A day in the city

The conclusion at midnight of Marco Peljhan's three-hour performance on the roof of the City Garage parking deck will signal the start of a most unusual segment of the Festival program. Anybody in the mood for a fun night on the town can spend it up there al fresco immersed in a spacey array of aerial reconnaissance photos and satellite images projected onto a large-format screen. As the first rays of sunshine are imparting a pleasant glow to the steel and concrete at 5 AM, Ray Lee’s Sirens will commence their performance. Enjoy Breakfast and Tai Chi at 6 AM to the accompaniment of fine sounds and beats courtesy of our DJs. Be sure to get your fill of this nourishment for body and soul ‘cause you’re gonna need it! The preparations for one of the Festival’s absolute highpoints, "ALL OF LINZ—A Group Photo from Above," will be getting underway bright and early! While an aircraft outfitted with special cameras cruises above Linz producing high-definition (64 cm2/pixel) images of the entire city, countless actions will be staged on the ground to generate messages meant to appear on these bird’s-eye views. Artists won’t be the only ones taking part in this; everyone in town is invited to get involved.

Beginning at 2 PM, the radius of activity contracts in on its epicenter: the projects and actions of the Festival program will proliferate throughout a sector of the inner city, spreading out over a radius of several hundred meters, intruding into interior courtyards, taking up temporary residence in churches, retail premises and vacant buildings. Performances, installations, lectures and panel discussions will weave through the fabric of the cityscape.

To get a relaxing overview of what’s going on around you, the steeple of the Pfarrkirche (parish church) and the parking deck of the City Garage will be open throughout the day for your viewing and contemplating pleasure.
A special program of guided tours and kids activities will take a few surprising approaches to mediating encounters with the Festival and its theme.