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April 19, 2022 9:27 AM   Subscribe

Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch has died. CW: blood, gore, violence.

Best known for his bacchanalian Orgies and Mysteries Theater, he also composed music, as well as creating a sizeable body of painting and visual art.
posted by SystematicAbuse (6 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
Nitsch's music is often very meditative and beautiful and would probably appeal to a lot of people not interested in the ceremonial blood-and-guts work he's best known for.

Orgelkonzert Berlin

Island: Eine Sinfonie in 10 Sätzen
posted by remembrancer at 9:41 AM on April 19, 2022 [1 favorite]


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posted by Ashwagandha at 10:43 AM on April 19, 2022


Here's a nice, longer video (24 mins) I found of one of his actions from 1978. The content warnings definitely apply here!
posted by SystematicAbuse at 11:00 AM on April 19, 2022


I used to run into him at Cafe Museum in Vienna back in the 80’s. I figured he’d be eternal. He used to throw these amazing openings.
posted by misterpatrick at 3:07 PM on April 19, 2022


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posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 2:26 AM on May 6, 2022


Seeing as it's Bandcamp Friday, here are some Nitsch recordings on that platform:

Trost Records has a symphony for preorder plus an excellent string quartet, an amazing organ concert and two aktion recordings.

The most excellent Tochnit Aleph has eight albums... check the rest of their catalogue too, much rare German sound art/sound poetry and a lot of music by various Schimpfluch-Gruppe affiliates - definitely in the same wheelhouse.

AngelicA has the last organ concert recording from their festival in Bologna in 2019.
posted by remembrancer at 3:01 PM on May 6, 2022 [1 favorite]


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