A Study of Einstürzende Neubauten
This work has been submitted to ChesterRep – the University of Chester’s online research repository http://chesterrep.openrepository.com Author(s): Jennifer Shryane Title: Evading do-re-mi: Destruction and utopia: A study of Einstürzende Neubauten Date: 2009 Originally published as: University of Liverpool PhD thesis Example citation: Shryane, J. (2009). Evading do-re-mi: Destruction and utopia: A study of Einstürzende Neubauten. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Version of item: Submitted version Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10034/118073 Evading do-re-mi Destruction and Utopia A Study of Einstürzende Neubauten JENNIFER SHRYANE PhD Performing Arts University of Liverpool 2009 Evading do-re-mi Destruction and Utopia We hungered for music almost seething beyond control-or even something beyond music, a violent feeling of soaring unstoppably, powered by immense angular machinery across abrupt and torrential seas of pounding blood (Tony Conrad, Inside the Dream Syndicate, 1965,Table of Element, 2000). London, 04.05 & Grundstück symbol, 11.04 (Photographs taken and overlaid for author by K. Shryane) A Study of Einstürzende Neubauten Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements of the University of Liverpool for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Jennifer Shryane, October, 2009. 2 CONTENT Part One: Context for Destruction The philosophical, historical and cultural background for Einstürzende Neubauten as Nachgeborenen and ‘Destructive Characters’. Prologue Löcher und Loss: writing about performance – three gigs. Chapter One Architecture, Angels and Utopia: the artists-thinkers whose ideas and practice have influenced, stimulated and informed Einstürzende Neubauten’s work. Chapter Two Kattrins Trommel: Germany’s Sonderweg/special way with music and its influence on Einstürzende Neubauten.
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