Ernst Friedrich: 1894-1967

by Pier Marton | Aug 12, 2010 | Art, Books, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, History, Human Rights, KeyText, Politics, Racism, Site, Spectacle, Wars

A hero of mine, showing the true face of war (what no army ever wants you to consider, and no government/media ever truly acknowledges).
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Writing, after WWI, a book against war in four languages to prevent future wars. His museum, not the common ~~war museum~~, but an anti-war museum was shut down by the nazis. He found refuge in Switzerland. His book War against War has been re-published many times in Germany and in the U.S.
The current anti-war museum in Germany, re-opened in 1982.
+ a bio of Ernst Friedrich.
And an article by Doug Kellner (who published one of the US editions) about Ernst Friedrich.
Here is the website for the Iraq body count.

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus