ORF Sendung 'Schwarze Löcher der Wissenschaftskultur - die magische und technische Evidenz der Medien'

Hören Sie die Ö1 Sendung "Dimensionen – die Welt der Wissenschaft" zum Thema "Schwarze Löcher der Wissenschaftskultur. Die magische und technische Evidenz von Medien" von Gudrun Braunsperger vom Dienstag, 14. Februar 2012 um 19.05 Uhr in oe1.ORF.at. Die Sendung ist hier im Audiostream abhörbar bis dem 22. Juni 2012.

Ich danke Dr. Gudrun Braunsperger and Dr. Franz Tomandl, Chef-Redaktor of 'Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft' herzlich für diese spezielle Genehmigung!

In December 2010 the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften (IFK) in Vienna hosted a conference 'Touché. Die magische und technische Evidenz der Medien', to which Bax Art contributed. Reporter Dr. Gudrun Braunsperger of the Austrian ORF produced the radio program 'Schwarze Löcher der Wissenschaftskultur' in the section 'Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft'. It was broadcasted on February 14, at 19.05 hrs at oe1.ORF.at. The audiostream is freely accessible here until June 22, 2012. 

Many thanks to Dr. Gudrun Braunsperger and Dr. Franz Tomandl, Editor-in-chief of 'Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft' for this special permission!

News and recent activities - Newsletter March 2012

In December 2011 the IFK in Vienna hosted a conference 'Touché. Die magische und technische Evidenz der Medien', to which Bax Art contributed. Gudrun Braunsperger of the Austrian ORF produced the radio program 'Schwarze Löcher der Wissenschaftskultur' in the section 'Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft'. It was broadcasted on February 14, at 19.05 hrs at oe1.ORF.at. Bax Art received special permission from ORF to give you free access to the audiostream until June 22.

The opening of the Ben Joppe exhibition, performed by the designer Wim Crouwel, was a great success. A few hundred fans attended the opening with performances by the Amsterdam Chamber Theatre and Rusalki Quartet and with superb sushi from Yatta Sushi. Full report is given on the Ben Joppe Facebook page.

The intelligent, beautiful and utterly professional social media expert Jennifer Delano brought Ben Joppe back to life through Facebook and Twitter. Discover how she crept into the skin of Ben Joppe and created a host of fans!

Jan Stap published a book on 'Mondrian the man'. Not his art, but his character and social life is the main focus, with totally new information on Mondrian's youth in Winterswijk. Jan Stap donated his documentation and images exclusively to TheArtArchives for study by others. Many thanks! The files will be uploaded soon.

TheArtArchives recently posted a new portion of the membership list of the Theosophical Society. Now the period 1875-1915 is available, covering nearly 58.000 members. A valuable source for genealogy, art history and social history!

Membership list Theosophical Society online at TheArtArchives

On January 1, 1915 the Theosophical Society registered its 57.762th member at the headquarters in Adyar, India.The popularity of the society had increased immensely. More people joined the society in this decade compared to the 30-year period 1875-1905.

Many new countries are now represented, e.g. Hungary, Finland, Cuba, Egypt, Tasmania, Mauritius, Russia, South-Africa, Greece, Turkey. And the first Japanese member registered.

All 57.761 members can now be studied at TheArtArchives! 

The list shows a colorful bunch of people: Karl Wolfskehl, Piet Mondrian, Yiddu Krishnamurti, Christian Morgenstern, Fritz von Herzmanovsky, Ada Fuller, Emily Lutyens, Ely Star, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Marie Langen-von Strachwitz, Countess Maria Radziwill, Baroness Maya Knoop, Henri Soubeyran de Saint-Prix and Prince Mohamed Riza Khan.

Behind every name is a story, sometimes with a surprising twist. Today the story of the Lithuanian Count Maurycy Prozor

The story of Count Prozor

On January 1, 1915 the Theosophical Society registered its 57.762th member at the headquarters in Adyar, India.The popularity of the society had increased immensely. More people joined the society in this decade, compared to the 30-year period 1875-1905.

All 57.761 members can now be studied at TheArtArchives!

The list shows a colorful bunch op people: Karl Wolfskehl, Piet Mondrian, Yiddu Krishnamurti, Christian Morgenstern, Fritz von Herzmanovsky, Ada Fuller, Emily Lutyens, Ely Star, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Marie Langen-von Strachwitz, Countess Maria Radziwill, Henri Soubeyran de Saint-Prix and Prince Mohamed Riza Khan.

Behind every name is a story, sometimes with a surprising twist.
Today the story of the Lithuanian Count Maurycy Prozor.

Two Ben Joppe exhibitions in Amsterdam

Welcome on Saturday 14 January 2012 at the festive opening of two Ben Joppe exhibitions: 14-16 hrs: ARTTRA,Tweede Boomdwarsstraat 4, 1015 LK Amsterdam  Location  Exhibition info    16-18 hrs: Lauriergracht 80, 1016 RM Amsterdam Opening by Wim Crouwel ex-colleague of Ben Joppe at the World Exhibition Osaka '70 Performance by Amsterdam Chamber Theatre  Location  Exhibition info   The sale of Ben Joppe’s works contributes solely to the aim of the Ben Joppe Foundation: to support artistic talent in symphonic music and other arts.

Ben Joppe 1970 Wim Crouwel 2011

Der aufgeklärte Künstler

Konferenz: Touché! Die magische und technische Evidenz der Medien

Veranstalter: IFK Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften an der Kunstuniversität Linz, in Kooperation mit dem DFG-Forschungsprojekt der Universität Siegen.

Datum, Ort: 15.12.2011-16.12.2011, Wien, Reichsratsstraße 17, 1010 Wien.

Programm: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=17901
ORF Radio Programm:  http://oe1.orf.at/programm/295462

 Vor zwei Jahren hat die holländische ‚pagan’ Musikgruppe Omnia das CD Wolf love veröffentlicht. Dieses CD trägt ein Motto des bekannten englischen Comicsautors Alan Moore, eine Rasputin ähnliche Erscheinung:

Art is like Magick … It’s the science of manipulating symbols, sounds or images to achieve changes in consciousness. It is not the job of the Artist to give the audience what they want. It’s the job of the Artist to give the audience what they need. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience, they would be the Artist.

VBCN-lid spendeert nog geen 25 euro per jaar aan innovatieve curator

Deze tekst werd ook gepubliceerd op de blog van het Register Freelance en Zelfstandige Kunsthistorici.

Over de VBCN heb ik een aantal jaren geleden een artikel in Het Financieele Dagblad geschreven. De bedrijfscollecties gingen zich aansluiten en wilden een positie in de internationale expositiemarkt innemen die vergelijkbaar is met het museum. Ik was heel benieuwd of deze sector zich anders in de kunstwereld zou positioneren. Dat blijkt nu van niet. Helaas, moet ik er wel bij zeggen. Want een begeerde reputatie levert kennelijk ook de overname van museale praktijken op. En die zijn niet gunstig voor de zelfstandig werkende curator.

Sashiburi in Amsterdam

Sashiburi ('long time no see') Ben Joppe in Steendrukkerij Amsterdam 

14 January - 18 February 2012 

Lauriergracht 80,1060 RM Amsterdam
Contributions: Wim Crouwel, Amsterdam Chamber Theatre

  

Ben Joppe (1915-2007) lived at Lauriergracht 80, Amsterdam, the address of the Steendrukkerij Amsterdam Gallery, from 1983-1993. In January 2012 he returns as an artist. The Ben Joppe Foundation, founded by the artist shortly before his death in 2007, sells Ben's expressive paintings and works on paper to support its aims: to stimulate talent in symphonic music and other forms of art.

    

The exhibition follows two biographical and artistic strands.

Art & Western Esotericism: from rejected knowledge to blockbuster

From 1996 onwards, Dutch art historians Marty Bax, Andréa Kroon and Audrey Wagtberg Hansen have realized various projects aimed at drawing attention to the relationship between ‘art & western esotericism’. Because our goals have largely been realized, we feel the time has come to focus on other lacunas in our knowledge of art history. This column therefore marks the end of our joint ‘lobby’ for this fascinating subject. 

Art and religion are closely related. Like the main world religions, lesser known religious currents have also provided artists with inspiration. Freemasonry, spiritualism, theosophy and anthroposophy for instance, were relevant to the development of modern art. Within the academic Study of Religions, these organisations are seen as part of western esotericism: an umbrella term for a group of related currents, which date back to the gnosis of Antiquity, the hermetic philosophy of the Renaissance and the ‘occult’ sciences (alchemy, magic, astrology).

The birth of Theo van Doesburg's alias

Have you ever wondered why someone takes on an alias? I can think of a myriad of reasons. There is one thing in common: all of these reasons are tied to the person who takes on this alias: his person, his personal life and his life within a community, and also aspects like tradition and ‘fashion’. The basic questions here are: ‘why’ and ‘why this specific alias’? Because the choice of an alias is always the choice of the person involved. 

Let’s turn to the alias which Christian Emil Marie (Emil) Küpper (1883-1931) chose as an artist: Theo van Doesburg. He was one of the chief promoters of De Stijl and Dada. Van Doesburg also used other aliases in his life: I.K. Bonset and Aldo Camini. Until I researched his youth (in 1999-2000), no art historian had really questioned the personal reasons behind Emil Küpper’s choice of the alias ‘Theo van Doesburg’. His genealogy provided the only plausible answer. Moreover: family circumstances also gave rise to new hypotheses about, and possible answers to, why Emil Küpper had such explosive relationships with his fellow-artists.