Australian Embassy ViennaNewsletter, November 2011

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Feature: Australian musicians in Austria: Interviews with Anthony Hill and Matt Burke: pages 5 to 7

Review: Vienna Art & Design Exhibition, Levoca Festival, Goldsworthy Public Reading: pages 9 to 11

Events and Links:Australia-related Events in Austria and the Region: pages 12 to 17

Glenn Murcutt is one of Australia’s most renowned architects inter-nationally. He won the prestigious

Pritzker prize in 2002 and is one of six founding members of the Architecture Foundation Australia. The Architek-turzentrum Wien will be presenting an exhibition of Murcutt’s work - “Architec-ture for Place” – in Vienna’s 7th district from 9 November to 13 February 2012. Australian architect, Peter Stutchbury, Glenn’s friend and follower, will be giving a presentation at the Architekturzentrum on 18 November.

“Touch the earth lightly” has been Glenn’s guiding slogan ever since he learned of this famous Aboriginal saying from his friend Bri-an Klopper, a fellow Australian architect. Long before issues of environmental sustainabil-ity gained the world’s attention, Glenn paid close attention to environmental issues in his designs. His projects fit into the Australian

landscape and take account of Australia’s dif-ferent climatic conditions. Before he starts a new project, Glenn always first identifies wind direction, water movement, temperature and light surroundings. All these elements play an important role in the architect’s design and allow him to design his buildings without air conditioning. Even though Glenn works as a sole practitioner and does not run a large firm or work outside of Australia, his work has been highly influential all over the globe. The exhibition at the Architekturzentrum Wien, which is based on a concept by the Architec-ture Foundation Australia, will focus on Glenn’s private housing projects. There will be large scale plans, sketches and photographs of his work taken by photographer Anthony Browell on display, as well as a video on Glenn Murcutt showing how he works.

For further information and an interview with Glenn Murcutt, please refer to pages 2 to 4.

Glenn MurcuttExhibition: Architecture for Place

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Interview – Glenn Murcutt

Mr Murcutt, you emphasised the impor-tance of environmental sustainability years before it turned into a global trend. Can you please tell us about your archi-tectural philosophy and how you try to take local climatic conditions into ac-count?I’ve been work-ing on environ-mental issues since I started to practice. For my very first job, I was looking for orientation, for ventilation, no air conditioning. I always looked at prospect and ref-uge, and the inte-gration between the space with the environment. I’ve been working on those themes for forty years in my practice.

Architecture has to come through as a consequence of many other is-sues, brought to-gether. We can sit down and do a fancy building and lots of fancy build-ings have been done, they abso-lutely rely on air conditioning, they rely on heating and cooling and huge consump-tion of energy. My work doesn’t have anything to do with that, I’ve got to minimise the energy, I’ve got to minimise the consumption, I’ve got to respond to the local climate. Go to the tropics and you will see all my buildings are off the ground, if you go to a hot arid area they

get closer and closer to the ground. For example, my wife and I have been do-ing a building which is almost entirely un-derground - the Australian Opal Centre - because it gets too hot in summer and too cold in winter, it goes from 48°C in summer and it goes to -10 C° in winter. And when you are in that sort of environ-

ment the ground is 21° during the year and after be-low two metres under the ground you use the ther-mal mass of the ground as an as-set.

Can you elaborate on the importance of nature for your work?I grew up in Syd-ney about seven kilometres north of the city. The landscape was typical of the coastal Sydney sandstone ba-sin with its abun-dance of euca-lyptus and other remarkable native Australian plants. In this environ-ment, I learned about the propa-gation of the flora. I learned about which plants grew where, and which drew the superb native birds, in-sects and animals. I learned about how a particular species of plants

grew differently, very differently, from the lowlands where the water table was high-er, where the wind pressures were less, where the nutrients were greater from the very same type of plant at the top of a hill which was shaped by wind shear,

First image: Portrait of Glenn Murcutt in his Atelier in Mosman, Sydney © Anthony BrowellSecond image: Walsh House, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 2001-2005 © Anthony BrowellThird image: Marika-Alderton House, Eastern Arnhem Land, North-ern Territory, 1991-1994 © Glenn Murcutt

less moisture and few nutrients. This was about place, and was, for me, extremely important. I learned about the strength, the delicacy, and the transparency of much of the Australian landscapes, where the clarity of the light level separates the elements compared to much of Europe where the light level serves to connect those elements in the landscape. This gave me a clearer understanding of the legibility of ele-ments, of structure and delicacy within the Australian land-scape which has in-formed my work.

When I entered the University of Tech-nology in 1956, I undertook a part-time course in ar-chitecture. I was fortunate enough to have had a teacher by the name of Noel Bazeley, who taught building construc-tion. He was largely dismissed by most students, but whilst the other groups studied the construction of footings and foundations, floors, walls, ceiling joists and roofs for the whole year of three terms, Bazeley gave us the subject con-tinuity in nature. What a wonderful sub-ject, continuity in nature, discussed for a full term. Having understood the impor-tance of continuity in nature, the second term was devoted to the understanding of continuity in nature related to the built environment. For term three, we studied foundations, floors, walls and so on. What a wonderful start for a young architect and for me particularly. This was an ex-traordinary teaching for a man in 1956.

What significance does Aboriginal culture have for you?The Aboriginal culture changes those of us who are listening. I was raised by black people in Papua New Guinea and I had a

very easy relationship with them. It is very important to have a connection with and learn from Aboriginal people. For ex-ample, they taught me about building on access. If you look at classical public buildings around the world, they are sym-metrical with a window here and a window

there, with a central door. Aboriginal cul-ture taught me to enter the house on the edge, never in the middle, you can see this in the Simp-son-Lee House.

Can you tell us some-thing about the Mari-ka-Alderton House, which you designed for an Aboriginal art-ist and which adapts to the tropical cli-mate of the Northern Territory. Is this an-other good example of “bridging the cul-tures”?It is just a house the way it is, it is just de-signed for Aboriginal

people. They’ve got privacy when they sleep, the parents stay at the western end, the children always on the east of the parents, the children stay on the east because east is the beginning of the day, it’s the future, the west is the end of the day, so it’s the past, the parents are part of the past, the children are part of the fu-ture. Every time you look at out the win-dow, you’re looking at the view, so you can see who’s coming, who’s going. It’s a very Aboriginal house… in the tropics.

You have always persisted in working on your own, without the support of an office or secretary. Why?I work alone because I love silence, time to think and discard work less than I know is worthy of architecture. By work-ing alone, I freed myself of the pressures of responsibility towards staff. I am able to travel and conduct design studios in many universities internationally where

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Image above: Simpson-Lee House, Mount Wilson, NSW, 1988-1993 © Anthony BrowellImage on first page: Magney House, Bingie Point, NSW,

I am able to teach and con-vey ideals and attitudes to students. They are the ar-chitects of the future. Yet when a project warrants it, I work in collaboration with those architects for whom I have great respect. That is the way I’m able to expand my practice. The work I can-not do, I send to young, very fine architects I have taught, so that they are able to set up their own practices.

I have not wanted to undertake large scale work because I know that I require a lot of variation in stimulating my energies. I tire of working on one project for too long, and larger projects mean years. To work on many smaller projects involves many clients. This provides the opportu-nity for much experimentation and hence stimulation for me, and yet I am aware that there are offices like Renzo Piano’s and Frank Gehry’s where they do achieve much of what I expect, but at large scale.

Has taking on a project in Europe ever been an option for you?To take on work outside Australia would mean that I would have to take on staff. As a sole operator, it would be impossible for me to work overseas and in Australia at the same time because I would lose my practice in Australia. Australia offers me hugely diverse landscapes and ranges of climates. Being the size of the USA, or extending from the west coast of Spain to Israel, and North Africa to the Arctic Circle, you can imagine the potential. Add to that, coastal, inland and altitude, the possibilities are enormous. Ironically, by understanding my imposed limitations, I found that opportunities increased. Work-ing with students and academics is enor-mously rewarding. I’ve established won-derful friendships with staff and students which satiates my somewhat nomadic spirit.

Interview courtesy of the Architecture Foundation Australia,

edited from an interview by Simone Corda with Glenn Murcutt

in Australia for AREA Magazine, Milan, in 2009.

Supplementary programPeter Stutchbury “Tracing Pathways”

On 18 November, Australian architect Peter Stutchbury will be giving a special lec-ture entitled “Tracing Path-ways”. Together with Murcutt he is one of the six founding members of the Architecture Foundation Australia. Since 1981 Stutchbury has been active as a professor of archi-

tecture and design at various universities worldwide. He sees buildings as “rooms of education — the bridge between walk-ing in the bush and wandering through the mind”. After the presentation he will sign books. Following research in Austra-lia, Africa and Asia, Stutchbury is now fo-cussing on engaging with the Indigenous population. In his talk, Peter will be pre-senting an understanding of architecture that harmonises building and the natural environment.

The exhibition “Architecture for Place” will travel on to Slovenia in 2012. It will be on display at the Museum of Architec-ture in Ljubljana from March to June next year. There will be more information on the exhibition in Ljubljana closer to the date.•

Info Boxarchitecture for place

10 November 2011 - 13 February 2012

Opening Hours: daily 10am-7pm

Opening of Exhibition:9 November 2011 at 7:00 pm

18 November - Peter Stutchbury Lecture at 7:00 pm

Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hallMuseumsplatz 1

1070 ViennaPh: +43 (1) 522 31 15E-mail: office@azw.at

www.azw.at

An exhibition by the Architecture Foundation Australia in collaboration with the Architekturzentrum Wien.

Curator: Lindsay Johnston, Architecture Foundation Australia; Consultants: Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury; Project coordination AzW: Katharina Ritter

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Austria is fertile ground for making music: In this month’s feature on Australian artists living and working

in Austria, we are focusing on two musi-cians from different musical backgrounds based in Salzburg, namely Anthony Hill and Matt Burke. Both have just released new albums and been on the scene for several years. We wanted to know more about their music, how Anthony and Matt ended up living in Austria, and what they miss most about Australia …

Anthony Hill is the singer and guitarist of “the talisman collec-tion”, an Aus-tralian/Austrian acoustic rock band located in Salzburg. He has been living in Austria for nine years. Draw-ing from a wide range of musi-cal styles, “the talisman collec-tion” combines powerful and dynamic musi-cal textures with gentle and soothing acoustic elements.

Anthony, please tell us about your band “the talisman collection” - what sort of music are you playing and what can listeners expect?“the talisman collection” consists of myself on acoustic guitar and vocals, David Binderberger on electric and acoustic guitar, Lukas Pam-minger on bass guitar and Klaus Brennsteiner on drums. We have been playing together for about two years now, developing our sound together and writing new material all the time. You could say we are an “acoustic jam band” playing melodic and dynamic rock. Our aim is to take listeners on a journey with us in our music and to feel the dynamics that we feel when we’re playing our music live with one an-other.

How long have you been in Austria and what brought you to Austria’s alpine regions in the first place?I have been in Austria since about 2002, origi-nally as part of a European backpacking trip and obviously ended up staying a little longer than expected. I was travelling with my Irish wife Caitriona (who was then my girlfriend) af-ter living for a year in Ireland. We came to Salzburg and fell in love with the place. It has become our home. We started our family here last year (our daughter Mara is one year old),

and my wife started a suc-cessful busi-ness here three years ago - The Nail Bar (www.thenailbar.at). I have been working as an aircraft me-chanic for “The Flying Bulls” for most of my time here, and I still am, as well as enjoy-ing playing a lot of music in nu-merous groups including “The Outlaws” (an

acoustic covers duo with my brother-in-

law) and of course “the talisman collection”.

Where in Australia are you coming from?I come from Newcastle, on the east coast about two hours by car north of Sydney. It’s a wonderful city with beautiful beaches and a fantastic wine region, The Hunter Valley, right nearby.

Two questions we like to ask our interviewees is what you like most about Austria and, at the same time, what you miss most about Austra-lia? What I like most about Austria is the quality of life, the cleanliness and the fresh mountain air. And my wife and I have now discovered it’s a great place to have a family, with sec-

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The Sound of MusicAustralian musicians in Austria: Anthony Hill and Matt Burke

Picture left: © Anthony Hill; Picture right: © Matt Burke

ond-to-none medical care and a society which places a real emphasis on the importance of the family unit. I miss my family most without a doubt, when I think of Australia, which inci-dentally I do still call home also. Of course I miss the beaches too, especially in the middle of winter here when I hear stories from my brothers and mates about days on the beach, camping and surfing etc.

Let us talk about your CD. Where did you re-cord and how long did it take you to write the songs for the album?We recorded our album “Along The Way” in a studio in Schwarzach in Austria. It took us four long days and nights (about 16 hours each day!) to record the ma-terial and then the mix-ing and mastering pro-cess took a couple of months after that to get everything exactly how we wanted it to sound. The songs were written for that album over the six to eight month pe-riod before recording, and even right up until one week before going into the studio we were still working on new stuff which ended up on the album.

What is your (musical) background and who are your influences?I started playing classical guitar when I was 11 years old and eventually moved onto steel-string acoustic guitar at about 15 years of age. I started writing music with vocal parts at about 16 or 17 years old and played in various bands in Newcastle, playing small gigs at pubs and clubs around my hometown. I carried on playing and writing for the next number of years including when I got to Austria. I even-tually recorded my first CD, a solo acoustic al-bum called “Long Time Coming”, in 2007. This opened up many doors for me here in Aus-tria including getting the chance to play sup-port for one of Australia/NZ’s most successful bands, “Crowded House”, in 2008. After meet-ing the guys who ended up forming “the tal-isman collection” with me in early 2009, we have kept ourselves busy writing and play-ing regular gigs wherever and whenever we can. Since the release of our first album we have also recently released an “Acoustic Ses-sion” EP (with five Songs on it) and filmed and

recorded a live concert which is currently in post-production to be released as a live DVD/CD package.

My band and I draw on influences from a wide range of styles including Folk, Roots, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk, Rock.... the list goes on. Some bands and musicians I personally draw a huge amount of inspiration from are the Dave Mat-thews Band, Ben Harper, G. Love and Special Sauce, and of course great Australian groups like Powderfinger and Cold Chisel.

Where can people see you performing live?We have just finished a run of summer gigs where we played every-thing from terraces of youth hostels and pri-vate functions to bigger concert halls and a few weeks ago the amazing Hangar 7 in Salzburg. In the coming months we will continue to play regularly around the Salzburg area and also further afield. In Janu-ary 2012, we will once again play our Austra-lia Day concert at the

Rockhouse in Salzburg. •

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LInks

The best way to keep up to date on what the band is doing and on upcoming gigs is to follow them on

www.facebook.com/thetalismancollection

New EP “Acoustic Session”

© the talisman collection & Christian Streili; www.lenswork.at

Matt BurkeSinger/Songwriter Matt Burke has just released his third CD “Let Me Out!” featuring 11 new songs. “Let Me Out!” takes the listener on a rich and var-ied musical journey, featuring Cello and Saxophone parts, as well as funky elements that add diversity and character to the catchy acoustic tunes.

Matt, please tell us about your new album?The listener can be guaranteed an authentic journey through the highest highs and deepest lows of a confused existence desperately searching for sense. The scene is set when I was first locked in a mental institution, not far from where I grew up. “Let Me Out!” - a desperate cry for help! The music of “Let Me Out!” is rockier than my earlier works, with more drive, particularly in the intense vocals. Delicate passages with Cello and Saxophone smooth out the rock ballads. Funk and groove add diversity and character to this primarily acoustic collection.

Where did you record and how long did it take you to write the songs for the new album?Many of these songs were written inside a mental institution in Sydney. In fact, there was a period of weeks where I composed almost continually and I only slept two or three hours per day! I reworked these songs at the begin-ning of spring this year. This is notoriously for me, a time of high creativity and motivation.

What is your musical background and who are your influences?I found my passion for singing at a very early age as I wore out “Beatles” cassettes and 45” records from a variety of 60’s and 70’s stars. I learnt keyboard, drums, saxophone and finally guitar during high school years. I elected to study extra music in high school but my uni-versity studies were in mathematics and com-puting. Influences: predominantly Australian 80s rock - The Angels, INXS, Dragon, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, Hunters & Collectors, Crowded House. More recently: Powder Finger, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz and Linkin Park.

Where in Australia are you from?I grew up in Northmead outside of Parramatta in Sydney.

And how did you end up living in Austria?After 8 months backpacking most countries in Europe I landed in the ski resort of Saal- bach Hinterglemm and I was determined to spend the rest of the winter there. I extended my trip by 6 months as I fell in love with the Pinzgau Re-gion, its people, environment and all its untold adventures. I travelled back and forth over many years. Since 2005 I have been living fix in Pinzgau with my wife Silvia, from Salzburg. We also have two daughters Lena-Sophie (4) and Lilien Catherine (1).

Presumably you get a considerable interna-tional audience, particularly in winter, in the alpine mountains of Salzburg and Tyrol?True. Coming from “multicultural Australia” I already had a head start in appreciating this ;-) I perform gladly for many “types” of audi-ences and I have learnt to have open expec-tations. Generally however, the audience will mirror my energy and mood. I take responsi-bility for performing at my best each and ev-ery night. The audience’s reaction is then their decision.

What do you like most about Austria/miss most about Australia?Alpine fresh air in the mountains in any season is simply unbeatable. And I miss the morning sunrise surf in my face. •

LInkswww.MattBurke.com

www.youtube.com/user/songwritermatter

New CD “Let me Out!”

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UN Christmas Bazaar 2011United Nations Women’s Guild Charity Bazaar at the Vienna International CentreThe annual Christmas Bazaar will take

place this year on Saturday 3 December at the Austria Centre. The proceeds from the Bazaar go to projects supporting children around the world.

For the last several years, the Embassy as a whole, the Am-bassador’s Residence and OzCon have col-laborated in running an Australian stall, selling pavlovas, lam-ingtons and Austra-lian wine and beer. After last year, our thinking had been to let the stall lapse this year but the initiative has been taken up by some New Zea-land and Australian members of the UN Womens Guild, along with the New Zealand Embassy and the fo-cus this year will be on pavlovas.

Noting that the job of baking the pavlovas seems to have fallen largely to women, Ambassador Michael Potts, who claims to be a dab hand at baking (see photo), is aiming to bake 100 pavlovas as his contribution to redress the balance. The hope is to sell 600 or so pav-lovas and we think we have enough offers to make up that number – which is very posi-tive. But we do need help on two fronts.

The first is that we need to man the stall on 3 December. The Bazaar runs from 9.00 am to around 5.00 pm and we are looking for

around 20 volunteers to go on a roster. We can iron out the details later but a typical stint would be for two hours and roles would include selling or decorating the pavlovas (with fruit and cream). Could any volun-

teers please contact Ms Michelle Kay at “michelle.kay@dfat.gov.au”

We already have a welcome offer from New Zealand Ambas-sador Philip Griffiths.

We are also looking for cash donations to go towards the cost of fruit and cream (for the pavs), coffee and bottled water (which will also be on sale at the stall). Please con-tact either Michael Potts or Michelle Kay if you can assist on this front.

For further informa-tion, please refer to www.iaea.org/unwg

UN Women’s Guild ViennaVienna International CenterWagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 4001400 Vienna, Austria Ph: +43 1 2600 24276 or 2602 64284E-mail: unwomens@iaea.org

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Race Across Australia 2011: From Perth to Sydney on a bicycle in five days. On 13 October, Ambassa-dor Michael Potts attended a press conference to farewell four Austrian athletes who will cross the Australian continent from West to East and try to set a new world record. First image below, left: Press conference at the Crossfield’s Australian Pub in Vienna’s first district. Second image below, right: Univ Prof Dr Reginald Bittner, Organisation for muscle research in Austria - ÖMF, Gerald Moser, Aus-TriaTeam, Ambassador Potts wishing the team good luck, Dr Peter Zeitler, Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Andreas Sachs, AusTriaTeam, shaking hands with Ambassador Potts, Christian Wal-lisch, AusTriaTeam, and Andreas Fuchs, AusTriaTeam. On 24 October, the Austrian team officially kicked off their world record attempt in Perth. © top row: AusEmb

Race Across Australia - Press Conference & Kick offReview

Second row left: the team departs for Australia at Vienna airport. Image right: warning plates for the convoy. © rows two and three: austriateam

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The music of Australian/British composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961) featured prominently at this year’s Levoca Festival in the Republic of Slovakia. The festival took place from 30 September to 4 October in the picturesque old town of Levoca, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The program was in-spired by the anniversaries of pianists/composers Percy Grainger and Hungarian Franz Liszt. Both were famous for their outstanding musicianship and instrumental skills. Below, left: A performance of Grainger’s “Handel in the Strand”. Below, right: Jonathan Powell, Irena, Powell’s wife, and David Conway finishing playing Graniger’s 6-hander “Zanzibar Boat Song”. All photographs © Keith Page

Goldsworthy Reading and Levoca Festival Review

Pictures below: On 19 September, award winning Australian author Peter Goldsworthy held a public reading from his newly translated book “Ernster als Liebe” (Everything I Knew) at Herder Buchhandlung in Vienna’s first district. Vafa Ghazavi, Second Secretary, and Elisabeth Jaquemar, Policy Officer, represented the Australian Embassy at the event. “Everything I Knew” is about a fourteen-year-old boy who is about to discover that he still has a lot to learn. The novel challenges the belief in the innocence of childhood and adolescence. It is Goldsworthy’s third book to be translated into German. © Herder

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From 18 June to 9 October, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) featured a highly successful exhibition - “Vienna: Art & Design: Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann, Loos”. On display were more than 250 works, including paintings, decorative art, furniture, fashion and photography from the Vi-enna Jugendstil period around 1900. Most of the works were never seen before in Australia. First image, left: Gerard Vaughan, Director NGV (fourth from left), Astrid Mulholland-Licht, Austrian National Tourist Office (fourth from right), the Hon Heidi Victoria MP (third from right), Norbert Kettner (second, right), CEO Vienna Tourist Board, and Tim Bonyhady (first, right), guest curator, standing in front of Melbourne’s “postergirl” Emilie Floege by Gustav Klimt at the exhibition’s opening in June. Second image, first row, right: Every Wednesday evening from 22 June to 5 Oc-tober, the NGV organised “Art after Dark”, an evening of Viennese inspired entertainment, food and wine - one of the highlights of the successful co-operation between the NGV, the Austrian National Tourist Office and the Vienna Tourist Board. © Austrian National Tourist Office

Second row, image right: The Austrian Culinary Week took place in Sydney from 1 to 6 August. The high-light was the Austrian Wine Dinner at the Shangri La Hotel in Sydney, featuring the Executive Chef of the Hotel Sacher, Werner Pichlmaier. Picture, left: An Austrian Delegation attended the event on the 36th floor at the Altitude Restaurant of the Shangri La Hotel. The Austrian Delegation was headed by Dr Petra Stolba, CEO of the Austrian National Tourist Office. From left to right: Gunda Bleckmann, Salzburg Tourist Board, Michael Gigl, Austrian National Tourist Office New York, Manuela Moedlhammer, Austrian National Tourist Office Sydney, Astrid Mulholland-Licht, Austrian National Tourist Office Sydney, Paul Frey, CFO -Kunsthis-torisches Museum Wien, Petra Stolba, CEO Austrian National Tourist Office, Elke Bachner, Vienna Tourist Board, Andrea Altmann, Hotel Altstadt Vienna. © Austrian National Tourist Office

Vienna Art & Design Exhibition in MelbourneReview

Calendar of Eventsas at 27 October 2011

The Calendar does not claim to be exhaustive. If you know about upcoming Australia-related events, please send us an email at: austemb@aon.at

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Glenn Murcutt - Architecture for Place9 Nov, 7:00 pm - Opening of exhibition; Exhibition running from 10 November to 13 February 201218 Nov, 7:00 pm - “Tracing Pathways“, Presentation and book signing by Peter Stutchbury

Glenn Murcutt, Pritzker prize-winner (2002) and internationally renowned architect, holds an independent artistic position that consistently avoids the mainstream. For further information on the exhibition and an interview with Glenn Murcutt, please refer to pages 1 to 4 and to the website of the Architekturzentrum Wien at www.azw.at

Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hall, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna

Joseph and James Tawadros3 Nov, 10:00 pm - Sarajevo Jazz Festival, Bosnia

Joseph has just released a new 3 CD set entitled “The Tawadros Trilogy: Dawn of Awakening”. Joseph Tawadros is one of Australia’s most gifted and renowned musicians. He will be performing live with his brother James, a world-class percussionist, at the Sarajevo Jazz Festival on 3 Nov. For further information, please refer to www.josephtawadros.com and http://jazzfest.ba/en/

Pozorište mladih, Kulovica 8, Sarajewo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina

© J Tawadros

Marketplace Australia - Seminars and Open DayGraz: 10 Nov, 2:00pm-3:00pm: Seminars; 3:00pm-5:30pm: InterviewsVienna: 14 Nov, 1:00pm-2:00pm: Seminars; 2:00pm-5:30pm: Interviews

The Austrian Foreign Trade Promotion Organisation presents: ”Australia’s economy in an never-ending mining-boom”. Make an appointment with Austria’s Trade Consul in Syd-ney for an interview or attend a seminar to learn about Australia’s economy and about making business in and with Australia. The event will have a special focus on renew-able energies and energy-efficiency. Reservations are required. For further information, please refer to http://wko.at/awo/au.

Venue Graz: ICS Besprechungszimmer des IC Steiermark, Koerblergasse 117, 8010 Graz; Ms Birgit Leitner, Ph: +43 316 601 596

Venue Vienna: Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich, Saal 5, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63, 1040 Vienna; Ms Antje Reichel, Ph: +43 590 90 900 4352

Australian University Day in Vienna 19 Nov, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Australia-New Zealand University day in Vienna on 19 No-vember may be the first step to get ready for your studies in either Australia or New Zealand. The Institut Ranke-Heinemann will provide information and workshops for students, graduates or young professionals who are interested in studying in Austra-lia. Students can seize the unique opportunity to take a closer look at thirty universities from Australia without having to leave Austria. Students who are interested in Study Abroad, Bach-elor, Master or PhD programmes will have a good opportunity to discuss their plans with the Australian und New Zealand representatives at various information stands. In addition, study advisors from Australia will give lectures and hold workshops providing information about Australian universities, study courses, degrees, career options and much more. Alumni will share their experiences and give valuable tips. The Institut Ranke-Heinemann provides information on scholarships, financing, ap-plication processes, enrolment, visa, and the like. Visitors can also win a flight to Australia or New Zealand. Admission is free. For further information, please refer to www.ranke-heinemann.at/australien/messe.php and on video www.ranke-heinemann.tv/category/Ranke-Heinemann Centre International Universitaire, Schottengasse 1,1010 Wien

Creative writing course - Sylvia PetterCourse Dates: 12 & 13 November and 16 & 23 February; 1 & 8 March

Discover flash fiction: learn how to write stories of a page or two that pack a punch and/or just linger in the reader’s mind. Australian author Sylvia Petter, living in Vienna, will be giving creative writing courses in autumn this year and spring 2012. For registration and course fees, please refer to www.writersstudio.at

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Australian Chamber Orchestra in Vienna30 Nov, 7:30 pm

One of Australia’s cultural flagships, the Australian Chamber Or-chestra (ACO) under the leadership of Richard Tognetti, will be performing a concert at the Vienna Musikverein. They will be playing Joseph Haydn, Dmitry Shostakovytch, Peteris Vasks and Aaron Copland. The New York Times calls them a “virtuoso en-semble” and listening to them is like a “ticket to musical bliss”, according to The Times. For further information, please refer to www.musikverein.at

Venue: Grosser Saal Musikverein Wien, Karlsplatz 6, 1010 Wien, Ph: +43 1 505 81 90

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Register with us!The Australian Embassy in Vienna encourages all Australians travelling or residing in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Ukraine to register with us. The registration information provided by you will help us to find you in an emergency - whether it is a natural disaster, civil distur-bance or a family emergency. It may also be used to pass other information to you such as, new travel advisories, notice of elections and information on other matters relevant to travellers and expatriates. Your information is strictly protected by the Privacy Act 1988 (www.privacy.gov.au/ACT/privacyact). To ensure this information is kept safe during transmission the Department uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Firewall technology. You can register on-line at www.orao.dfat.gov.au If you have any dif-ficulties please contact the Australian Embassy in Vienna via email at austemb@aon.at Thank you!

PLease noteWe have received a reminder from Centrelink, highlighting that it is always your responsibility to notify Centrelink of any change in your circumstances, such as• the grant of a pension from a country other than Australia, and • any changes in the amount of your income.Any income or assets you or your partner have may affect your rate of Australian payment. You must tell Centrelink within 28 days if your income or assets change.

Contact details - E-mail: international.services@centrelink.gov.au; Phone from within Austria: 0800 295 165

All other countries, please ask for a free call-back at +61 3 6222 3455

Kate Just - ExhibitionExhibition running until 12 Feb 2012

American artist Kate Just, resident in Australia, is currently an Artist in Residence in Krems and will be conceiving an exhibition during her three-month stay. For further information, please refer to www.kunsthalle.at/factory/ausstellungen/kate-just

Kunsthalle Krems, Franz-Zeller Platz 3, 3500 Krems

Envisioning Buildings - Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography6 Dec 7:00pm - Opening of Exhibition; Exhibition running from 7 Dec to 22 April 2012

Australian Geoff Kleem will be exhibiting at Vienna’s Museum for Applied Arts (MAK) as part of the “Envisioning Buildings” exhibition. He recently had exhibitions in the United States, including in Chicago. The exhibition’s focus will be architecture from the per-spective of contemporary art photography and will be an international survey of archi-tecture in art photography. It brings together artists and works from all over the world, among them several photographers of the “Düsseldorf School of Photography” and the “Vancouver School”. For further information, please refer to www.mak.at

Venue: MAK Exhibition Hall, Weiskirchnerstraße 3, 1010 Vienna

Useful links and websites

www.austrade.gov.au Austrade-AustralianTradeCommission

www.austrade.de AustralianTradeCommission(Austrade)Germany

www.firb.gov.au/content “BuyingaHomeinAustralia”FIRBForeignInvestmentReviewBoard

www.daff.gov.au/aqis AustralianQuarantineandInspectionService

www.daff.gov.au DepartmentofAgriculture,FisheriesandForestry

www.asx.com.au AustralianStockExchange

www.abs.gov.au/ AustralianBureauofStatistics

www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/food FoodInfoAustralia

www.www.abie-germany.de AustralianBusinessinEurope(ABIE)Germany

www.australiacouncil.gov.au AustraliaCouncilfortheArts

www.dcita.gov.au DepartmentofCommunications,InformationTech-nologyandtheArts

www.indigenous.gov.au/ AustralianGovernmentIndigenousPortal

www.ozarts.com.au Australiancontemporaryartsandculture

www.aiatsis.gov.au AustralianInstituteofAboriginalandTorresStraitIslandersStudies

www.screenaustralia.gov.au AustralianFilmCommission

http://archive.amol.org.au AustralianMuseumsandGalleriesOnline

www.nla.gov.au NationalLibraryofAustralia

www.nga.gov.au NationalGalleryofAustralia

www.naa.gov.au NationalArchivesofAustralia

www.nma.gov.au NationalMuseum

www.screensound.gov.au NationalFilmandSoundArchive

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Below links are provided for your information and convenience. The Embassy does not take responsibility, nor does it necessarily endorse the content of the websites listed below.

www.dest.gov.au Department of Education, Science and Training

www.studyinaustralia.gov.au Study in Australia

www.aqf.edu.au Australian Qualifications Framework

www.aei.gov.au Australian Education International

www.australia.gov.au Webportal of the Australian Government

www.dfat.gov.au Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade

www.aph.gov.au Parliament of Australia

www.dpmc.gov.au Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

www.afc.gov.au Australian Film Commission

www.immi.gov.au Department of Immigration and Citizenship

www.aec.gov.au Australian Electoral Commission

www.ausaid.gov.au Australian Agency for the International Develop-ment - AusAID

www.ga.gov.au Geoscience Australia

www.csiro.gov.au Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

www.fahcsia.gov.au Department of Families, Housing, Community Ser-vices and Indigenous Affairs

www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au Australian Government’s Economic Stimulus Plan

www.climatechange.gov.au Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au Clean Energy Future

www.newspapers.com.au Australian Newspapers Onlinewww.abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporationwww.sbs.com.au Special Broadcasting Servicewww.theage.com.au The Age - Newspaperwww.smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald - Newspaper

www.theaustralian.com.au The Australian - Newspaperwww.afr.com Australian Financial Review - Newspaperwww.abyznewslinks.com ABYZ News Links

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www.australia.com Australia’s Tourism Webportal

www.visitcanberra.com.au Australian Capital Tourism Cooperation

http://de.travelnt.com Australia’s Outback Northern Territory

www.southaustralia.com/de South Australian Tourism Commission

www.sydney.com Tourism New South Wales

www.queensland-australia.eu Tourism Queensland

www.discovertasmania.com Tourism Tasmania

www.visitmelbourne.com Tourism Victoria

www.westernaustralia.com Tourism Western Australia

www.customs.gov.au Australian Customs Service

www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/food Food Info Australia

www.wineaustralia.com Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation

www.gwrdc.com.au Australian Grape and Wine Research and Develop-ment Corporation

www.ozcon.at The Australian Connection in Austria (OzCon)www.australia-austria.at The Austria-Australian Societywww.australien-info.de German Website with Information on Australiawww.ausport.gov.au Australian Sports Commissionwww.webwombat.com.au Webwombat - Australian Search Engine

www.whitepages.com.au Australian White Pageswww.yellowpages.com.au Australian Yellow Pages

www.lawyers.com.au An Australian legal services directory

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