by Dick Raaijmakers replying to Walter Benjamin ; ed. by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
- Author(s)
- Dick Raaijmakers, Walter Benjamin
- Editor(s)
- Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
- Publication, year
- Eindhoven : Onomatopee, 2011
- Scope
- 184 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.
- ISBN
- 97890784546569789078454663
The Destructive Character is a commentary on an essay form 1931 by the German cultural philosopher Walter Benjamin, which bears the same title and is included in this publication. In his reaction, Raaijmakers focuses on the fact that the destructive character knows of only one activity: clearing away. “Creative clearing,” destructively discovering news paths, makes us understand that every destruction always implies a new beginning. By means of a series of telling examples, from Fluxus and Glenn Gould to Laurel & Hardy, John Cage, and his own work, electronics pioneer, multimedia artist and theorist Dick Raaijmakers (1930) discusses the characteristics and the peculiarities of the destructive character inside and outside the arts.
- Person as subject
- Dick Raaijmakers, Walter Benjamin, ...[et al.]
- Location
- Cabinet 7 - 1: Kunstenaars
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