Initiation: an Interview by Anni Albers
Annette Jael Lehmann about an interview with Anni Albers conducted by Sevim Fesci (Archives of American Art, New Haven, Connecticut) in 1968
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Rehabilitating materials: hardware jewelry by Alex Reed and Anni Albers
“Regarding household objects as jewelry, they invented a sort of anti-luxury jewelry, proposing a new definition of value.” – Verena Kittel about the relationship between Anni Albers and Alex Reed at Black Mountain College
Giving Up the Horse – Ted Dreier and Walter Gropius
“Dreier gave much of his life to the College, which could never have survived without him.” – Jonathan Creasy about the correspondence between Ted Dreier and Walter Gropius.
„Williams Mix“ – Eine Kooperation John Cages und David Tudors am Black Mountain College
“Nicht zuletzt spiegelt sich die hier skizzierte Werkentwicklung im prozessorientierten Experimentcharakter (…) des Lehr- und Lernkonzepts wieder. Denn ‘Williams Mix’ entsteht zufallsbedingt.” – Verena Kittel über die Künstlerkooperation John Cages und David Tudors am Black Mountain College und die Entstehung von ‘Williams Mix’
Robert Duncan at Black Mountain College
“Often I am permitted to Return to a Meadow” – Jonathan Creasy about the poet Robert Duncan and his time as a teacher at Black Mountain.
‘Poets are the Only Pedagogues’ *
‘At the heart of Pound’s pedagogy and his teaching practice in the Ezuversity was his rejection of institutional higher learning in the United States’ – Jonathan Creasy about Ezra Pound’s brand of education and the poetic pedagogies of the twentieth century
The Active Nucleus – Robert Creeley’s Black Mountain Review
“Olson planned a venture that he hoped would ensure the College’s continuation: the Black Mountain Review” – Jonathan Creasy about the cooperation between Charles Olsen, Robert Creeley and the beginning of Black Mountain Review
KENNETH NOLAND AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
“The collaborative environment and the connections forged would influence Noland’s entire career.” – Kate Mothes on the Black Mountain College’s impact on Kenneth Noland’s artistic development
Die Emanzipation des Tanzes: Merce Cunningham
“Wiederholend betonte Cunningham die Flüchtigkeit von Körpern in Bewegung, das kurze Aufblitzen von Freiheit im künstlerischen Ausdruck und den Moment der Ekstase im Tanz (…).” – Lukas Scholte van Mast über Merce Cunninghams Tanztheorie und dessen Beitrag zur Entwicklung des amerikanischen modernen Tanzes
„A thing is never seen as it really is“ – Über die Farbexperimente von Josef Albers
“Es geht Albers (…) bei seiner Herangehensweise besonders um den praktischen Moment, den Prozess aus Versuch und Irrtum (…).” – Lukas Scholte van Mast über Josef Albers’ experimentellen Umgang mit Farbe und dessen Einfluss auf die Lehre am Black Mountain College
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