Die Wirklichkeit des Inszenierten. Über die Darstellung der verdinglichten Wahrnehmung in fotografischen Arbeiten oesterreichischer Künstler in den siebziger Jahren. (The reality of the staged)

The author gives an interpretation of the work of 4 Austrian
artists who made extensive use of the photographic medium in the
seventies: Peter Weibel, Arnulf Rainer, Valie Export and
Friederike Pezold. In a historical perspective, Almhofer
analizes first the arguments from the so-called media-critics
who state that photography is an important instrument for
manipulating mass culture, citing Susan Sontag. Second, she
analizes the ""selfrealization'' trend in art, against
alienation and desensualization: Aktionismus, Performance,
Body-Art, Earth-Art and Spuren-sicherung. These trends culminate
in the seventies in so-called ""staged-photography''
(Inszenierte Photographie). For Austria there seemed to be a
special dedication to the ""gaze at the body'' and non-verbal
language. (German)


Citaten:
Sontag, Susan