Guerrilla aesthetics: art, memory, and the West German urban guerrilla

382 Pages·2016·3.867 MB·English

by  Mair, Kimberly

Guerrilla Aesthetics

GUERRILLA AESTHETICS
Art, Memory, and the
West German Urban Guerrilla
Kimberly Mair
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago
©McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress2016
isbn978-0-7735-4694-3(cloth)
isbn978-0-7735-4695-0(paper)
isbn978-0-7735-9874-4(epdf)
isbn978-0-7735-9875-1(epub)
Legaldepositsecondquarter2016
BibliothèquenationaleduQuébec
PrintedinCanadaonacid-freepaperthatis100%ancientforestfree
(100%post-consumerrecycled),processedchlorinefree
ThisbookhasbeenpublishedwiththehelpofagrantfromtheCanadian
FederationfortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences,throughtheAwards
toScholarlyPublicationsProgram,usingfundsprovidedbytheSocial
SciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanada.Fundingalso
receivedfromaUniversityofLethbridgeResearchDisseminationGrant.
McGill-Queen’sUniversityPressacknowledgesthesupportoftheCanada
CouncilfortheArtsforourpublishingprogram.Wealsoacknowledgethe
financialsupportoftheGovernmentofCanadathroughtheCanadaBook
Fundforourpublishingactivities.
LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication
Mair,Kimberly,1970–,author
Guerrillaaesthetics:art,memory,andtheWestGermanurbanguerrilla
/KimberlyMair.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
Issuedinprintandelectronicformats.
isbn978-0-7735-4694-3(cloth).–isbn978-0-7735-4695-0(paper).
isbn978-0-7735-9874-4(pdf).–isbn978-0-7735-9875-1(epub)
1.Terrorism–Germany(West)–History–2othcentury. 2.Guerrillas–
Germany(West)–History–2othcentury. 3.Aesthetics–Politicalaspects–
Germany(West)–History–2othcentury. 4.Aesthetics–Socialaspects–
Germany(West)–History–2othcentury. 5.Art–Politicalaspects–Germany
(West)–History–2othcentury. 6.Art–Socialaspects–Germany(West)–
History–2othcentury. 7.Collectivememory–Germany(West)–History–
2othcentury. I.Title.
hv6433.g32m342016 363.3250943 c2015-908591-8
c2015-908592-6
Contents
Illustrations | vii
Abbreviations | xi
Acknowledgments | xiii
Introduction | 3
1 NegativeSubjects | 53
2 AestheticConvolutions | 100
3 ChoreographyoftheUnspeakableandtheUrban
GuerrillaPosture | 133
4 FromConsensustoDissensus–GerhardRichter’s
PainterlyUtterance | 165
5 CodaRegardinganAccusationofLove:
TheRAF Exhibition | 199
6 UnrulyMemoryandtheSpectreofMonument | 250
Conclusion | 275
Notes | 287
Bibliography | 329
Index | 345
This page intentionally left blank
Illustrations
1.1 Atlas477,Baader-MeinhofPhotographs(18October1977)
(1989),byGerhardRichter,includessomeofAstridProll’s
photographsassourceimages.CourtesyofAtelierRichter
©GerhardRichter,2015 | 64
1.2 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,Stammheim-Stuttgart.CourtesyofAllen
Ballandtheauthor | 84
2.1 CameraSilens(1994),byRobMoonenandOlafArndt.Cour-
tesyofRobMoonen | 109
4.1 Tote(Dead)(1988),byGerhardRichter.CourtesyofAtelier
Richter©GerhardRichter,2015 | 172
4.2 Tote(Dead)(1988),byGerhardRichter.CourtesyofAtelier
Richter©GerhardRichter,2015 | 172
4.3 Tote(Dead)(1988),byGerhardRichter.CourtesyofAtelier
Richter©GerhardRichter,2015 | 173
4.4 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,sharedgraveofBaader,Ensslin,andRaspe
inStuttgart.CourtesyofAllenBallandtheauthor | 177
5.1 PradaMeinhof(1999),byScottKingandMattWorley,
graphicdesignforcoverforCrash!,amanifestopublished
fortheexhibitionCrash!CorporatismandComplicityheld
attheInstituteofContemporaryArts.CourtesyofScottKing
andMattWorley | 207
5.2 MeanwhileinaLargeCentralLondonApartmenttheTele-
phoneIsRinging…(1998),byScottKingandMattWorley,
screenprintposter.CourtesyofScottKingandMattWorley
209
5.3 Atlas478,Baader-MeinhofPhotographs(18October1977)
(1989),byGerhardRichter,includessourceimagesofBaader’s
viii Illustrations
cellandthesourceimageforhispaintingPlattenspieler
(RecordPlayer).CourtesyofAtelierRichter©Gerhard
Richter,2015 | 225
5.4 BlackandWhiteRoom(2003),byChristophDraeger,instal-
lationfromChristophDraeger:MemoriesOfTerrorFromA
SafeDistanceatKunstmuseumSolothurn,13Septemberto
16November2003.CourtesyofChristophDraeger | 228
5.5 BlackandWhiteRoom(2003),byChristophDraeger,instal-
lationfromChristophDraeger:MemoriesOfTerrorFromA
SafeDistanceatKunstmuseumSolothurn,13Septemberto
16November2003.CourtesyofChristophDraeger | 228
5.6 EleanorAntin,TheNurseandtheHijackers(filmstill),1977
colourvideo,sound,01:25:00.CourtesyofRonaldFeldman
FineArts,NewYork | 231
5.7 EleanorAntin,TheNurseandtheHijackers(filmstill),1977
colourvideo,sound,01:25:00.CourtesyofRonaldFeldman
FineArts,NewYork | 231
5.8 EleanorAntin,TheNurseandtheHijackers(filmstill),1977
colourvideo,sound,01:25:00.CourtesyofRonaldFeldman
FineArts,NewYork | 231
5.9 TheRaspberryReich(2004),byBruceLaBruce,filmstill,
colourfilm,90mins.CourtesyofBruceLaBruce | 236
5.10 TheRaspberryReich(2004),byBruceLaBruce,filmstill,
colourfilm,90mins.CourtesyofBruceLaBruce | 236
5.11 MarawithDingbats(2004),byErinCosgrove,digitalimages,
9(cid:4)(cid:3)11(cid:4),aposterforAHeartLiesBeneath.Courtesy
ofErinCosgrove | 241
5.12 AHeartLiesBeneath(2004),byErinCosgrove,videostill,
liveactionandanimatedvideo,7mins.Courtesyof
ErinCosgrove | 243
5.13 AHeartLiesBeneath(2004),byErinCosgrove,videostill,
liveactionandanimatedvideo,7mins.Courtesyof
ErinCosgrove | 243
6.1 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,aK1neighbourhoodintersection.
CourtesyofAllenBallandtheauthor | 251
Illustrations ix
6.2 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,nearashootoutwithpolice.Courtesyof
AllenBallandtheauthor | 259
6.3 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,routeofescapeduringtheBaaderbreak-
outfromthereadingroomatDeutschesZentralinstitutfür
sozialeFragen.CourtesyofAllenBallandtheauthor | 262
6.4 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,nearthesiteoftheattemptedassassina-
tionofDutschke.CourtesyofAllenBallandtheauthor | 270
6.5 TheGermanAutumninMinorSpaces(2007),byAllenBall
andKimberlyMair,Meinhof’sapartment.CourtesyofAllen
Ballandtheauthor | 273