Maurice Bogaert
The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project
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ISBN 978-94-92852-24-3 Het boek kost €30 (+evt. verzendkosten)
Walter Benjamin and Albert S. sit simultaneously – I can’t imagine it any other way – at their respective writing and drawing tables, bent over their papers. One in Paris, the other in Berlin.
Perhaps there is a moment when, as in a choreography, they both lift their right hand from the paper, in exact synchronization, and look to the side. Staring into the distance, for a moment, to summon a thought – and then, the moment is over. Albert S. stands up, and Walter Benjamin crosses out the sentence he has just written.
The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project is a book about the parallel lives of Walter Benjamin and Albert Speer and the quest to bring these two lives together.
This project was made possible with the generous support of AFK (Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst), Mondriaan Fund, Stichting Stokroos, Jap Sam Books, Art Agent Orange, Jaap Harten Fonds and anyone who’s donated through Voor de Kunst.
