National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bukarest (MNAC)Calea 13 Septembrie, Bucurestihttp://www.mnac.ro/Mixed Media: The Palace of the People, spacem Tape, Human Being;by heinz holzmann and thomas gamsjaegerstarring: florian dullercamera: anne schmittspecial thanks to: florin tudor, josef dabernigBased on:Introduction -- Bloody Sundays[...]There have been endless arguements over whether the origin of architecture was the house, the temple or the tomb, etc. For Bataille it was the prison.[...]If the prison is the generic form of architecture this is primarily because man's own form is his first prison. In other words, it is not possible to oppose the prison to the free man. Nessus's lion skin stuck to the skin of Hercules. In the same manner, man's revolt against prison is a rebellion against his own form, against the human figure. And this is precisely what, in Bataille's view, the mythical figure of Acephalus was intended to show: the only way for men to escape the architectural chain gang is to escape his form, to lose his head.[...]Out of the Book:Dennis Hollier, Against Architecture, The Writings of Georges Bataille, First MIT Press paperback edition, 1992

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