tabula rasa project is the performance series of Austrian artist Philipp Oberlohr. At the intersection of theater, performance and illusions, Oberlohr creates meaningful encounters with the audience and invites them to doubt reality – in a playful and lighthearted way. The tabula rasa project's performances combine game theater, mind-reading illusions and funky ideas to create mind-expanding, interactive experiences. It’s time for tabula rasa*. A fresh start for the brain.
Time for tabula rasa*.
The Latin term tabula rasa (tabula "tablet" and rasa, radere "to scrape") originally refers to a wax-covered writing tablet that has been smoothed out by scraping off the writing, which allows one to once again write on it like on a blank page.
“Super-natural”
- The Irish Times
“An incredibly well crafted show that owes to theatre and dramatic traditions”
- Public Reviews London
Performances
Das Spiel. Are you part of The Game?
THE GAME has found you.
As you are reading this, you are already a part of it.
Das Fest. You are invited to the Party.
We have no drinks.
We have no snacks.
We have no secrets.
séance. an interactive experience.
séance invites you to doubt all the things you don’t believe in.
“Not just smart. Funny, very funny”
- The Londonist
“What follows is an incredible evening”
- Everything Theatre
Workshop
DOING THE UN•THINK•ABLE
#cultureofexperimentation. How can we cultivate a state of joy, of confidence? How can we cultivate a state in which we can leave old paths with ease and dare something new? A state of curiosity as the starting point for development and change? Oberlohr found answers in the most unusual places.
“It did indeed feel like I was supposed to be there”
- Metropole Vienna
“This feels personal, it feels welcoming”
- Theatre Fullstop
About
Philipp Oberlohr raises more questions than he answers. The Irish Times calls him "super-natural," which he is definitely not. Metro London calls him "Vienna's master illusionist," which is not true either – because he comes from the heart of Tyrol.
Some of Oberlohr’s partners and the venues he played at:
A Curious Invitation London | Alacarter Limited | Altes Kino Landeck | Austrian Cultural Forum | Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung der Betreuung im Strafvollzug — ABiS | Barbican Centre London | Beard & The Biird London | Binderholz Fügen | Bompas & Parr London | Burgsommer Hall in Tirol | CCW Stainach | Cinetheatro | Corporate Culture Jam Wien | Creaholic Biel/Bienne | FAQ Bregenzerwald | Galerie Die Schöne | Hafenstadt Klagenfurt | Hammersmith Theatre London | Kammgarn Hard | KH Studio Newcastle | Kulturbahnhof Andelsbuch | KOMMA Wörgl | KV Grammophon | Lokremise St. Gallen | London Month of the Dead | MAUVE Vienna | MTH Germany | National Geographic | Nellie Nashorn Lörrach | Old Boy’s School Dublin | Ovalhouse London | Popdown Hotel | Ö1 Radiokulturhaus Wien | Schloss Goldegg | Shopfront Festival Coventry | Simon Gillespie Studio London | South Place Hotel | Spielboden Dornbirn | Stummer Schrei | Sublime Promotions London | Talliston House | The Hospital Club London | The Last Tuesday Society | The Yard Theatre London | TOIHAUS Salzburg | Town Hall Hotel London | Toxic Dreams Vienna | Trangallán | VAULT Festival London | Waterstones London | 10 Days in Dublin | 40 Winks Hotel London