Totentanz
By: Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger
Edition: 1. Auflage.
Publisher: Christoph Merian Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Basel
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783856168315
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Catalogs; Death in art; Dance of death in art; Installations (Art); Performance art
Other titles: Totentanz.; Totentanz. English.
Description: In an extraordinary total installation, Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger have addressed the motif and significance of the dance of death. On the site of a former cemetery, the original location of Basel's Dance of Death, which was destroyed in 805, they implemented a market situation that conincided with the Basel Autumn Fair. They invited artists from very different domains to create images, urns, models and performances. Each market stall and each offering presented a unique view of death. This richly illustrated publication reproduces manifestations, thoughts and documents pertaining to the dance of death and its significance to society.--Cover.
Notes: Parallel English and German text.