In 1968, the Iron Curtain opened a crack: At the "Intervision" music festival in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, stars from Eastern and Western Europe shared the stage for the first time, just weeks before the invasion of Soviet tanks ended the cultural policy of the Prague Spring.
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InterEuroVision
It wasn't until after the fall of the Berlin Wall that another pan-European music competition took place: this time, Western European broadcasters hosted a joint Eurovision Song Contest. Intervision fell into obscurity. Fortunately, the European performance group BOYS* IN SYNC had a passion for song contests and big show moments!
In InterEuroVision, they shed light on the forgotten Intervision competition, performing hits from East and West in their native languages, and exploring the political dimensions of both song contests: What symbolic impact does Intervision have on people today? Why do they know so little about this historic event? And what does this say about the collective European memory?
To this day, European and international conflicts influence the Eurovision Song Contest and complicate its claim to a non-political, joyful presence. At the same time, Eurovision has become a platform for queer empowerment.
As non-political as international singing competitions like the Eurovision Song Contest or Intervision may appear, they are always politically motivated. The performances, commentaries, and songs of the 1968 shows tell us about this connection.
(IN GERMAN)
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Participating artists
Ragni Halle (NO)
Livia Hiselius (SW)
Markéta Hrehorová (CZ)
Gregers Hansen (PL/NO)
Jakob Krog (DK)
Simon David Zeller (DE)
Dates
June 2025
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