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A Pleasant Apocalypse : notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss : Steirischer Herbst '19 reader
- Title
- A Pleasant Apocalypse : notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss : Steirischer Herbst '19 reader / edited by Ekaterina Degot and David Riff.
- Publication
- Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- 173 pages, lxiv pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 Lukacs. In the early 1930's 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 "Genusshauptstadte" (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.0 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.00Exhibition: City of Graz, Austria (19.09.-13.10.2019).
- Subject
- Steirischer Herbst > Exhibitions
- Steirischer Herbst
- 2000-2099
- Art festivals > Austria > Graz
- Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Art and society > Austria > Exhibitions
- Art and society > Austria > Graz > Exhibitions
- Hedonism > Austria > Exhibitions
- Fascism and art > Exhibitions
- Art and society
- Art, Modern
- Fascism and art
- Hedonism
- Austria
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- 52th Steirischer Herbst.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Exhibitions (note)
- In conjunction with Steirischer Herbst '19, Graz, September 24 - October 18, 2019.
- Call Number
- JQE 21-143
- ISBN
- 9783775747462
- 377574746X
- LCCN
- 9783775747462
- OCLC
- 1159289305
- Title
- A Pleasant Apocalypse : notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss : Steirischer Herbst '19 reader / edited by Ekaterina Degot and David Riff.
- Publisher
- Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Exhibitions
- In conjunction with Steirischer Herbst '19, Graz, September 24 - October 18, 2019.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- Degotʹ, Ekaterina, editor.Riff, David, editor.Steirischer Herbst (2019 : Graz, Austria), host institution.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783775747462
- Research Call Number
- JQE 21-143