L. Moholy-Nagy: Vision in Motion (1947)
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“This book is written for the artist and the layman, for everyone interested in his relationship to our existing civilization. It is an extension of my previous book, The New Vision. But while The New Vision gave mainly particulars about the educational methods of the old Bauhaus, Vision in Motion concentrates on the work of the Institute of Design, Chicago, and presents a broader, more general view of the interrelatedness of art and life.” (from the author’s foreword)
Publisher Paul Theobald, Chicago, 1947
371 pages
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Comments (2)Leslie Martin, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo (eds.): Circle: International Survey of Constructive Art (1937/1971)
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This book contains work and writings by virtually all the leading architects and artists of the international constructivism of the 1930s.
First published in London, 1937.
Reprinted by Praeger Publishers, New York, 1971
viii+291 pages
in the Unlimited Edition
PDF (58 MB, no OCR)
Comment (1)Bernhard Leitner: P.U.L.S.E.: Spaces in Time / Räume der Zeit (2008) [English/German]
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Bernhard Leitner (*1938) is an artist widely known for his sound sculptures and sound installations. P.U.L.S.E. documents a range of his works made between 1999 and 2008.
“Sound spaces are not simply spaces in which sounds can be heard, but rather, where sounds first create the space, shaping its special characteristics. Audio events can create not only a special experience of the external, surrounding space, they can also make it possible to experience physical space as ‘internal’ space. Leitner’s work leads to acoustic qualities (of space) that remain hidden in the stream of stimuli, and it shows us opportunities for sensuous experience that we are barely aware of, since they have been lost or because their potential has remained unrecognized.” (Cathrin Pichler)
Texts by Boris Groys, Detlef B. Linke, Peter Weibel, conversation with the artist by Stefan Fricke.
Publisher Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2008
A ZKM Book
ISBN 9783775720472
208 pages
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