Park fiction becomes park fact
The legendary musician and writer "momus" has published a short but precise text on Park Fiction, Golden Pudel Klub, art & activism on his blog:
http://imomus.livejournal.com/
Other texts on this extremely interesting blog deal with fashion, architecture, stereotypes and - I feel - generally with thinking through the aesthetics of politics or the politics of aesthetics.
"It would be tempting, given my Primal Scream anecdote, to say that it was visual art activism that saved St Pauli, while rock and roll rolled over and slumbered. But actually, the Golden Pudel Klub itself is at the heart of the struggle to green St Pauli with grass and trees rather than money and commercial development."
Click the link and check it out.
http://imomus.livejournal.com/
Other texts on this extremely interesting blog deal with fashion, architecture, stereotypes and - I feel - generally with thinking through the aesthetics of politics or the politics of aesthetics.
"It would be tempting, given my Primal Scream anecdote, to say that it was visual art activism that saved St Pauli, while rock and roll rolled over and slumbered. But actually, the Golden Pudel Klub itself is at the heart of the struggle to green St Pauli with grass and trees rather than money and commercial development."
Click the link and check it out.