The Next Layer - artisans http://tnl-6.local/taxonomy/term/1056/0 en-US Notes on Bauhaus: Community of Creative Workers http://tnl-6.local/node/1099 <p>In this text a collection of notes on the book <i>Bauhaus</i> (1999), by Jeannine Fiedler and Peter Feierabend (editors) and in particular the introduction <i>Bauhaus - geschichtlich</i> by Andreas Haus, is used as a starting point for further reasonings about the ideas and motivations of the historic avant-garde in general and Bauhaus in particular, and why that matters for contemporary practices. Key issues are the development of arts and arts and crafts within an increasingly industrial economy, art/-isanal working methodologies and relationships with science and new technologies, and the notion of the artistic or artisianal community as a driver of social change. </p> <p><a href="http://tnl-6.local/node/1099" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://tnl-6.local/node/1099#comments English Notes artisans avant-garde Bauhaus community Uncommons Thu, 14 May 2009 09:49:25 +0000 Armin Medosch 1099 at http://tnl-6.local