sundays
sundays 179
hausbesetzer revisited
sundays 179
© Foto: Dieter Schrage / Arena-Gelände 1976
To commemorate the abandonment of the “Arena” 30 years ago, Dieter Schrage (former committee member of the Arena-squatters) leads a trip down memory lane and to one of the sites of Vienna’s subcultures that was subdued by force.
* 179-01 starting at the “Arena”…
* 179-02 … on to the former autonomous cultural center in Gassergasse (“Gaga,” Vienna 5th district, 1981-1983) which was stormed and razed by the police in 1983
* 179-03 … and on to the former countercultural housing commune Aegidi/Spalowskygasse (“Aegidi/Spalo,” Vienna 6th district, 1981-1988).
* 179-04 To avoid a potentially depressing ending, the commemorative tour will finish up in the “Ammerlinghaus” bar. After it was squatted in the summer of 1975, the “Ammerlinghaus” was dedicated as a cultural center on Spittelberg in 1978 and has retained its socio-cultural significance to this day.
Tour guide: Dieter Schrage (culture studies)
Meeting point 1:45 pm at the Az W-Shop / return 6:00 pm
