Thomas O. Haakenson, "Grotesque Visions: The Science of Berlin Dada" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
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The Grotesque
The term "grotesque" comes from an archaeological event in the 14th century. It has such varied uses in the contemporary and this, i mean, one can trace a long history of its use. And so what woult i want to do is focus on these particular artists in berlin who are kind of freed up by their amorphous concept. I was wondering if you could lay out that a lot of interesting research and indifferent areas in which the grotesque manifests itself.
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