Art, Religion, Tragedy and the WTC
September 7, 2013 11:15 AM Subscribe
As if the WTC cross was not enough, the Museum as Shrine is moving right along, now that relics have been placed to commemorate the holy site. Beatification is next, no doubt, but for who? Stockhausen is not on the short list.
The WTC Museum, appears to be promoting a place where tragedy is aestheticized and conflated with religion (christianity), by using terms like bearing witness, which has religious connotation and is synonymous with giving testimony. The Museum as Church, art and spirituality, is a well worn path so nothing new there.
Stockhausen must be rolling in his grave now that his conflation of aesthetics and religion regarding the 9/11 bombing was right on the money.
Stockhausen was redeemed (resurrection?) shortly after his death. In 2008 Bang on a Can included his piece "Stimmung" in their 12 hour long marathon concert at the WTC, along with Steve Reich’s “Daniel Variations,” dedicated to the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed by Islamic extremists.
One of the founders of Bang on a Can, David Lang commented:
The WTC Museum, appears to be promoting a place where tragedy is aestheticized and conflated with religion (christianity), by using terms like bearing witness, which has religious connotation and is synonymous with giving testimony. The Museum as Church, art and spirituality, is a well worn path so nothing new there.
Stockhausen must be rolling in his grave now that his conflation of aesthetics and religion regarding the 9/11 bombing was right on the money.
What happened there, is – now you must all reset your brain – the greatest artwork ever.His comment, was not well received and all of his concerts and lectures were immediately cancelled. Discussion was generated by his remarks most notably by Slavoj Zizek and Paul Virilio, and others (PDF).
Stockhausen was redeemed (resurrection?) shortly after his death. In 2008 Bang on a Can included his piece "Stimmung" in their 12 hour long marathon concert at the WTC, along with Steve Reich’s “Daniel Variations,” dedicated to the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed by Islamic extremists.
One of the founders of Bang on a Can, David Lang commented:
“Just by choosing the music that we love, without making this a foreground issue, we did end up choosing music that’s on both sides of this really complicated issue,” Mr. Lang said. “Maybe that’s the way it should be — the messy parts of human experience should get covered.”The 9/11 Museum is set to open next spring.
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What a complete and utter asswipe.
posted by codswallop at 11:20 AM on September 7, 2013