Live Drawing A2 at Arena Wien Open Air Concert | Crayons, Some Spilled Blood, Red Wine, Beer, Cigarette Ash, Dirt from the Stage, and Pencil on A2 Cardboard

When there was still a sun in the sky, Castle Rat defended the Realm at the Arena, Vienna, and in the front row there was me as a rodent minion of the Rat Queen, nibbling down on every moment of that intercosmic journey. With the stakes getting higher and higher, it was time to chant and draw the pencil, holding it like a wand and doing my share to fight back against Lady Rat Death to end all suffering. And also Bum Shelter . And Heavy Lezzers The Cult of Heavy Metal Lesbians/DJ Team. What could a rat want more?

Show by: Roadtrip To Outta Space
About Castle Rat: "Castle Rat is led by the Rat Queen, who was anointed her powers after aiding the beast known as the Castle Rat. The Rat Queen is joined by the Count who, just inches from death, was brought back to life by the Plague Doctor whose exact origins are not quite known. The Plague Doctor has significant ties with the all-seeing Druid, who led these beings away from the darkness of the plague. By powers unbeknownst to mere mortals, these four characters were brought together for one purpose – to put an end to Death herself as they venture forth into the realm. All while delivering hard-hitting, enigmatic Doom Metal, of course." -Ghostcult Magazine

Live Drawing A2 at @theloftvienna & @retropartyvienna | Crayons, Red Wine, Jägermeister, Schnaps, Beer, Cigarette Ash, and Pencil on A2 Cardboard

We have been at this point. There is the kinda magic Saturday time warp anomaly called @RetropartyVienna in @theloftvienna , and it takes you back to some past golden age when the world was only mad in a good way. And since the Retro Party had its 22nd birthday a short while ago, I made a A2 big one this weekend. As a present for the past. See, it is all about time here.

Live Drawing at Kramladen Vienna with Crayons, Leftover Drinks, Beer, Cigarette Ash, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard | See it full on www.vonSeiten.com

Right after the Metal Dropdown in Cafe Carina, the Kramladen became the host of all the Metalheads, shaking their manes along the beats in the green light strobes and laser beams. Complimentary Coexistence. Shake bang rave on.

Live Drawing with Crayons, Beer, Dirt from the Floor, and Pencil on A2 Cardboard

Each year, on Karlsplatz, the Popfest sings out in its subconsciously humming voice, mimicking some kind of contemporary siren call to draw everyone into its arms. From a stage in a lake to a hall with a huge yellow duck welcoming you at first, and into the tech university's belly called Prechtlsaal throughout the night - it is a three day excursion into the music of the generation, with each night blurring into one perpetual movement of draw, dance, drink, repeat.

Live Drawing with Crayons, Watercolor, Cigarette Ash, Red Wine, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard

Sometimes you can find me on the shores of Anno,
where waters flow and strangers meet,
an island made of the night.

Live Drawing with Crayons, Acrylic Paint, Cigarette Ash, Beer, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard | Kramladen Wien

In the pale light of seashells, rocks, and structures projected behind, an ethereal soundscape looped all minds through space travel dimensions and interwebbed the heads of a slow-waving audience into some form of cosmic yarn. I am not sure what exact incantations pushed me over the edge of reality, but as at some point I floated along while sipping down the beer as potions and the pencil became a wand scratching forbidden sigils into the sheet. When those lines started to reflect the shapes of the people present, it became clear that something was calling out into the universe to breathe life onto dead rogue planets, so they become home for all the wandering nocturnal creatures. A path summoned, and everyone was drawn into the rift towards the strange sky of an unseen world.

Live Drawing with Crayons, left over Drinks, Cigarette Ash, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard

Well, it required plenty of patience at first, standing in line at the Funkhaus, in which the Free Republic of Vienna Festival (Freie Republik Wiener Festwochen) found its festive home. After the stairs, the building opened its arms, and welcomed me into a mélange of flows by beats and people with drinks and drums spreading their love. Heimlich galore!

Live Drawing with Crayons, Red Wine, Beer, Acrylic Paint, and Pencil on A2 Cardboard

Every some years, my industrial heart does a 86BPM jump to the left when the gritty gods of experimental hip hop come from New Jersey to Vienna with a bag of rough beats, samples, and world view superfriction. I squeezed myself into front row, put a A2 on the stage and let the lines flow along. Millions of images. Trains on the loop rails. Deadverse deluge. Love.

Live Drawing with Crayons, Beer, and Pencil on A4 Stickers

The celebration was about 30 years, and probably a long breath and music culture. I was celebrating something too, but more in the line of having accidentally landed in Cafe Carina on a Friday and enjoying bands and drinks, while the pencils and crayons go broom broom fire.

Live Drawing with Crayons, Beer, Dirt, Cigarette Ash, and Pencil on A4 Stickers

I stranded there accidentally yesterday, and found myself on a shoreline of songs while dancing on glitter stones fused in asphalt. A stage full of people, a crowd waving hips and hands, and chansons of some kind of cultural royalty, singing about the depth of hearts, minds, and hangovers. 10 years of @Kramladenvienna, @gikksgikksgikks @gikkmagazin special and a derivational multitude of guests. Take me home, Vienna.

Fledermaus Halloween Party @cabaretfledermaus | Live Drawing with Crayons, Beer, Jägermeister, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard

In between the pages of a drawing pad, this one hid well until now. On Halloween 2024, we dwelt into Cabaret Fledermaus in Vienna, and there a menagerie of creatures, mimes, and monsters waved their extremities to the sound of heavy rock music. Oh the scenery, all a carnival.

Pencil and Crayons on A4 Sticker

I wish I would remember - it could be Goth Night in Down Under, or it could be another thing at Weberknecht Vienna.. or something else. The memory has faded, and only the Ghosts remain.

Live Drawing, 21st March 2025 | Flucc, Vienna | Crayons, Red Wine, Acrylic Paint, and Pencil on A4 Cardboard | www.vonSeiten.com

"Unbox The Equinox kicks off the spring season in a celebration of effervescent encounters, deep reflection and visceral sonic catharsis. The hosts @sebakayan & @malikafankha, together with their guests @liminalz_ & @djipek will transform the dancefloor into a place that is at times euphoric, rebellious, hedonistic and phantasmic encouraging alternative corporealities, temporalities and frolic multilogues." - from the event description

I stumbled in after a concert in Wanne, and was taken away for the rest of the night. Light flashes, amazing people, and a circus of sounds all coming together to celebrate a New Day, fluctuating in hearts and minds. Newroz pîroz be!

Live Concert by the Band Of Kings and Villains at Loop Bar Wien,
Pencil, Crayons, Beer, Cigarette Ash, Red Wine, Coffee, Vinegar, and Dirt on A4 Sticker,
Vienna 2025

We praised all good and evil with the Kings and Villains in a reign of sound, crashing down like tidal waves, flooding the stage and everything was shaky shaky as if gods stomped on dog shit and slipped. Nightshifts lifestyle. Burst me like a puppet. Boom. Loop. Boom.

Pencil, Crayons, Beer, Cigarette Ash, and spilled Wine on A4 Sticker | Kulturverein 1bm Einbaumöbel, Vienna 2025 | Full on www.vonSeiten.com

In 1bm (aka Einbaumöbel) in Vienna, once a Month an event takes place called "Volxlesung". It is an open stage for all the wordy wizards, text jugglers and letter lovers, reading and presenting their texts or poetry. I was invited to draw it live, and so I did. https://1bm.at/volxlesung/

Crayons, Pencil, Strawberry Juice and Cigarette Ash on A4 cardboard

More from time travelling down the staircase in The Loft, Vienna for some Retroparty glory and spilled drinks over 2000 beats pounding in heart's rhythm. Hit me Baby one more time. Wait… isn't it Saturday tonight? Well, see you there later, alligators and crocodiles!

Crayons, Strawberry Vodka, Beer, Dirt, and Pencil on A4 Sticker

With the glam rocking return in the underground, the Generation Band ignited everything that was cold and brittle inside, and boom there was an eruption with riffs like lava, breaks like heart beats, and some kind of weird out-of-place lover's embrace. Mend me.

Crayons, Beer and other wet-table liquids, and Pencil on A4 Sticker

Another one from dancing in the time rift, where Retroparty Vienna moves us all to a better place on Saturdays, with 90ties and the 2000 tunes, drinks and some good ol' time travelling from the Loft into outer space.

Crayons, Strawberry Schnaps, Beer, and Pencil on A4 Sticker

On Saturdays, a time gate opens up in The Loft, Vienna, right back to the 90ties and 2000s, and all the time travellers put up their Chronotrons and Timerippers, and dwell into the underground for drinks, music and a weirdly comfortable moment in which everything pretends to be okay with the world. Ah retro nostalgia, see you there!
Hosted by: The Loft Vienna, Retroparties Vienna

Surfer Joe Concert, Cafe Carina Vienna, 2024
Crayons, Red Wine, Cigarette Ash, and Pencil on A4 Sticker

Finishing up with some more concert artworks on stickers from 2024. Here with @lorenzosurferjoe and band from November together with @balu_und_die_surfgrammeln. It was a very hip-shaky and head-twisty evening in @cafe.carina, Vienna! Surf on!

Rose Paddles, Red Wine, Cigarette Ash, Crayons and Pencil on A4 Sticker,
Philosoph Bar Vienna 2024

Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪks/) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment. - Wikipedia

Viper Room Vienna, Dragged Into Bliss Festival 2024
Red Wine, Cigarette Ash, Lemon juice, Dirt mixed with Beer, and Pencil on A4 Sticker Sheet

We were diving deep into the cosmic deludge of riffs from outer space to speed up a rapid combustion into the particles of the primordial soup. Stars were dancing, raw existence formed spontanously. It's all in the sound.

Live Drawing | Pencil, Crayons, and Red Wine on Cardboard
Technoparty Kramladen Wien , Vienna 2024

As the moon lingers on, photons start to drip into a liquid state with bodies moving between laser beams and bass lines. Techno, baby.

Live Drawing | Pencil, Crayons, Footprints, Red Wine and Beer on Cardboard
ZWIDEMU, Vienna 2024

Between the Natural History Museum and the Art History Museum in Vienna, there is a strange liminal space called ZWIDEMU, swallowing all solitude on distinct days, when the stars are right or pride is present.