The WDR has taken over my radio piece about Alfred Kubin. Listen online – until 2099!
About the Audio Piece:
The setting is a medieval estate on the Bavarian border. This is where the artist Alfred Kubin spent more than half a century until his death in 1959, and where a large part of his oeuvre came into being, including his only novel, which he illustrated himself.
Many famous contemporaries like Stefan Zweig and Hermann Hesse admired “Die andere Seite” (The Other Side) and interpreted it as a visionary text. Kubin and Kafka knew each other in Prague, and their works bear kindred traits. Kubin was convinced of his contacts with the Beyond, and when people are asked about their memories, everyone has an anecdote to contribute, from a hailstorm out of a clear blue sky to conjuring spirits during a thunderstorm. Kubin wanted to be reborn as a snake, so that he could sneak inconspicuously around the house and garden. There are stories about that as well.
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