The
9 New Austrians will enhance
well-being in Austria by way of
transforming typical Austrian
activities into sequences of
exercise. The exercises foster
health and support a relaxed
way of dealing with Austrian
myths, history and everyday
life.
The 9 New Austrians will focus
on typical Austrian activities
and courses of action, taking
them out of their everyday
context and re-distributing
them in new forms among
citizens. The inherent shift
in perspectives allows for a
new and contemporary way of
experiencing domestic idiosyncrasies
and their history.
Furthermore the idea of
nationalism is subjected to
critical revision. By way
of establishing alternative
connections with Austrian
national culture, the timehonoured
will be connected
to the future-oriented.
Absolutely independent of
identity constructions, such
as holding an Austrian – or
any other – passport, The
9 New Austrians will incite
momentum among older as
well as younger generations in
public space.
Professionals that work with
the body and movement start
their activities with a warm
up and finish them with a cool
down. Developed in the style
of sequences of exercise of
Asian origin, such as The Five
Tibetans or the Eight Silken
Movements (Qi Gong Exercises),
each one of the exercises will
be directly related to a typical
Austrian activity underlying it
and being performed by a character
naturally associated with
it. The exercise will be staged
in appropriate environements
in Austria and will be recorded
through photography and film.
The positioning of The 9 New
Austrians in the media and in
a variety of public spaces will
allow for the population‘s
encounter with an „Austrian“
who offers the opportunity
to find mental and physical
refreshment. A take-away
brochure that illustrates The
9 New Austrians in detail will
stimulate practice at home and
at work, before breakfast and
at bedtime, in transit, alone or
in groups.
The 9 New Austrians holistically
affects body perception, inner
balance, organs, agility, and the
muscular system.
2. Austrian: To join.
3. Austrian: Drive out winter. „Aperschnalzen“ Siezenheim near Salzburg.
5. Austrian: The Parcours. Mozart ball/rolling
4. Austrian: Being hospitable.
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development and integration
for migrants and asylum seekers.
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The official Anthem of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Movement Affairs is the first Anthem in world history that was created to be danced instead of sung.
The 9 New Austrians will enhance well-being in Austria by way of transforming typical Austrian activities into sequences of exercise. The exercises foster health and support a relaxed way of dealing with Austrian myths, history and everyday life.
As a result of industrialization and the digitalization of the means of production many traditional crafts, rites, rituals and celebrations are ceasing to exist or have already vanished in the face of globalisation.
The Dept. of Movement Affairs if the Swiss Confederation (EDfB)
In the framework of the “Plan for the International Promotion and Distribution of the Activities and Principles” of the BMfB the initiative for the founding of a Department of movement Affairs of the Swiss Confederation was launched.
In an initiative to relocate the experience of citizens into the field of the sensual, the BMFB initiates the first Universal Database of Favourite Movements and dance steps.
Movement Affairs (INAM) belongs to the first initiatives supported in the framework of the ‚Plan for the International Promotion and Distribution of the Activities and Principles‘ of the BMfB with the objective of creating an International Network of Movement Development Administrations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In the last 5 years the Austrian Ministry for movement Affairs has been present in numerous events focusing on cultural policies in Europe and abroad, lobbying for the existence of an updated discourse on body and perception in the political field.
