HERMANN NITSCH

DAS 6-TAGE-SPIEL DES ORGIEN MYSTERIEN THEATERS PIC-LP 

Cortical Foundation 

Limited Edition: 42/400 copies 

The utmost noise is produced by all of the orchestras and unites to form one single, gigantic, sustained, painful, overloud, unbearable noise sound (Noise-ecstacy).  

Some info on the release: See Broken Music, page 188, for Nitsch's vinyl releases. Limited edition of numbered 400 copies (this one #42), released back in 1998, this aktion -lasting 6 entire days- was considered by Nitsch as his biggest achievement. Hermann Nitsch or the "bloody painter", famous for his "splatter" painting techniques or the "pope" of viennese aktionism (together with Gunther Brus, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Otto Muehl), reformed modern art during the 60's/70's. His legendary performances with paganistic elements, nudity, animal sacrifice, drinking excess have been recorded as something really exceptional and controversial in the history of art. His musical "talents" are cultivated in parallel and include his founding of "Selten gehorte Musik" with Dieter Roth, Oswald Wiener and Gerhard Ruhm. His works have appeared on labels like Galerie Klewan, Dieter Roth's Verlag, Yedermann Productions, Welt Am Draht, Edition Hundertmark, Alga Marghen, Vinyl-on-demand and others. A must for those into artist records, especially Joseph Beuys, Name June Paik, Kurt Schwitters, Jean Dubuffet and Marcel Duchamp.   

Hermann Nitsch was born in Vienna in 1938. While studying graphic illustration, he became interested in religous art. He made copies from Rembrandt’s 100 Gulden Blatt and Christ Crucified, and from other religious themes by artists such as Tintoretto and El Greco. Other drawings Hermann Nitsch made at this time were strongly influenced by Cézanne, Klimt and Munch, amongst others. From around 1957 onwards, the depiction of Dionysian revelry and ceremonies began to feature in his work.
In 1957, Hermann Nitsch’s idea for a radical theatre was conceived, which he called the Orgien Mysterien Theater. The O.M. Theatre took its shape from ideas about Aristotelian catharsis, Freudian psychology, conventional theatre, and Dionysic orgy. It is an attempt to create a Gesamtkunstwerk, a ’total art’, or mystical experience that involves all the senses.
The first performances of the O. M. Theatre consisted of Hermann Nitsch and friends using animal carcasses, entrails, and blood in a ritualistic way. The cloths, bandages and other fabrics used in these performances introduced Nitsch to the idea of making paintings. 1960 saw the first exhibition of his 'Aktion' paintings in Vienna. In the mid-60s Nitsch’s theatre pieces were also performed in Vienna.
During that period, his use of taboo images put him out of favour with the authorities. His ’Aktions’ were interrupted by the police and closed down. Hermann Nitsch served time in prison for blasphemy and provoking a scandal. In 1968, Jonas Mekas invited him to New York, where he met the Fluxus performance artists. He staged 'Aktions' in the streets of New York, as well as at the Judson Church & Cinematheque.
In 1971 Hermann Nitsch bought Prinzendorf castle in the wine-producing area of northern Austria, so that it might become a centre for the activities of the O. M. Theatre. During this time Hermann Nitsch staged performances and exhibitions in Italy, France, the US, and Germany. He was also planning a three day (and night) performance.
The music that Hermann Nitsch composed himself was becoming increasingly prominent in his performances. In 1972 he participated in Documenta V, Kassel, and staged 'Aktions' at the Mercer Center and Everson Museum of Art. In 1984, Hermann Nitsch staged a performance that lasted three days and three nights at Prinzendorf. In 1988 he married Rita Leitenbor. In the mid-90s he co-directed and designed the set for the opera Herodiade by Jules Massenet at the Vienna State Opera. In 1996 he performed an 'Aktion' in the wine-yards of San Martino (Napoli), and in 1998 staged the 6-day play in Prinzendorf, an 'Aktion' that Hermann Nitsch sees as the greatest achievement of his career.

Condition: Vinyl and cover lie in pristine new condition. This is an unplayed archive copy.

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