steirischer herbst ’19

A Pleasant Apocalypse: Notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss

von Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Vanya Bowden, Alexander Brener, Keti Chukhrov, Jasmina Cibic, Das Planetenparty Prinzip, Jeremy Deller, Bojan Djordjev, Daniel Efrat, Elmgreen & Dragset, Goran Fercec, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jule Flierl, Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze, Gegenpositionen (Eduard Freudmann, Thomas Geiger, and Elizabeth Ward), Riccardo Giacconi, Grupa Ee, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Shifra Kazhdan, Jakob Lena Knebl, Eitan Mann, Markus Pires Mata, Guram Matskhonashvili, Oscar Murillo, Erna Ómarsdóttir, Boris Ondreicka, Manuel Pelmus, Michael Portnoy, Blanka Rádóczy, Hanna Rohn, Barbara Schurz, Andreas Siekmann, Nedko Solakov, Vladimir Sorokin, Andrei Stadnikov, The Life and Adventures of GL, Theater im Bahnhof, Michiel Vandevelde, Dmitry Vlasik, Gernot Wieland, Jasmina Wójcik, Zorka Wollny, Artur Zmijewski

248 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A grand hotel on the edge of the abyss? The phrase that provided the title and the agenda for steirischer herbst ’19—Grand Hotel Abyss came from the pen of the philosopher Georg Lukács. In the early 1930s he used this striking metaphor to describe the attitude of the European intellectual and cultural scene who continued to party in an uninhibited, hedonistic manner, despite the looming rise of fascism. Doomsday scenarios viewed from a snug sofa, along with the culinary and cultural comfort zones known as “Genusshauptstädte” (pleasure capitals), demonstrate that the apocalypse can be shaped in a thoroughly pleasant and exciting manner today. This reader, accompanying the 52nd edition of the steirischer herbst, tracks these observations and explores the actual relevance of this historical context, as well as the significance of critical artistic attitudes, in essays, artists’ texts, and numerous illustrations. THE ARTISTS Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends; Cibelle Cavalli Bastos; Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz; Keti Chukhrov / Guram Matskhonashvili; Jasmina Cibic; Counterpositions (Eduard Freudmann, Thomas Geiger, and Elizabeth Ward); Das Planetenparty Prinzip; Jeremy Deller; Bojan Djordjev / Goran Ferčec; Elmgreen & Dragset; Ian Hamilton Finlay; Jule Flierl; Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze; Riccardo Giacconi; Grupa Ee; Jakob Lena Knebl and Markus Pires Mata; The Life and Adventures of GL; Daniel Mann and Eitan Efrat; Oscar Murillo; Erna Ómarsdóttir & Valdimar Jóhannsson; Boris Ondreička; Manuel Pelmuș; Michael Portnoy; Blanka Rádóczy / Vladimir Sorokin; Hanna Rohn; Andreas Siekmann; Nedko Solakov; Andrei Stadnikov with Vanya Bowden, Shifra Kazhdan, and Dmitry Vlasik; Theater im Bahnhof; Michiel Vandevelde; Gernot Wieland; Jaśmina Wójcik; Zorka Wollny; Artur Żmijewski

Every year for a month, steirischer herbst, the oldest interdisciplinary festival of contemporary art in Europe, turns the city of Graz and the province of Styria in Austria into a parcours of installative and performative works. Since 1968, the festival has offered a platform for public debates, critical positions, and dialogues between the arts.

• Themen: Kunst Allgemeine Themen Kunsttheorie
• ISBN: 9783775747462
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2020
• Größe: 24 x 16 cm
• Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Designed von: Grupa Ee
• Bildbeschreibung von: Ariel Efraim Ashbel
• Bildbeschreibung von: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff, Keti Chukhrov, Goran Fercec, Riccardo Giacconi, Eva Illouz, Siegfried Kracauer, Stephan Lessenich, Daniel Mann, Marko Radmilovic, Aaron Schuster, Vladimir Sorokin, Hasso Spode, Michiel Vandevelde, Gernot Wieland, Evan Calder Williams