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Ornaments of the Metropolis

Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture

By: Henrik Reeh

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Ornaments of the Metropolis

Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture

By: Henrik Reeh

Variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's urban writings, suggesting ways in which the subjective can reappropraite urban life. For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In Ornaments of the Metropolis, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobiography" of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and the intellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writings on cinema and the philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much of it written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 1920s and early 1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, through the pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer deciphers the subjective experience of the city by viewing fragments of the city as dynamic ornaments; an employment exchange, a day shelter for the homeless, a movie theater, and an amusement park become urban microcosms. Reeh focuses on three substantial works written by Kracauer before his emigration to the United States in 1940. In the early autobiographical novel Ginster, Written by Himself, a young architect finds aesthetic pleasure in the ornamental forms that are largely unused in the profession of the time. The collection Streets of Berlin and Elsewhere, with many essays from Kracauer's years in Berlin, documents the subjectiveness of urban life. Finally, Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time shows how the superficial—in a sense, ornamental—milieu of the operetta evolved into a critical force during the Second Empire. Reeh argues that Kracauer's novel, essays, and historiography all suggest ways in which the subjective can reappropriate urban life. The book also includes a series of photographs by the author that reflect the ornamental experience of the metropolis in Paris, Frankfurt, and other cities.

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Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture

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Phàsis 0, 2012 – Ex-Position

By: Danielle Cohen-Levinas,Jérôme Lèbre,Jean-Luc Nancy,Gianfranco Dalmasso,Massimo Donà,Bracha L. Ettinge,Elio Matassi,Carmelo Meazza,Henrik Reeh,Caterina Resta,Anne Elisabeth Sejten

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Phàsis 0, 2012 – Ex-Position

By: Danielle Cohen-Levinas,Jérôme Lèbre,Jean-Luc Nancy,Gianfranco Dalmasso,Massimo Donà,Bracha L. Ettinge,Elio Matassi,Carmelo Meazza,Henrik Reeh,Caterina Resta,Anne Elisabeth Sejten

Sommaire Editorial Danielle Cohen-Levinas – Jérôme Lèbre Jean-Luc Nancy Vif traité d’exposition Danielle Cohen-Levinas Comme une peau s’expose à ce qui la blesse. Levinas lecteur de Proust Gianfranco Dalmasso Il dono in-debito Massimo Donà In trasparenza. Il vetro: ovvero l’enigma di un’aporetica “esposizione” Bracha L. Ettinger No Title Yet Eurydice Jérôme Lèbre Sous Presse Elio Matassi … esposti al suono: dal suono cosmologico a quello subiettivo – comunitario Carmelo Meazza Le retrait exposé Henrik Reeh Exposer l’architecture vide: Le Musée Juif de Berlin par Daniel Libeskind Caterina Resta Un’esposizione vulnerabile Anne Elisabeth Sejten Proust Valéry Exposition

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Ornaments of the Metropolis

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Phàsis 0, 2012 – Ex-Position

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