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Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, German writer and artist Unica Zürn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric institutions across Germany and France. While Zürn is often discussed in relation to her partner, the controversial artist Hans Bellmer, this innovative book moves beyond the familiar model of the overlooked 'significant other' and re-introduces her as a member of the French Surrealist group. This is the first monograph on the life and work of the Unica Zürn in English. Esra Plumer presents Zürn's life and work in light of the artist's individual experiences with WWII, Post-war Surrealism and mental illness, at the same time revealing wider aspects of her artistic practice in relation to her contemporaries. She also reveals how the techniques of anagrams and automatism (writing and drawing methods designed to unlock the subconscious mind) form the pillars of Zürn's artistic creative output, which carry her work into the wider theoretical circles of psychoanalytic theory and post-structuralist thought.
The anti-(fairy) tale has long existed in the shadow of the traditional fairy tale as its flipside or evil twin. According to André Jolles in Einfache Formen (1930), such Antimärchen are contemporaneous with some of the earliest known oral variants of familiar tales. While fairy tales are generally characterised by a “spirit of optimism” (Tolkien) the anti-tale offers us no such assurances; for every “happily ever after,” there is a dissenting “they all died horribly.” The anti-tale is, however, rarely an outright opposition to the traditional form itself. Inasmuch as the anti-hero is not a villain, but may possess attributes of the hero, the anti-tale appropriates aspects of t...
This volume contains chapters derived from papers presented at the 3rd Global Conference on Visual Literacies: Exploring Critical Issues held in Oxford, UK, July 14th through the 16th, 2009. The conference brought together a broad range of cultural, artistic and academic participants.
Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, writer and artist Unica Zürn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material while in psychiatric institutions across Germany and France. While Zürn is often discussed in relation to her partner, the controversial artist Hans Bellmer, this innovative book moves beyond the familiar model of the overlooked 'woman behind the man' and re-introduces her as a member of the French Surrealist group. In the first text on Unica Zürn in English, Esra Plumer presents Zürn's life and work in light of the artist's individual experiences of the Second World War, post-war Surrealism and mental illness, at the same time revealing wider aspects of her artistic practice in relation to her contemporaries. Plumer also reveals how the techniques of anagrams and automatism (writing and drawing methods designed to unlock the subconscious mind) form the pillars of Zürn's artistic creative output, which carry her work into the wider theoretical circles of psychoanalytic theory and post-structuralist thought.
Urban Planning as an Extension of War Planning The Case of Shenyang, China, 1898-1966 HUAQING WANG, Dr., GALEN NEWMAN, Dr., ZHIFANG WANG, Dr. 1-12 PDF HTML Evaluating Staff Perceptions of Supportive Healing Environment in Healthcare Facilities PATRICK CHUKWUEMEKE UWAJEH, Dr., IKENNA STEPHEN EZENNIA, Ph.D. candidate 13-25 PDF HTML From Zoning Based Area To A Hybrid Space; The Transformation Strategies FARHAN ABDULLAH ALI, Dr. 26-37 PDF HTML The Role Of Urban Density And Morphology In The Air Pollution Of Tehran Metropolitan ROUHOLLAH OSHRIEH, Ph.D. candidate, EHSAN VALIPOUR, Dr. 38-43 PDF HTML Urban Sprawl Negative Impact: Enkomi Return Phase KAMYAR FULADLU, Dr. 44-51 PDF HTML Economic Divers...
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017) Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs. Vol.1, No.1, 2017 Number of published articles in this issue: 8 articles Number of authors contributed to this issue: 9 authors from 4 Countries This issue contains the following articles: -Sustainability in Historic Urban Environments: Effect of gentrification in the process of sustainable urban revitalization Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd, Dr. https://doi.org/10.25034/1761.1(1)1-9 -The influence of Mediterranean modernist movement of architecture in Lefkosa: The first and early second half of 20th century Salar Salah Muhy Al-Din, Ph.D. Candidate https://doi.org/10.25034/1761.1(1)10-23 -Adaptive Reuse...
Vernacular Architectural Preservation of Material and Spiritual Interconnected Cultural Heritage ALMIRA KHAFIZOVA, B.A. 10-19 PDF HTML An Industrial Heritage Case Study in Ayvalik: Ertem Olive Oil Factory GOZDE YILDIZ, PhD Candidate, NERIMAN SAHIN GUCHAN, Dr. 20-30 PDF HTML Multifunctionality of the oasis ecosystem. Case study: Biskra Oasis, Algeria FATMA ZOHRA HADAGHA, Ph.D. Candidate, BOURHANE EDDINE FARHI, Ph.D. Candidate, ABDALLAH FARHI, Dr., ALEXANDRU IONUT PETRISOR, Dr. 31-39 PDF HTML Catching Up With BIM: A Curriculum Re-Design Strategy ECE KUMKALE ACIKGOZ, Dr. 40-48 PDF HTML Exploring Design Principles of Bioclimatic Architecture and Double Skin Facades as A Convincing Tool for Energ...
The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War. Analysing works in a variety of media by leading artists and writers, the book redefines the post-war trajectories of surrealism and recalibrates critical understandings of the movement’s relations to historical trauma. Chapters address artworks, writings and compositions by the Swiss Meret Oppenheim, the German Unica Zürn, the Austrian Birgit Jürgenssen, the Luxembourg-Austrian Bady Minck and the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and her collaboration with fellow Austrian Nobel-prize winning novelist Elfriede Jelinek. Locating each artist in their historical context, the book traces the development of the traumatic surreal through the wartime and post-war period.
To what extent does locality influence contemporary art? Can any particular artistic practices be defined as uniquely Cypriot? And does art from Cyprus transcend Western boundaries once it enters the global art scene? This volume uses Cyprus as a case study for the exploration of notions of identity, regionalism, and the global and local in contemporary art practice; it is not, therefore, a complete historiography of contemporary Cypriot art. Rather, this critical text provides a theoretical and historical framework that frames and contextualizes art practices from Cyprus, while always relating these back to the international art world. Numerous current and pressing issues-all relevant beyon...
The first full-length study to bring together the fields of Health Humanities and German studies, this book features contributions from a range of key scholars and provides an overview of the latest work being done at the intersection of these two disciplines. In addition to surveying the current critical terrain in unparalleled depth, it also explores future directions that these fields may take. Organized around seven sections representing key areas of focus for both disciplines, this book provides important new insights into the intersections between Health Humanities, German Studies, and other fields of inquiry that have been gaining prominence over the past decade in academic and public discourse. In their contributions, the authors engage with disability studies, critical race studies, gender/embodiment studies, trauma studies, as well as animal/environmental studies.