Talk
The propensity for the Gesamtkunstwerk
Wed, October 01, 2014 8:00 pm CEST
Media Theater
Panel discussion
The Propensity for the Gesamtkunstwerk
A Theory Installation by Jackson Pollock Bar
- Date
- Duration
- 47:01
Description
A discussion with Joseph Beuys, Bazon Brock, Harald Szeemann, Jobst Siedler and Frei Otto. The reenactment of a television discussion on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in Zurich, 1983.
The discussion focuses on the question as to whether the idea of the synthesis of the arts conceals a propensity for totalitarianism, which is then reflected in the Fascist aestheticization of the political sphere.
Actors:
Martin Horn, Gotthard Lange, Michael Sedieris, Hans-Jürg Müller und Clemens Becker
Director:
Christian Matthiessen
Video Documentary:
ZKM | Institute for Visual Media
Camera:
Christina Zartmann
Martina Rotzal
Editing:
Christina Zartmann
The discussion focuses on the question as to whether the idea of the synthesis of the arts conceals a propensity for totalitarianism, which is then reflected in the Fascist aestheticization of the political sphere.
Actors:
Martin Horn, Gotthard Lange, Michael Sedieris, Hans-Jürg Müller und Clemens Becker
Director:
Christian Matthiessen
Video Documentary:
ZKM | Institute for Visual Media
Camera:
Christina Zartmann
Martina Rotzal
Editing:
Christina Zartmann