Overview

Annual Programme

2026 – (RE)SONANT MATTER

A year conceived as a space of resonance, where sound, body, image, and movement enter into dialogue. In 2026, Kunsthaus Urhof20 explores the oscillation between matter and perception, between hearing, seeing, and touching. Through exhibitions, residencies, performances, and concerts, resonance becomes tangible as an artistic practice — a dialogue with material, space, and the world. more…

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Exhibition, Installation, Performance
May 2026

(RE)SONANT MATTER

Immersive festival  29–31 May 2026

An immersive festival of material, sound, and movement opens the annual programme. Christine Haupt’s installation turns touch into an instrument, while Daphne von Schrader, Sunny Pfalzer, Bea von Schrader, and Dieter Puntigam weave sound, dance, and light into a collective landscape of resonance.

Program
choreographic and musical research
June 2026

Echo Nature Stage

Residency  1–14 June 2026

With Robert Steijn, Bea von Schrader, and Laura Pudelek (cello). A choreographic and musical research project situated between nature and stage, between listening and action. Through daily movements between outside and inside, resonance becomes a practice of perception.

Program info Week 1 Week 2 Participation
light, movement, sound
August 2026

TAsten, TAnz & TAgtool

Chen Mao Shuen – August 1st 2026, 8:00 pm

The 13th edition of the series Pioneers of Contemporary Composition is dedicated to the Taiwanese composer Chen Mao Shuen. Albert Mühlböck, Bea von Schrader, and Dieter Puntigam combine piano, dance, and visual projections into a poetic dialogue of sound, light, and movement. more…

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collaboration, exchange & experimentation, research
August 2026

MØNTAGE CAMP

Laboratory  August 7–16, 2026

A ten-day laboratory for artistic research, exchange, and experimentation. Artists from music, media art, performance, and theory collaborate on individual and collective projects exploring sound, light, body, and resonance. The camp concludes with a public evening showcasing the diversity and intensity of the format.

Event-Info Formats Artists Presentation
dance, Visual Arts, voice
October 2026

Performance Festival

(RE)SONANT MATTER  October 9–11, 2026

The performance festival brings together contemporary positions in dance, sound, voice, and visual art for an intense weekend. Works by, among others, Magdalena Forster, Veza Fernandez, Lens Kühleitner, Elisabeth Harnik, Irena Tomazin, and Luigi Guerreri will be presented.

Festival-Info Program
open dialogue, positions & processes
October 2026

Exhibition

(RE)SONANT MATTER  October 16–18, 2026

A condensed exhibition bringing together visual art, immersive sound installation, and documentary media. Key positions and processes from the year enter into an open dialogue of material, space, sound, and memory.

Exhibition Opening
dance, Jazz, Light Art
November 2026

CODA

Concerts & Celebration – November 21st, 2026, 7:30 pm

To conclude the year, concerts by the jazz trio other:M:other and singer Luca Malina meet visuals, light art, and a DJ set. A resonant reflection on the year (RE)SONANT MATTER) and an evening of encounter, dance, and lingering sound.

Concert Lineup Party

JUBILEE BOOK

15 Jahre Performance Arts in Schneeberg region

The book "15 Years of Performance Arts in Schneebergland" is being published to mark the 100th anniversary of the celebrated cultural building. more…

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Arts

A broad spectrum of visual, performative and media art is presented in events and festivals.

EXPERIENCE

Building

The historic building with its magnificent and versatile event hall creates space for vibrant culture.

TAKE A SEAT

Grünbach

A regular magnet for art and culture, embedded in the climatic region of the mountain Schneeberg.

VISIT
Art Laboratory

Research in the independent arts and culture sector

The Center for Performance Art in southern Lower Austria, an architectural jewel from the 1920s, brings together different areas of contemporary art in one place.

ART LAB
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