1971
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Divertimento 1 / Spiel / Alone (1968–69), anti-opera, Franz Zwanzger Volksheim, Köflach, 1971, photo: steirischer herbst archive / Philipp
Les Frères Jacques at Festival des Chansons, Haus der Jugend, Graz, 1971, photo: archive steirischer herbst / Philipp
Krzysztof Penderecki, Die Teufel von Loudon (1969), opera, Oper Graz, 1971, photo: steirischer herbst archive / Philipp
trigon 71—Intermedia Urbana, exhibition view, 1971, photo: steirischer herbst archive / Philipp
Siegfried Amtmann, Xerxes I. (1971), Plexiglas, chrome-nickel steel, 96 × 62 cm, at trigon 71—Intermedia Urbana, Künstlerhaus Graz, 1971, photo: Peter Philipp; courtesy of the artist
steirischer herbst ’71
Director
Program Advisory Board
Festival dates
8.–26.10.1971
Posters for steirischer herbst were artistic contributions in their own right from the very beginning. However, while the first three posters were abstract, Karl Neubacher’s 1971 design was provocative due to its image of a fourfold self-portrait, each with only one sensory organ in an otherwise empty face. This year’s musikprotokoll was dedicated to an extensive retrospective on Hanns Eisler, which honored him as one of the most important Austrian composers of the 20th century, and the Oper Graz dedicated itself to the “gigantic task” of a mounting a production of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Die Teufel von Loudun (The Devils of Loudun), with a set designed by Ernst Fuchs.
trigon 71: Intermedia Urbana focused on the intermedial expansion of art in public space—of the 104 proposals submitted to the ideas competition, the jury nonetheless deemed none of them worthy of a prize. The Festival des chansons was new to the program of steirischer herbst. As a result of the legal and statute-related instability, 1971 was a critical year on the whole for steirischer herbst: Mayor Gustav Scherbaum cast doubt on the continued financial support of the festival by the City of Graz, whereupon Emil Breisach stipulated that the festival should distance itself from political entities—which happened some years later.
Program
trigon 71
visual arts
12. Styrian academy
symposion
Das Schaffen Hanns Eislers in den Musikverlagen der DDR
The composer and conductor Pierre Boulez
Constructive rigor and committed will to express
festival des chansons
Chansonspektakel zwischen Mimik, Spiel, Rhythmus und Gesang
Stripsody, Songs zwischen Beatles und Cage, Songs nach Joyce
theater
Festival opening
8.10., 10:00
Künstlerhaus
Opening of steirischer herbst and trigon 71
Venues
Basilika, Seckau
Congress Graz / Stefaniensaal, Graz
Festsaal der Pädagogischen Akademie Graz-Eggenberg, Graz
Festsaal der Stadtgemeinde, Murau
Forum Stadtpark, Graz
Franz-Zwanzger-Volksheim, Köflach
Hotel Steirerhof, Graz
Künstlerhaus, Graz
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz
Oper Graz, Graz
Orpheum, Graz
Pädagogische Akademie, Graz
Schauspielhaus Graz, Graz
Schloss Eggenberg, Graz
Sporthalle der Hauptschule Weiz, Weiz
Stiegenkirche, Graz
Universität Graz, Graz
Publications
Program booklet of steirischer herbst 1971: steirischer herbst executive secretary’s office, steirischer herbst ’71 (Graz: steirischer herbst executive secretary's office, 1971)
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Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, trigonpersonalaustellung 4. Josef Pillhofer (Graz: 1971)
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, trigonpersonalausstellung 5. Rudolf Pointner (Graz: 1971)
Retrospective
Retrospective