Blind Date Collaboration
We are an open group addressing social issues through an artistic and interdisciplinary approach. The aim of Blind Date Collaboration is to create situations, make spaces and find strategies on (site) specific and context-based problematics. We believe in unexpected collaborations! In the sense of a 'conflictual participation' we understand collaboration (as opposed to cooperation) as a form of working together that allows different interests in one place.
We value long-term working relationships at the same time we are convinced that it is essential to confront our own practice with the previously unknown - be it working methods, languages or thematic interests. Moreover we figure it important to use the 'symbolic capital of art' for counter political struggles.
The structure of our practice is based on the reflexion on a specific topic and context for each work. These can take on different forms ranging from theatrical performances, urban interventions, (sound-)installations and films, to publications, discussion and concert series, exhibitions and festivals etc.
(Working Languages: English and German)
Blind Date
Alisa Beck (Company Management & Public Relations)
Alisa Beck is a cultural worker, art historian and producer with a focus on experimental formats in performance, music and urban research. She studied art history and cultural studies at University of Vienna and Université Paris-Sorbonne. As a research assistant she is working in the field of contemporary art (currently University of Applied Arts Vienna). She published texts in "ALL-OVER. Magazine for Art and Aesthetics“ (Basel/Vienna) and "Perspectives" (Guggenheim, New York). Since 2008, she worked in the fields of curating, communication and education at various cultural institutions in Leipzig, Paris, Weimar and Vienna. She was part of the artist-run space mo.ë in Vienna (2014-2017) and in the production management for urbanize! festival (2018-2021).
Together with Gustavo Petek she is running smallforms, a platform for contemporary forms of music (Vienna, since 2018). Currently she is board member of IG Kultur Wien and part of the artistic direction team of echoraum with Sara Zlanabitnig (Vienna, 2022).
Marie-Christin Rissinger (Artistic Director & Finances)
Marie-Christin Rissinger studied "Social Design" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The artistic practice ranges from the creation of fictional companies to the translation of an occupation into a theatre game and the staging of theatre plays with robots. Marie-Christin founded the group "Blind Date Collaboration" in 2015. In 2018 they released the publication "Die Akte mo.ë - Protokolle einer abgesagten Zukunft" (2019, edition mono), 2022, the documentary film "Transform!" (64min, 16:9, de/en OmU). Theatre works have been shown at festivals such as transeuropa (Hildesheim, 2015), BRITNEY X FESTIVAL (Schauspiel Köln, 2017), Donaufestival (Krems, 2018) or steirischer herbst'20 (Graz, 2020). www.marie-christin-rissinger.com
Johann Brigitte Schima (Concept, Stage & Costume)
Johann Brigitte Schima works as a stage and costume designer in state theaters and in the independent scene. Work selection: 2020 “Der Zinnsoldat und die Papiertänzerin” (R:Mia Constantine) at Burgtheater, 2020 "Candide", 2019 “Operette”, 2018 "West Side Story" (R: Philipp Rosendahl) at Staatstheater Kassel. 2019 "Burning Dresses/in decent times" (R: Elisa Hoffmann, Constantin Hochkäppl) at Maschinenhaus Essen. 2019 "Wasted" (Collective Morosis) at WerkXPetersplatz. 2018 "Nora" (R: Laura N. Junghanns) at HLTM. 2019 "Die Orestie" (R: Philipp Rosendahl) at Nationaltheater Mannheim. www.brigitteschima.com
in Collaboration with
People
Frida Robles (Concept, Curating & Performance)
Frida Robles is a Mexican artist, curator and researcher. She situates her artistic practice within the philosophy of the essay with a focus on site-specificity, which has varied from public art installations to performances to textual work. Since 2014, Frida Robles has participated in different artistic residencies in the USA, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Nigeria, India, Senegal and Sweden. She was a fellow at the first two sessions of the RAW Academy. In 2021, she directed the piece “Sessions with Frida: a performance on the possibilities of healing”, presented at WUK performing arts in Vienna, Austria. Curated shows by her have been presented at the Clark House Initiative in Mumbai, Drawing Lab in Paris, USSR in Mexico City and others. As a researcher, Robles focuses on performance studies in Africa and Latin America. She has taught at the Vienna University, University of Applied Arts Vienna and was a research fellow at the University of Cape Town. https://fridarobles.wordpress.com
Konstantin Wolf - Currently on maternity leave
He studied Visual Communications and Cultural Studies in Weimar, New York and Zurich and holds a Diploma in Design from Bauhaus University Weimar. His theoretical and practical focus is on socio-political design, social innovation and participatory processes. He worked as a graphic and service designer in Vienna and as a lecturer, publisher and symposium curator at Bauhaus University Weimar. He co-founded the Conscious Fintech Meetup Berlin and currently works as a consultant and project manager at participation agency Zebralog. Konstantin lives and works in Bonn and Luxembourg. www.konstantinwolf.com
And:
Anna Hirschmann (Concept & Autor)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
Ariella Karatolou (Stage, Light & Costume)
- Wirecard: Last Exit Bad Vöslau (2024)
- One-Way Ticket — a Blinddate (2023)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
Klemens Kohlweis (Machine Design)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
- U.G.A.I. Union of Global Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Fabian Lanzmaier (Sound/Composition)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
- U.G.A.I. Union of Global Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Anna Lerchbaumer (Stage & Video)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
- U.G.A.I. Union of Global Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Gerardo Montes de Oca Valadez (Concept & Performance)
- Hobby Horse Ltd. (2015)
- De-petri-fication (2014)
Felix Reutzel (Production)
- Wirecard: Last Exit Bad Vöslau (2024)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
David Palme (Concept & Performance)
- Hobby Horse Ltd. (2015)
- De-petri-fication (2014)
Gustavo Petek (Sound
engineering)
- Wirecard: Last Exit Bad Vöslau (2024)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
- U.G.A.I. Union of Global Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Rajarshi Sarkar (Video)
- Wirecard: Last Exit Bad Vöslau (2024)
- One-Way Ticket — a Blinddate (2022)
Alessia Scuderi (Grafic design)
- Wirecard: Last Exit Bad Vöslau (2024)
- One-Way Ticket — a Gamble (2022)
- One-Way Ticket — a Blinddate (2022)
Christoph Speit aka Concealia Knows (Performance)
- One-Way Ticket — a Gamble (2022)
- One-Way Ticket — a Blinddate (2022)
Andreas Zißler (Stage & Video)
- U.G.A.I. Ich bin kein Roboter (2022)
- U.G.A.I. Hört die Signale! (2020)
- U.G.A.I. Union of Global Artificial Intelligence (2019)