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Thomas Geiger
Money Talks (2020)
Performance
Kirche St. Andrä
Episode 3: The Pastoral Theologian
Capitalism visits a theologian in search of the meaning of life.
Episodes

In German

Episode 1: The Psychoanalyst
27.9., 15:00
Augarten Art Hotel (Penthouse)
Schönaugasse 53, 8010 Graz  ♿
On Paranoia TV starting 3.10.

Episode 2: The Child
3.10., 15:00
Forum Stadtpark (Salon, 1. OG)
Am Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz  ♿
On Paranoia TV starting 8.10.

Episode 3: The Pastoral Theologian
8.10., 18:00
Kirche St. Andrä
Kernstockgasse 9, 8020 Graz  ♿
On Paranoia TV starting 13.10.

Free admission
​Limited attendance. Please register via e-mail to tickets [​at​] steirischerherbst.at.

Credits

In collaboration with Elisabeth Skale, Szoszó Canoilas, and Rainer Bucher

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20

Capitalism is in crisis, and nobody knows this better than capitalism itself. People talk about it a lot behind its back. But it also has redeeming qualities, or so at least it claims. Eager to get out of its present malaise, capitalism becomes a person and seeks out three people who might be of help. It goes to a hotel suite to meet with a prominent Austrian psychoanalyst to discuss its fears and feelings. Shunned and rejected by so many adults, it goes to Volksgarten to find admiration from a child. And, in search of eternal answers, it visits a pastoral theologian in a church. In his three performances for Paranoia TV, Thomas Geiger shows how capitalism would justify itself if it were not a social order but a human being.

Bio

Thomas Geiger (1983, Lörrach, Germany) is an artist whose performances and sculptures examine the intersection of private space and the public sphere. He questions the notions of public art and art institutions through fragmentary performances that invite audience participation. He lives in Vienna.

Credits

In collaboration with Elisabeth Skale, Szoszó Canoilas, and Rainer Bucher

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20