We had this thought here at Mutable.
Recently we’ve been hearing quite a bit about Austria and Austrians, because things don’t start coming to the surface in one’s and two’s, but in clumps upon clumps. From Otto Muehl and his ZOCK manifesto, to Michael Haneke and his theater of the perverse, from Wittgenstein to Monochrom, we’re all about Austria this month.
Perhaps the most famous Austrian, unfortunately, is Adolph Hitler, who we will not be writing about this month, not from some fear of shying away from those gritty issues keep stations like HLN, CNN, and FOX on the air, but because our history happens on the cutting room floor, in the studio, and at a writing desk, not on a battlefield or in parliament. So keep your eyes on Austria this month. It’s worth the look.