1978

steirischer herbst ’78

Director
Program Directorate

Festival dates
7.10.–12.11.1978

“In the focus program of steirischer herbst ’78, theater groups from the United States, France, England, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Poland will present a form of theater that can be characterized as nonverbal. This nonverbal field of experimentation is situated in the area between dance, pantomime, opera, theater, show, circus, and variety theater; it distances itself from literary drama and is expressed in a strongly visual way, often in sounds that are as distant from words as possible. Is this the beginning of a new theater dramaturgy of optically phonetic functionality?”
—Program booklet ’78

Karl Neubauer once again created the poster for steirischer herbst in 1978, as he had done in the previous year: this time showing the arms of a man kneading a lump of dough. The focus of the festival—Nonverbales Theater (Nonverbal Theater)—was announced at the opening in the Redoutensaal of the Schauspielhaus. Groups from the United States, France, England, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Poland presented experimental forms of theater employing dance, pantomime, opera, play, show, circus, and variety theater (called Artistik, or artistry, in the program text) in the preliminary information program as well as in the main program.

The exhibitions in the main program included Reportage—Fotografen (Reportage—Photographers) at the Forum Stadtpark. The Aleksandr Scriabin retrospective, in which Neue Musik for keyboard instruments could also be heard, was the highlight of musikprotokoll and the Music Symposium. Within the framework of steirischer herbst in 1978, the first workshop of Musikanimation Mürzzuschlag also took place outside of Graz, entitled Technik und Musik: Animation zur akustischen Umwelterfahrung (Technology and Music: Animation for Experiencing the Environment Acoustically); the format was part of the program until 1982.

Program

non-verbal theatre

theatre

exhibitions

musikanimation

concert

literature symposion

youth corner

mediart

film

Festival opening

07.10., 17:00
Schauspielhaus
Opening by president Rudolf Kirchschläger 

Venues

Alte Kirche St. Bartholomä, Sankt Bartholomä

Arbeiterkammersaal Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg

Aula der Hauptschule, Weiz

Aula des Bundesrealgymnasiums, Mürzzuschlag

Aula des Bundesschulzentrums, Deutschlandsberg

Congress Graz / Stefaniensaal, Graz

Forum Stadtpark, Graz

Galerie Carneri, Graz

Ganggalerie im Rathaus, Graz

Grazer Stadtgebiet, Graz

Haus der Jugend, Graz

Hotel Rußmann, Mürzzuschlag

Joanneum Ecksaal, Graz

Kammermusiksaal (Grazer Kongress), Graz

Konzertsaal Nikolaigasse, Graz

Kulturhaus Graz, Graz

Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz

Künstlerhaus, Graz

Minoritensaal, Graz

Neue Galerie Graz, Graz

Oper Graz, Graz

Palais Attems, Graz

Palais Saurau, Graz

Pleschkogel, Steiermark

Probebühne (Schauspielhaus), Graz

Rechbauerkino, Graz

Saal der Handelskammer Mürzzuschlag, Mürzzuschlag

Saal des BRG Bad Radkersburg, Bad Radkersburg

Saal des Leibnitzer Männergesangsvereins, Leibnitz

Schauspielhaus Graz, Graz

St. Georgs Kirche, Adriach bei Frohnleiten

Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz

Stadtpfarrkirche, Graz

Steiermärkische Sparkasse, Graz

Stiegenkirche, Graz

Stift Rein, Steiermark

Studentenhaus, Graz

TU Graz, Graz

Volksheim, Köflach

Publications

Program booklet of steirischer herbst 1978: steirischer herbst executive secretary's office, steirischer herbst ’78 (Graz: steirischer herbst executive secretary's office, 1978)

→  Available here

Richard Kriesche (ed.), Art Artist & The Media. AVZ books 2 (Graz: AVZ-Graz, 1978)

steirischer herbst (Open House), Karl Neubacher. Ich. Plakate und Posters (Graz: 1978)

Otto Kolleritsch, Franz Schreker. Am Begin der neuen Musik 8 (Studien zur Wertungsforschung 11) (Graz-Vienna: Universal Edition, 1978)

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Der Rahmen, meine Welt. Die Sammlung eines italienischen Tischlers (Graz: 1978)

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Hubert Schmalix. Stilleben (Graz: 1978)

Retrospective
Retrospective
Retrospective