Ivana Landmann 2007
Born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria in 1984.
Biography
Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
I am the curious, religious child of my beloved parents
Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
At age 3, my father forces me to watch as he rapes my mother
Johann-Kutschera-Gasse, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 5, my mother’s lover starts sexually abusing me
Wien-Flughafen, Schwechat, Austria
At age 8, my father abducts me and declares my mother dead
Johann-Kutschera-Gasse, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 9, my father terrorises me and my mother with sexual violence
Siebensterngasse, Neubau, Vienna, Austria
At age 10, my father orders me to punish him by inflicting physical harm on him and tries to kill us both
Johann-Kutschera-Gasse, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 11, my brother is born and my stepfather stops raping me
Währinger Gürtel, Währing, Vienna, Austria
At age 11, I have to leave grammar school, suffer from anorexia and receive psychiatric treatment for hallucinations
Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I use speed, tranquillizers, alcohol and methadone
Museumsplatz, Neubau, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, I discover my bisexuality
Europaplatz, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, I lead an intense, restless life without knowing how I can prove myself
Stuwerstraße, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 15, I run away from boarding school, communal residence projects and homes, and become a prostitute to get an endless supply of heroin
Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
At age 15, I look for, and find, a sense of belonging in the community of outsiders
Marxergasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 15, my stepfather accuses me in court of seducing him and is released from jail early
Friedensbrücke, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, as a result of taking fewer drugs, I suffer from paranoia, psychosis and hallucinations
Währinger Gürtel, Währing, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, I am diagnosed as having cirrhosis of the liver
Währinger Gürtel, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
By age 16, my life has been saved several times by emergency admissions after polytoxicomanic drug use
Baumgartner Höhe, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, my father has me forcibly committed to a youth psychiatric clinic
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
At age 17, I am given my first prison sentence
Wechselbundesstraße, Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria
By age 17, I have been given prison sentences for illegal prostitution, drug dealing, robbery and theft and dealing in stolen property
Hütteldorfer Straße, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, I rent some space to live in the villa of my uncle and his whores
Rampenbrücke A23 Erdberg, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 22, my toxic relationship with the man I love comes to an end
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, I am clean and have no idea what to do with my boundless energy
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.