After the symphony on Saturday, I immediately headed over to MuseumsQuartier where the lads from Paraflows were throwing their closing party, and what a party it was. In their typical fashion, every detail was executed, and it all worked with the theme.
The theme of the party was Night of the Living Dead Media - Dawn of the Web; the whole thing was set the night before HTML, the language used to script Web pages, was born. A pretty cool concept, from the cocktail waitress walking around with a silver platter of silver champagne glasses (only ball bearings and other metallic goodies in those glasses, mind you), to the 90's-themed music the DJs were spinning.
I made it just in time for the performance, which consisted of a vocalist and a guitarist singing songs about events that were taking place circa '91, including some pretty funny rants about (what else?) sex and drugs. Thanks again to Sylvia for translating all of this for me!
After the performance the DJs started banging out thick-kick drum'd mid-paced techno, a style that's probably known as "tech house" these days. Back on the night of Dawn of the Web, though, it was all just music.
Some of the other great touches included the projections of original Sega and Nintendo systems on opposite walls. People could actually play the Nintendo system, and I saw some pretty heated games of MarioKart up there. All in all, it was a great way to conclude a week of innovation, creativity and community.
Thanks to everyone who was responsible for me having such a blast here in Vienna!
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