*johann strauss und die frauen / johann strauss : les femmes de sa vie. 2025 was the 200th anniversary year of johann strauss son. for this occasion i was commissioned by filmwerkstatt to work on animations for a documentary directed & produced by barbara weissenbeck. the project is highlighting the female characters & the roles of the women which are often fading in the background of the obvious story lines. you can watch the full length animations here. this entry is focusing on something quite complex kind of a sumup of the complete documentaries storyline. it never made it in the final documentary due to dramaturgic decisions, which is reasonable. nevertheless i want to showcase it here. so this is généalogique / strauss carte de sa vie – a printed map of strauss sons stages of life. bringing an intense life with many figures together on a large format, and still having the feeling that you can never freeze & capture a life in it’s entirety. the orf & arte g.e.i.e. coproduction went on air on october 24th 2025 on orf II & was furthermore screened on arte, zdf & 3sat. merci to filmwerkstatt for the commission.
‘cherchez la femme.’
‘in flowers & females i trust.™’ ♥︎
johann strauss und die frauen. is a 2025 coproduction of orf & arte g.e.i.e. founded by fernsehfonds austria & lower austria – land of culture. the artworks & animation contain creative commons imagery & archival material provided & cleared by filmwerkstatt barbara weissenbeck (khm – museum association, austrian mediathek/technical museum vienna, austrian national library, pond5, roncalli archive, vienna museum & johann strauss flat vienna city hall library, vienna institute for straus research) for more information watch the documentary available online in the stations media libraries.
client | orf & arte g.e.i.e.
commissioned by | filmwerkstatt | barbara weissenbeck
fonts | amarante & im fell dw dica.
artwork collage | nita.
year | 2025
