In 1936 Georges Bataille formed a secret society named Acéphale -“headless” - whose symbol was a decapitated man. Their meetings were held in the forest and Bataille planned for one member to become a human sacrifice. The ritual murder would link the others in a pact of blood. Bataille´s gory initiatory crime, however, was aborted shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Nothing is True: A guide to Secret Sociaties by Gary Lachman

                                  In 1936 Georges Bataille formed a secret society named Acéphale -“headless” - whose symbol was a decapitated man. Their meetings were held in the forest and Bataille planned for one member to become a human sacrifice. The ritual murder would link the others in a pact of blood. Bataille´s gory initiatory crime, however, was aborted shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

Nothing is True: A guide to Secret Sociaties by Gary Lachman

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ANTHONY MCCALL.

FIVE MINUTES OF PURE SCULPTURE
20 APRIL - 12 AUGUST 2012

For the first time, the work of the New York-based artist Anthony McCall will be presented in a solo exhibition at a German museum. McCall’s unique projections, which he has been developing since the 1970s, exist at the boundaries between cinema, sculpture and drawing: animated lines are projected in a dark room filled with a light haze, allowing viewers to step into the beam of light and change its appearance.

The Hamburger Bahnhof will be showing works that McCall created beginning in 2003 after a 20-year break. While the early works are shown on 16 mm film, his more recent works are digital projections whose complex forms can only be created with the aid of computers. McCall’s horizontal works will be exhibited for the first time alongside his more recent vertical works, which bathe the exhibition space and the viewer in sculptural light.

via hamburgerbahnhof.de

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Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture. Anthony Mccalll became know at the beginning of the 1970’s for his unique light installations, the so-called solid light firms. Hamburger Banhof is presenting the largest exhibition of his work to date. #berlin #hb @jeronimogaxiola (tomada con Instagram en Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum Für Gegenwart)

Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture. Anthony Mccalll became know at the beginning of the 1970’s for his unique light installations, the so-called solid light firms. Hamburger Banhof is presenting the largest exhibition of his work to date. #berlin #hb @jeronimogaxiola (tomada con Instagram en Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum Für Gegenwart)

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