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| Article number | 9783961942312 |
| Price | 26,00 € |
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Nils Jockel
KELLERTÄNZER
June 1924: Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt, two of the most radical representatives of expressionist mask dance in Germany, are found dead and seriously injured respectively in their basement flat in Hamburg. The only survivor: their son Hans, 10 months old. Almost 100 years later, the KELLERTÄNZER have not let go of curator Nick Lainwander. Decades ago, he discovered their full-body masks by chance in an attic. Shortly afterwards, he received a visit from an old man who introduced himself as ‘the son’. Lainwander has been researching for him ever since. Who were the two visionaries who consistently hid in their masks? How did the bloody deed that ended their lives come about? And can you invent what you can't find? In KELLERTÄNZER, Nils Jockel explores the past and present of a Hamburg art movement that was celebrated at the Venice Biennale in 2022 and found its roots in genius and visionary artistic endeavour - and in an unholy alliance of politics and ideals. Jockel's novel poses the timeless question of the winners and losers of the art world and of life.
Hardback | KJM Buchverlag | 312 pages | dimensions (L/W/H) 21.8/14.8/2.6 cm | weight 542 g | language German
KELLERTÄNZER
June 1924: Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt, two of the most radical representatives of expressionist mask dance in Germany, are found dead and seriously injured respectively in their basement flat in Hamburg. The only survivor: their son Hans, 10 months old. Almost 100 years later, the KELLERTÄNZER have not let go of curator Nick Lainwander. Decades ago, he discovered their full-body masks by chance in an attic. Shortly afterwards, he received a visit from an old man who introduced himself as ‘the son’. Lainwander has been researching for him ever since. Who were the two visionaries who consistently hid in their masks? How did the bloody deed that ended their lives come about? And can you invent what you can't find? In KELLERTÄNZER, Nils Jockel explores the past and present of a Hamburg art movement that was celebrated at the Venice Biennale in 2022 and found its roots in genius and visionary artistic endeavour - and in an unholy alliance of politics and ideals. Jockel's novel poses the timeless question of the winners and losers of the art world and of life.
Hardback | KJM Buchverlag | 312 pages | dimensions (L/W/H) 21.8/14.8/2.6 cm | weight 542 g | language German