DINNER FOR 8: THE BACCHIC REVIVAL
Performance
November 22, 2025, 6pm
nitsch museum, Mistelbach, AT
An immersive performance about ritual, intoxication, and loss of control
On 22 November 2025, Joseph Sakoilsky and Kata Oelschlägel will present their latest performance, “Dinner for 8: The Bacchic Revival,” a sensually exuberant, almost cathartic spectacle about excess, devotion, and celebration. The focus is on a communal feast: a ritual moment of sharing, abundance, and togetherness. But what begins as a harmonious celebration increasingly loses its balance. The boundaries between generosity and gluttony, joy and chaos, heaven and hell become blurred. Time accelerates, the rhythm shifts—until all participants themselves become part of the unleashed chaos. Inspired by the ecstatic Bacchanalia of antiquity, religious banquets, and the allegory of the long spoons, “Dinner for 8” asks radical questions: Do we consume—or are we consumed? What happens when we indulge in excess?
Joseph Sakoilsky (born in 1992 in Camden Town, London) lives and works in Vienna. He combines painting, sculpture, and performance to express chaos, control, and black humor.
Kata Oelschlägel (*1996 in Vienna) studies TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her works range from performance to video and installation, focusing on the body, ritual, and transformation.
Afterwards, the nitsch museum invites you to bread and wine.
Limited capacity – mandatory registration!
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at