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THE 6-DAY-PLAY 2nd version
Performance of the 1st and 2nd day at Princendorf Castle
July 30-31, 2022
Atelier Hermann Nitsch, Prinzendorf
24 years after the first realization of the 6-DAY-PLAY (1998), the total work of art in Prinzendorf is to be condensed again in 2022 into a concentrated interplay of all its components.
The performances of Day 1 and Day 2 will take place on 30 and 31 July 2022.*
Hermann Nitsch’s idea for a six-day and six-night action work dates back to 1957. Influenced by the Gesamtkunstwerk efforts of Richard Wagner and Alexander Scriabin, Hermann Nitsch who at that time worked intensively with the medium of literature, conceived his synaesthetically oriented action theatre, exhilarating all five senses: The Orgies Mysteries Theatre.
The length is analogous to the history of creation and is understood as an extension of all monumental works of art. All actions of the O.M. Theatre performed since then, i.e. since the early sixties, must be understood as partial realizations of the 6-day-play.
The Orgien Mysterien Theater is an artistic endeavour. In addition to the visual idea of form, music plays an essential role. The basic concept of the play is based on a symphonic idea. The scene of the action is the castle in Prinzendorf with all its rooms and the surrounding landscape of the Lower Austrian Weinviertel.
