Tuesday, 11 November 2008

EXCESS&RITUAL&THE SACRED -- HERMANN NITSCH: ORGIEN MYSTERIEN THEATER

Hello everybody,
Last Saturday 8/11 I visited the 'Hermann Nitsch museum' in Mistelbach (near Vienna, Austria) - - I found it very interesting! Nitsch's work may be of interest to some of you other guys too, I especially think of Dimitris&co. Nitsch is one of the 1960s Vienna Actionists and explores e g the relationship between religion, blood, body (human&animal) and ritualistic acts. Spectacular (yet controversial) staged 'orgies' with dozens of performers, dead animals, liquids&organs etc... Nitsch's most famous (recent) project is called 'Orgien Mysterien Theater' (no need for translation:-).

Some photos of the 120. Aktion (2004) (copyright Archiv Cibulka-Frey):

http://www.nitsch.org/static/2ts1fotos.html

Just put 'Hermann Nitsch' in Google (search Pictures) and you find A LOT more.

Best,
Joonas

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