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Die Blutorgel
[The Blood Organ]
Published in 1962 (end of May-June) as part of an action held by the artists: Nitsch, Muehl and Frohner wall themselves up in Muehler studio, the public being called to break the wall to free them three days later (« Ausmauerung ») . In the meanwhile, the artists produced junk sculptures (Muehl, Frohner) and a big painting painted with red pigment and blood (Nitsch). Die Blutorgel is both the title of a text and of an action.
Author(s): Gunther Brus|Hermann Nitsch|Otto Muehl
Associated movement: Viennese Actionism
Language : German
Medium : Leaflet | Performance
Original edition of the manifesto: Published in 1962 (end of May-June) as part of an action held by the artists: Nitsch, Muehl and Frohner wall themselves up in Muehler studio, the public being called to break the wall to free them three days later (« Ausmauerung ») . In the meanwhile, the artists produced junk sculptures (Muehl, Frohner) and a big painting painted with red pigment and blood (Nitsch). Die Blutorgel is both the title of a text and of an action.
Where can we find this manifesto? Karrer, M., Hermann Nitsch. The Gesamtkunstwerk of the Orgien Mysterien Theater, Walther Konig, Cologne, 2015, p. 163.
Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Kramer, Antje (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècle, Paris: Beaux Arts éditions, 2011.
Editorial comments:
Does the work corresponds to the definition of a manifesto? No
Does the work qualifies itself as a manifesto?
Is the signature individual, collective, or individual but in the name of a collective? Collective
Gender of the author(s): Male