Closing event to the exhibition: “Ich wohne, bis ich 100 bin”: Still Dancing at 100

from 7pm in the Podium at the Az W
admission free

Dance to music ranging from the early-1930s to the funky beats of the 1970s, and learn more about lifestyle choices in old age. Swing, boogie, Charleston or rock ‘n’ roll — whatever your dancing heart desires. On this unique evening the Architekturzentrum Wien becomes a ballroom for architecture and dance enthusiasts.

with DJ Oliver and DJ ChrisU

THE EXHIBITION

‘Ich wohne, bis ich 100 bin. Red Vienna, Grey Society’ engages playfully with the findings of a two-year research project by the ETH Wohnforum in Zurich on housing for the elderly, and is supplemented by the Vienna section of the exhibition ‘Red Vienna, Grey Society’. The key aim of the show is to inform visitors about alternative forms of accommodation for the elderly that challenge conventional ideas or clichés — old people are increasingly prepared to move home again and to try something new in their twilight years. The growing numbers of elderly people is presenting many towns and cities today with completely new challenges. This is particularly true in the housing sector: how to live in old age is something that effects everybody — however the expectations concerned are as heterogeneous as the elderly themselves are as a group.

until 05.10.2009
Architekturzentrum Wien im MQ
1 Museumsplatz, 1070 Vienna