January 2015

Open Form – Space, Interaction, and the Tradition of Oskar Hansen

& Allgemein.

Oskar Hansen’s (1922–2005) theoretical concept of “open form” was developed in the context of international debates around late-modern architecture in the 1950s. Open form assumed that no artistic expression is complete until it has been appropriated by its users or beholders. In the following decades, the concept became a key principle of performance and film… Read more »

Torpor

& Allgemein.

German translation of Chris Kraus’ novel “Torpor”, originally published by Semiotext(e) in 2006. Translated by Stephanie Wurster Epilogue by Karolin Meunier