CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
„WE LOVE YOU, ELTON & DAVID.“ Elton John
CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
WRITTEN TOGETHER WITH DANIEL OLIVER BACHMANN, AN EXPERIENCED NOVELIST AND GHOSTWRITER
PUB DATE IN GERMANY | SPRING 2015
PUBLISHER | HERBIG LANGEN MÜLLER
FORMAT | APROX 180 PAGES | LARGE–SIZED PAPERBACK
4–COLOUR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT | MOST OF THEM NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED | PREDOMINATELY BACKSTAGE SHOTS | PHOTOS WILL BE SUPLLIED BY THE MANAGEMENT OF CONCHITA | NO ADDITONAL REPRO RIGHTS
GERMAN MANUSCRIPT AVAILABLE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER 2014
TARGET GROUPS
● ALL CONCHITA WURST FANS (FB LIKES +830.476 ‐ AS PER 24/09/14) ● ALL EUROPEAN SONGCONTEST (ESC) FANS ● FANS OF TALENT SHOWS ● GAY READERSHIP
THE BOOK CONCHITA WURST WON MORE THAN JUST A SONG CONTEST WITH HER TRIUMPHANT VICTORY AT THE ESC 2014. CONCHITA’S CLEVER CONCEPT, COMBINED WITH HER STUNNING ENTRANCE, HER COURAGE AND HER EARTHSHATTERING SHOW IMPACTED LIKE A METEOR. EUROPE AND THE WORLD DISCUSS TOLERANCE AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON A BROADER LEVEL BECAUSE OF HER APPEARANCE. THE OVERWHELMING SOLIDARITY THAT THE JURY AND THE AUDIENCE SHOWED TOWARD CONCHITA MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETELY SILENCED THE DIE‐ HARDS, BUT THEY HAVE BECOME VERY QUIET. WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE IS THE STATEMENT OF THE UNSTOPPABLES. THEY DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THE WORLD AND ‐ MIRACULOUSLY – THE WORLD IS NOW READY TO LISTEN.
CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OUTLINE
POINT OF VIEW: CONCHITA TELLS HER STORY IN THE FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE FOREWORD FROM CHER OR ELTON JOHN LIKE A PHOENIX OPENING SCENE: CONCHITA ON MAY 11, 2014 ON THE WAY TO THE STAGE FOR HER APPEARANCE AT THE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST: I AM EXTREMELY CONCENTRATED, FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE MISSION I AM ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE. I KNOW THAT WHEN THE SPOTLIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED, THERE’S NO TURNING BACK. I AM OFFERING MYSELF UP TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE WORLD WITH MY PROVOCATIVE CONCEPT, AND THERE’S NO TELLING HOW IT WILL COME OUT. I, HOWEVER, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
1. HOW DID THE PROPHET COME TO HIS BEARD? “I WOULD WISH THAT BECAUSE OF MY UNUSUAL APPEARANCE, PEOPLE WOULD START TO REEVALUATE THEIR THOUGHTS ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF BEING ‘DIFFERENT’ OR ‘OTHER’. ONE SOMETIMES HAS TO SHOW PEOPLE CLEARLY AND UNMISTAKEABLY WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.” PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOM NEUWIRTH UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALTER EGO CONCHITA WURST, IN WHICH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES ARE PRESENTED REVEALING MY VIEWS TOWARD TOLERANCE AND LIVING PEACEFULLY AND LOVINGLY WITH ONE ANOTHER. “TWO HEARTS ARE BEATING IN MY BREAST.”
2. ART, FASHION, AND THE STIRRING QUESTION, “WHO AM I?” SHAKESPEARE WOULDN’T HAVE UNDERSTOOD ALL THE EXCITEMENT. HE REGULARLY STUCK HIS ACTORS IN WOMEN’S CLOTHING, MOST CERTAINLY ALSO UNSHAVEN. DIDN’T HE BRING IT TO A HEAD WITH COSTUMED MEN DRESSED AS WOMEN WHO KISSED
CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEN WHO AGAIN WERE OF WHICH SEX? THIS PLAY WITH GENDER ROLES IS AS OLD AS ART. CLOTHING AND FASHION HAVE ALWAYS SERVED TO TRANSFORM, TO METAMORPHOSE, TO TRY OUT ONESELF, TO CHANGE ONE’S APPEARANCE. ACCOUNT OF MY FUN PLAYING WITH ROLLS, MY LOVE OF FASHION, AND MY RELIEF AT BEING SOMEBODY TOTALLY DIFFERENT AGAIN IN THE EVENING.DIE NOCHMAL WELCHEN GESCHLECHTS WAREN?
3. AND THE WINNER IS... EVERYTHING BEGAN WITH MY (TOM NEUWIRTH’S) CASTING SHOW APPEARANCE IN AUSTRIAN STATE BROADCASTING’S “STARMANIA”. I TOOK TO THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS YET WITHOUT COSTUME. IT CONTINUED WITH THE INVENTION OF CONCHITA, HER 2011 APPEARANCE IN AND ELIMINATION FROM “THE BIG CHANCE” (A CASTING SHOW OF AUSTRIAN STATE TELEVISION). IN 2012 I (CONCHITA) PRESENTED MYSELF TO A LARGER AUDIENCE WITH MY APPEARANCE IN THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST. I LOST BY A SMALL MARGIN. THE DEFEAT SHAPED ME AND ENSURED THAT I HONED MYSELF AND PERFECTED MY PERFORMANCE. „SHOOT FOR THE MOON. EVEN IF YOU MISS, YOU’LL LAND AMONG THE STARS.“ THE SONG CONTEST AS TRIUMPHANT CULMINATION OF A NOT ALWAYS EASY PATH.
„WE ARE UNITY, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE, YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE!“ 4. IN THE WIND TUNNEL MY CONCEPT IS NOT TOLERATED BY EVERYBODY. BEFOREHAND AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MY OVERWHELMING VICTORY, LOVE AND HATE HAILED DOWN IN EQUAL MEASURE. WORLDWIDE REACTION AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE SCORES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES:
CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY „THIS IS PROOF OF THE DECAY OF MODERN EUROPE(…)UPSETTING THINGS OCCUR IN EUROPE WHICH SHOW ITS DECADENCE.“ JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI, POLISH OPPOSITION LEADER „THE AUSTRIAN TRANSVESTITE THOMAS NEUWIRTH IS THE HEIGHT OF BRAINWASHING, THE PEAK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST NORMAL HUMAN PERCEPTION AND THE CREATIVE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN…“ GERHARD WISNEWSKI „WE LOVE YOU, ELTON UND DAVID.“ ELTON JOHN „CAN ANY1 IMAGINE THE TEARS THIS BOY HAS SHED... TRYING 2 B TRUE 2 HIMSELF ?THE SHEER GUTS ITS TAKEN 4 HIM 2 ACHIEVE HIS DREAM..ON HIS TERMS.“ CHER MY HANDLING OF PRAISE AND CRITICISM? THESE PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT A FAVOUR THEY’RE DOING ME.
5. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO ALL OF US „ IT SOUNDS KITSCHY, BUT IN THE END, WE’RE ALL ONE.“
6. PROSPECTS
„I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD. I SEE MY PURPOSE IN LIFE AS A FUTURE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO WORK TOWARD. IF A FEW PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR THINKING, THEN THAT’S A LOT.“ CONCHITA WURST
CONCHITA WURST: WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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