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Never Ending Stories
The loop in Art, Film, Architecture, Music, Literature and Cultural History
ISBN: 9783775743655
(HB - E)
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The loop in art, film, architecture, music, literature, and cultural history: the phenomenon of going in circles inside of closed systems is ubiquitous and has been since antiquity at the latest a topic of social, spiritual, artistic, and economic life.
The loop is omnipresent-whether in music and video art, or hotel lobbies and living rooms, where flickering flames or aquariums with ceaselessly darting fish run continually on monitors. With Never Ending Stories, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents the first extensive examination of the loop phenomenon in art, film, architecture, music, literature, and cultural history, taking a comprehensive interdisciplinary look at the subject as regards time and place as well as form and content.The exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive scholarly catalogue edited by Ralf Beil, which will shed light on this multifaceted theme, examining it from the aspects of science, literature, and creativity. Featuring thirteen essays, numerous original sources, and more than three hundred illustrations, this catalogue is a foundational work that revolves persistently around its theme, constantly opening up new and surprising perspectives and insights.
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