A Pleasant Apocalypse: Notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss

A Pleasant Apocalypse: Notes from the Grand Hotel Abyss PDF Author: Ariel Efraim Ashbel
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
ISBN: 9783775747462
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Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Book Description
Documenting the 2019 iteration of the long-running contemporary arts festival Steirischer Herbst The 52nd edition of Steirischer Herbst--the oldest interdisciplinary European festival for contemporary art, held annually in Graz and Styria--focuses on Georg Lukács' notion of the "Grand Hotel Abyss" and Siegfried Kracauer's "The Hotel Lobby," hedonistic celebrations at the eve of civilization.