Forward Calendar March 2023

Spring is in the air, and we can’t wait to embrace all the excitement it brings! The Forward Calendar March is bursting with the most vibrant and inspiring cultural events. Get ready to discover festivals, must-see performances, and hidden gallery shows. This is the calendar that will keep you at the forefront of the cultural scene this march!

Elevate Festival 2023

Elevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various venues in Graz, Austria, with a strong focus on cultural and socio-political topics. In addition to performances, concerts, installations and DJ sets, the interdisciplinary program offers workshops, film screenings, lectures and discussions.

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1.3. → 5.3. 2023
Graz / AT

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What did you do when Lady Di died?

How about theater? A hypnotic plot with public interaction by Katharina Kummer with stunning stage and costume design by Alma Bektas is a must this month! On stage, three figures, all claiming to be the real Lady Di – and a frighteningly realistic Di doll. Including the audience, everyone becomes Lady Di at some point in this swan song – and this collective Lady Di finally turns out to be a metaphor for an affluent society suffering from a lack of perspective and its own guilt.

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01.3., 03.3., 04.3.23
WERK X-Petersplatz, Vienna

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Juergen TELLER | PORTRAITS

Last week to see the legendary Juergen teller’s works! Whereas it’s the painted classic image on the museum´s wall reflects the notion of order, the photographer of today reveals the untidiness of existence and the extent to which the things of everyday life give a face to humanity.

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→ 11.3. 2023
Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna

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EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography

The EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography is Germany’s largest biennial festival of photographic images.100 exhibitions will be on view throughout the month of March, offering visitors an opportunity to get to know the range of ways in which the medium of photography can present visually and be used, whether in exhibitions of historical images or in new artistic productions.

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2.3. → 31.3. 2023
Berlin

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International Conference De Balie

Discover art in the age of metaverse. A new technological universe has created new artistic landscapes. During this conference, artists, curators, activists and industry professionals who work at the intersection of contemporary art and digital technologies, will take us deep into the metaverse, a shared space at the nexus of the virtual and the physical that is gaining increased attention as a space for artistic production and experiences.

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10.3. → 12.3.2023
Amsterdam & online

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Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film

Every spring, the Diagonale concentrates Austrian film in six highly focused festival days. There’s no algorithm behind the program – it’s hand-crafted, and thus subject to error and enthusiasm. At the center of the complex program is the film competition. With an exciting mix of established and new names, it offers the chance to make unexpected discoveries and grasp the diversity and vibrancy of Austria’s current film landscape.

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21. 3. → 26. 3. 2023
Tickets from 15 March
Graz

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

The group exhibition discusses the new visual worlds which are the product of the digital transformation and how current technological developments affect artistic photography. It presents exemplary artistic positions of the last ten years who have been significantly involved in the expansion and redefinition of artistic photography. In addition to the well-known photographic tools, these artists work 3D scanning, 3D printing, augmented reality, CGI and machine learning.

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16.2. → 30.4.2023
Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn

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Nicolas Polli: When Strawberries Will Grow on Trees, I Will Kiss U

Nicolas Polli’s solo exhibition explores the topics of loneliness, doubts, desire and intimacy from a humorous and at the same time vulnerable perspective. Nicolas took photographs of his private surroundings, naked bodies and food, as a reflection of his mental state during the beginning of the pandemic.

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4.2. → 16.4.2023
Photoforum Pasquart, Biel / Bienne, Switzerland

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Ann Arbor Experimental Film Festival

The mission of the Ann Arbor Film Festival is to promote bold, visionary filmmakers through the advancement of film and new media art, and to engage communities with remarkable cinematic experiences. It is the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in North America, since 1963. The festival presents 40 programs with more than 20 countries of all lengths and genres, including online screenings.

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21.3. → 26.3.2023
Online March 29

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Autopoietic Encounters

What explains these robots’ perceived noncompliance to these principles? What are robots anyway? Are they machines without autonomy, merely a product of different cultures’ impulses to find “safe” ways to play God? In this exhibition, we ask these questions from a perspective that aims to facilitate our audience’s encounters with artificial embodied agents in the context of autopoiesis.

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22.3. → 12.5.2023
22.3. 6 PM exhibition opening
Improper Walls, Vienna

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