Is Salzburg indeed anti-modern, as is repeatedly claimed? Based on this provocative thesis, the book accompanying the exhibition (23 July–6 November 2016) paints a differentiated picture of modernism as a case study in the center of Europe. Using case studies from literature, dance, theater, music, society, politics and science, the volume examines modern tendencies in the politically unstable period of the 1920s and 1930s, and shows the far-reaching consequences of thinking and acting in opposition to modern life.
© Photo Werner Kaligofsky, Bildrecht Wien 2024
Edited by
Sabine Breitwieser
for the Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Salzburg, 2016
Essays by
Hildegund Amanshauser, Sabine Breitwieser, Beatrice von Bormann, Deborah R. Coen, Elizabeth Cronin, Karl Fallend, Roman Höllbacher, Claudia Jeschke, Oliver Rathkolb, Birgit Schwarz, Michael P. Steinberg, Monika Voithofer
Graphic design by Martha Stutteregger
16.3 × 23.5 cm, 336 pages, 106 illustrations
Softcover with dust jacket, German/English
Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 2016
ISBN 978-3-7774-2696-9