W(al)king through trauma: Wolf Vostell and West Berlin in the 1960s
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Bowie, Laura 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9084-2142
(2017)
W(al)king through trauma: Wolf Vostell and West Berlin in the 1960s.
Canvas, 4.
pp. 16-19.
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Abstract
This article discusses the work of 1960s Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell. Specifically in relation to the city of West Berlin in the form of the work Berlin: 100 Events. The paper analyses the relationship between art and city space and how the streets and places of the post-war city became contested and deeply symbolic. The 1960s saw a fundamental shift in how the new generation understood the world around them and the art of Vostell played a part in that development. Both the city and the younger generation were seeking a new identity and a new relationship to the world. The city spaces of West Berlin provided a catalyst for this recalibration.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | fluxus; art movements; collage; 1960s; urban space; Berlin |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology D History General and Old World > DD Germany N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES) |
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| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2023 10:12 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36727 |
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