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 »
The Drumhead
On May 21, 2013, the French right-wing activist and blogger, Dominique Venner, shot himself in the head at the altar of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. His choice to end his life was intended as a demonstration against homosexuality in the public realm. It was also the onset of Gerry Bibby’s investigation into,… Read more »
Hystericizing Germany. Fassbinder, Alexanderplatz
“Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s fourteen-part Berlin Alexanderplatz, broadcast on German television in 1980, is a pivotal work in the artist’s oeuvre. The 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin, a subproletarian apocalypse set in the Weimar Republic, provided Fassbinder with material to historicize the avant-garde of the 1920s and redetermine the relationship between utopianism and popular address. While… Read more »
Rémy Zaugg – The Art Museum of My Dreams or A Place for the Work and the Human Being
In his influential 1986 text, now translated into English for the first time, Swiss artist Rémy Zaugg (1943–2005) laid out fundamental ideas on the art museum. For him, the museum is an everyday tool that enables the encounter between viewer and work—raising the question of the kind of architecture appropriate for such a space. The… Read more »
Dealing With– Some Texts, Images, and Thoughts Related to American Fine Arts, Co.
“The New York gallery American Fine Arts, Co.‚ whose name today is largely synonymous with that of its gallerist, Colin de Land (1955–2003)‚ represents a gallery practice in which a decided deviation from conventional models overlaps with successful activities within the framework of the art market. Today, American Fine Arts, Co. and de Land figure… Read more »
Bleckede 2009 / Rochechouart 2011
“The texts assembled in this book began their formation during Charlotte Moth’s residency in Bleckede in 2009. Founded on the basic principle to comment and react on events, images, or situations, different artists, writers, and curators have since then been invited to respond on material chosen by Charlotte Moth. The book collects a selection of… Read more »
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