The Process, Rehearsals and Performance – BORG Dreierschuetzengasse
Metalevel 1/Frame 1– Archduke John reads from his book of life
Looking back at milestones of his life ranging from biographically important aspects to his relationship with Anna, his manifold interests and occupations.
Metalevel2/Frame 2 – Narrator: Introduction to Act 1
(Dialogue Archduke Johann – Giuseppe Lucatelli – Queen Mary)
Act 1: The actors arrive late for the show. A glimpse into the world of acting and the finalizing steps before a performance are staged.
Archduke John, Giuseppe Lucatelli, Queen Mary of Romania discuss the importance and necessity of educational institutions, languages, science and technological innovations and inventions; conversation about the importance of progress and development in Styria and other European cities and countries in certain domains.
Metalevel2/Frame 2 – Narrator: Introduction to Act 2
(Dialogue between Archduke Johann and Anna Plochl)
Act 2: Archduke John and Anna talk about their love, marriage in context with their social background, in the end love wins
Musical interlude performed by student
Metalevel 1/Frame 1– Archduke John reads from his book of life looking back at
– innovations and modernization as regards ironworks, iron smelters, purchase and gift of 1st blast furnace to Vordernberg (Styria) to enhance steel production in Styria
– the implementation of new technological and agricultural methods as well as the increase in efficiency through expert knowledge and establishment of schools.
Act 3: Archduke Johann and metallurgy.
Iron processing, scientific portrayal of steel production process in a blast furnace
Metalevel 1/Frame 1– Archduke John reads from his book of life
commenting on his love for travelling and new technologies which led him to founding the Styria Railway Company and to connecting Graz-Trieste by railway. Thus, economic growth was enhanced.
Act 4: Archduke Johann and the Railway Construction
design and realization/construction of railway Graz – Triest (choreography: laying stones and rail tracks; drawing designed by students, music performed and recorded by students)
Metalevel 1/Frame 1– Archduke John reads from his book of life
drawing on his interest in higher education and educational institutions which resulted in laying the foundations for and the gift of Montanuniversität Leoben and Technische Universität Graz as well as Joanneum Graz. Moreover, Johann presents a historical overview of the universities’ history up to the present.
The below pictures aim at providing insight into our art work’s evolution depicting scenes from various rehearsals necessary in order to finalize our performance/video. Students from all our different branches developed the artwork by working with the scripts that had partially been designed by some previous year’s students altering some aspects to match scenes with newly developed sequences, songs, pieces of art, choreographies and chemical experiments. This way our performance and video could be realized step by step.
A few impressions of the rehearsals:
