwischentöne, we said farewell to these things by designing a concert form with the dramaturgy of a classical funeral. For this occasion, the architects from Dietrich Untertrifaller created a temporary chapel in an industrial hall by building a scaffolding with a video installation that would change throughout the funeral. The starting point was church windows from Chartre that would slowly and nearly unnoticeably alter into something else that resembled the topic we were about to bid farewell: Pixels, blurs or pictures from our audience members that we took of them at the entrance without them noticing.
Photos: Victor Marin Roman, Patricia Keckeis