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You are song, to me
18.11. (19:00 - 21:30) and 19. - 22.11.2025 (08:00 -221:30) | Videoinstallation | >> Tanzquartier Wien - Studios / Studio 2
You are song, to me takes place at TQW in dialogue with OIL, a spaceexperiment by Isabel Lewis & Dirk Bell.
18. and 22.11.2025 (19:00) | Activation |>> Tanzquartier Wien - Studios / Studio 2

In his artistic practice, Ian Kaler develops interdisciplinary stage and video works. His films are influenced by choreography, and his choreographies by film. The frames of reference and apparatus two disciplines implode, and thematic strands take shape in parallel in the different media.

In a new series of works, Kaler centers storytelling of trans-male experience(s) and collaborations, drawing inspiration from a quote by American trans and AIDS activist Joe Sullivan: “I mean, when people look at me, I want them to think – there's one of those people who reasons, who is a philosopher, who has their own interpretation of happiness,” wrote the then 12-year-old in his diary in the mid-1960s, verbalizing his personal self-empowerment in identifying as a trans man in the mirror of social expectations.

The beginning of Kaler's new series is marked by the video work You are song, to me. Together with artist, poet, and performer Romeo Roxmann Gatt, he states of suspention through movement underwater and the specific qualities of the voice after a voice break induced by testosterone treatment. The film blurs text, voice, and song in an intimate exchange of letters and emails between the two protagonists. and examines the embodiments and staging of intimacy and belonging.

Artistic Direction Ian Kaler Choreography, Performance, Text Romeo Roxmann Gatt, Ian Kaler Installation setup Stephanie Rauch Videodesign, Editing Dafne Narvaez Berlfein Soundtrack rRoxymore Cinematography Eli Börnicke Diving instructor Jessica Schäfer Vocal coaching Aled Pedrick Technical support Marko Tölzer Audio setup Andreas Hamza Production management das Schaufenster Production Ian Kaler Coproduction >> Tanzquartier Wien, >> PACT Zollverein Supported by City of Vienna | Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs and Republic of Austria | Federal Ministery Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, Republic of Austria (BMWKMS)

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