While I was at the Marienplatz in Munich, an artist created a work consisting of a gas mask and a doll on a chair, all covered in flour, before casually walking away.
Then it’s revealed that it is actually us as people who give life to these forms through our actions, and that in doing so, proletarians are dominated by capital through the capitalist class as a whole, as well as by each particular capitalist.
It's important to remember that at each stage of the presentation, social forms and the things that represent them are first presented as if they had a life of their own and a social life with each other, independently from people.
Joseph Roth / Die reaktionären Akademiker / ... die unglückselige Antithese: Waschfrau und geistiger Arbeiter. Daß die Waschfrau ihm nicht mehr »Küß die Hand« sagen muß – wenn sie es auch immer noch tut–, »geniert« den »Doktor« mehr, als daß ihr Verdienst ein größerer ist.
Im Krieg wurde mit einem Schlag die graue Theorie zur blühenden Wirklichkeit. Man war Offizier mit Zigarren-und Zigarettenzubußen, mit Gagen, Rekruten, Säbel und »Ehre«.
Sonata / There can be no beauty without accepting the people behind the black metal door. Just as I long ago learned that there can be no justice without heeding the man who wants to know which way is Atlanta.
While I was on the train from Paris to Brussels I was so tired that I completely forgot to contemplate that what I watched in black-and-white war documentaries happened on that little hill or on that meadow over there. Now I have to do it from afar.
I can't deny the talent and importance of Michelangelo and da Vinci nor do I wish to take anything away from them, but I couldn't help but notice that under the monument of Benvenuto Cellini, under his name it says "Maestro," while for the others, it's just their name.
Last month I traveled through Italy, France and Belgium. While I was in Germany I bought two books from Peter Weiss, posted them on Instagram and asked what happened to our revolution. I came back home and a few days later people started protesting. Who would've thought?