The big program exchange between the Sports and Culture departments was something of a mutual adventure. The editorial team for the ‘Sportlounge’ program took responsibility for the ‘Kulturplatz’ TV show on 19 August 2015. Five days later, the Kulturplatz team swapped places and presented Sportlounge. Both editorial teams adhered as little as possible to the conventions and routines of the other program – only the original production site remained. The main question in the Kulturplatz program was: how much sport is there in culture? The setting was Europe‘s largest lakeside stage in Bregenz. Sports presenter Steffi Buchli walks around backstage during a performance of Puccini’s opera ‘Turandot’; the sports crew sent – among others - professional musician Alejandro Nuez jogging and to a medical fitness test. In the Sportlounge, the Kulturplatz editorial team were interested in which cultural aspects can be found in sport. They asked elite athletes about the meaning behind their poses and tattoos. Presenter Eva Wannenmacher went to visit former top footballer Ivan Ergic in Belgrade to talk to him about Karl Marx and lyrics. To conclude the show, they turned to fiction and tried to imagine what would happen if people were to lose interest in football.
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