Humanities and Arts
Caroline Lillian Schopp
Wolf Vostell is best known for the intermedial interactive events he staged on the streets of West Germany throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Berlin/100 Ereignisse (Berlin/100 events, 1965) exemplifies his work from the period, whichhe preferred to call ‘events’, ‘happenings’, ‘actions’, and ‘demonstrations’, thus blurring the boundary between art and life while affiliating artistic practice with political activism.1 Berlin/100 Ereignisse involved driving around the Western sector of the city in a car and making one hundred stops: to bury a clock in the rubble of Go¨rlitzer train station, meet a naked woman wearing a gas mask, confront a sign prohibiting loitering with ‘der realita¨t einer straße’ (the reality of a street) by wielding posters with current headlines as lowercase slogans – ‘weinender U.S.-soldat im vietnamkrieg!’ (crying US soldier in the Vietnam War), ‘straßenkampf in rhodesien!’ (rioting in Rhodesia), ‘rocker mit motorra¨-dern!’ (bikers with motorcycles) – pour out a bag of sugar near the Berlin Wall, and perform an array of other more ordinary activities like eating and waiting, all for a ‘Zufallspublikum’ (chance public).2 These ‘events’ indicate the ambivalent politics and site-specificity of Vostell’s work, which often explored the topography of post-war Germany
Show by month | Manuscript | Video Summary |
---|---|---|
2024 November | 52 | 52 |
2024 October | 74 | 74 |
2024 September | 78 | 78 |
2024 August | 61 | 61 |
2024 July | 63 | 63 |
2024 June | 44 | 44 |
2024 May | 46 | 46 |
2024 April | 62 | 62 |
2024 March | 68 | 68 |
2024 February | 48 | 48 |
2024 January | 52 | 52 |
2023 December | 47 | 47 |
2023 November | 54 | 54 |
2023 October | 41 | 41 |
2023 September | 25 | 25 |
2023 August | 12 | 12 |
2023 July | 48 | 48 |
2023 June | 30 | 30 |
2023 May | 55 | 55 |
2023 April | 41 | 41 |
2023 March | 38 | 38 |
2023 January | 3 | 3 |
2022 December | 21 | 21 |
2022 November | 50 | 50 |
2022 October | 37 | 37 |
2022 September | 30 | 30 |
2022 August | 51 | 51 |
2022 July | 46 | 46 |
2022 June | 94 | 94 |
2022 May | 43 | 43 |
2022 April | 20 | 20 |
Total | 1434 | 1434 |
Show by month | Manuscript | Video Summary |
---|---|---|
2024 November | 52 | 52 |
2024 October | 74 | 74 |
2024 September | 78 | 78 |
2024 August | 61 | 61 |
2024 July | 63 | 63 |
2024 June | 44 | 44 |
2024 May | 46 | 46 |
2024 April | 62 | 62 |
2024 March | 68 | 68 |
2024 February | 48 | 48 |
2024 January | 52 | 52 |
2023 December | 47 | 47 |
2023 November | 54 | 54 |
2023 October | 41 | 41 |
2023 September | 25 | 25 |
2023 August | 12 | 12 |
2023 July | 48 | 48 |
2023 June | 30 | 30 |
2023 May | 55 | 55 |
2023 April | 41 | 41 |
2023 March | 38 | 38 |
2023 January | 3 | 3 |
2022 December | 21 | 21 |
2022 November | 50 | 50 |
2022 October | 37 | 37 |
2022 September | 30 | 30 |
2022 August | 51 | 51 |
2022 July | 46 | 46 |
2022 June | 94 | 94 |
2022 May | 43 | 43 |
2022 April | 20 | 20 |
Total | 1434 | 1434 |