Sara Blaylock - Parallel Public: Experimental Art in Late East Germany

PARALLEL PUBLIC

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EXPERIMENTAL ART IN LATE EAST GERMANY

SARA BLAYLOCK

THE MIT PRESS

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

LONDON, ENGLAND

2022 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Blaylock, Sara, author.

Title: Parallel public : experimental art in late East Germany / Sara Blaylock.

Other titles: Infiltration and excess

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] | Revision of the authors thesis (doctoral)University of California, Santa Cruz, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021005682 | ISBN 9780262046633 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Arts, GermanGermany (East)Experimental methods. | Arts and societyGermany (East) | Art and stateGermany (East)

Classification: LCC NX550.6 .B59 2022 | DDC 700.943/1dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021005682

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LIST OF FIGURES

Photo spread fromBildende Kunstmagazine (October 1989). Documentation of performances by various artists at the Permanent Art Conference, June 1989, East Berlin. Photographs by Jochen Wermann. Reprinted with the permission of Jochen Wermann. 1989 by Jochen Wermann.

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Contents). BStU, MfS, HA II, Nr. 33928, 12. Reprinted with the permission of the Bundesbeauftragte fr die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik via the Stasi Records Act (StUG) 32.

Verena Kyselka. From the seriesPigs Like Pigments. 2007. Collage images. 10070 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Verena Kyselka. 2007 by Verena Kyselka.

Christine Schlegel. From the seriesEingeschweiteberwachungShrink-Wrapped Surveillance). 1999. Collage images. 5070 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Christine Schlegel. 1999 by Christine Schlegel.

Cornelia Schleime.Bis auf weitere gute Zusammenarbeit, Nr. 7284/85Until Further Useful Collaboration, Nr. 7284/85). 1993. Photograph on silkscreen. 10070 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Cornelia Schleime. 1993 by Cornelia Schleime.

Cornelia Schleime.Bis auf weitere gute Zusammenarbeit, Nr. 7284/85Until Further Useful Collaboration, Nr. 7284/85). 1993. Photograph on silkscreen. 10070 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Cornelia Schleime. 1993 by Cornelia Schleime.

Else Gabriel,Stalabile Anlage(Un)Stable System). 2016. Reprints of black-and-white photographs (Wartean OnWait OnOne way speed limitPuppenDolls]) and document, magnifying glass, and notebook. Reprinted with the permission of Else Gabriel. 2016 by Else Gabriel.

Gabriele Sttzer.schwarz-weiBlack-and-White) from theMackenbuchBook of Defects). 1985. Black-and-white A4 photographs on board. 45.560 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Gabriele Sttzer. 1985 by Gabriele Sttzer.

Gabriele Sttzer.Trans mit KchenutensilenTrans with Kitchen Utensils) from theMackenbuchBook of Defects). 1985. Black-and-white A4 photographs on board. 45.560 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Gabriele Sttzer. 1985 by Gabriele Sttzer.

Gabriele Sttzer.Trans als MannTrans as a Man) from theMackenbuchBook of Defects). 1985. Black-and-white A4 photographs on board. 45.560 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Gabriele Sttzer. 1985 by Gabriele Sttzer.

Thomas Florschuetz. Untitled (15.XI.85) from theKrperbilderBody Portraits) series. 1985. Silver-gelatin prints, each 5050 cm. Reprinted with the permission of Thomas Florschuetz. 1985 by Thomas Florschuetz.

Thomas Florschuetz. Untitled (Pltzliche HeimkehrSudden Return Home) from theKrperbilderBody Portraits) series. 1985. Reprinted with the permission of Thomas Florschuetz. 1985 by Thomas Florschuetz.

Else Gabriel inSpitze des FleischbergsTop of Meat Mountain) by Micha Brendel, Else Gabriel, Rainer Gr, and Via Lewandowsky. Hochschule fr Bildende Knste, Dresden, February 1986. Performance. Photograph by Andreas Rost. Reprinted with the permission of Else Gabriel and Andreas Rost. 1986 by Andreas Rost.

Via Lewandowsky inSpitze des FleischbergsTop of Meat Mountain) by Micha Brendel, Else Gabriel, Rainer Gr, and Via Lewandowsky. Hochschule fr Bildende Knste, Dresden, February 1986. Performance. Photograph by Andreas Rost. Reprinted with the permission of Via Lewandowsky and Andreas Rost. 1986 by Andreas Rost.

Micha Brendel, Via Lewandowsky, and Rainer Gr inSpitze des FleischbergsTop of Meat Mountain) by Micha Brendel, Else Gabriel, Rainer Gr, and Via Lewandowsky. Hochschule fr Bildende Knste, Dresden, February 1986. Performance. Photograph by Andreas Rost. Reprinted with the permission of Micha Brendel, Via Lewandowsky, Rainer Gr, and Andreas Rost. 1986 by Andreas Rost.

Else Gabriel inHerz Horn Haut SchreinHeart Bone Skin Shrine) by Micha Brendel, Else Gabriel, and Via Lewandowsky. Hochschule fr Bildende Knste, Dresden, July 3, 1987. Performance. Photograph by Werner Lieberknecht. Reprinted with the permission of Else Gabriel and Werner Lieberknecht. 1987 by Werner Lieberknecht.

Micha Brendel, Via Lewandowsky, and Else Gabriel inHerz Horn Haut SchreinHeart Bone Skin Shrine) by Micha Brendel, Else Gabriel, and Via Lewandowsky. Hochschule fr Bildende Knste, Dresden, July 3, 1987. Performance. Photograph by Werner Lieberknecht. Reprinted with the permission of Micha Brendel, Via Lewandowsky, Else Gabriel, and Werner Lieberknecht. 1987 by Werner Lieberknecht.

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