SOMMERSTEMESTER 1970 DAS KULTUSMINISTERIUM VERSCHARFT SEINE REPRESSIONEN. DOKUMENTATION. 1. NITSCH-AKTION KULTUSBUROKRATIE GEGEN SENATSBESCHLUSS 2. NUMERUS CLAUSUS DURCH PR0BEZEITPRUFUNH. 1970. CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTATION OF CLOSURE OF THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MUNICH AFTER A NITSCH AKTION.

n.p. (Munchen): n.p. (Kunstverein Munchen?), 1970

30 x 21cm, unpaginated (c. 600pp?), no wrappers only an original wrap around folder displaying a reproduction of a newspaper cover from Bild Munchen in 1969 which has been over-printed. There are four sections of offset and mimeographed pages which begin with

SOMMERSTEMESTER 1970 DAS KULTUSMINISTERIUM VERSCHARFT SEINE REPRESSIONEN. DOKUMENTATION.

1. NITSCH-AKTION
KULTUSBUROKRATIE GEGEN SENATSBESCHLUSS

2. NUMERUS CLAUSUS
DURCH PRBEZEITPRUFUNH

and only one other section has a title

DER VIZEPRAS BREMNNINGER LIEFERT DEM KUMI UNTERTANIGST DIE SCHEINBAREN GRUNDE ZUR SCHLIESSUNG!

The entire publication is a 1970 documentation with some original leaflets inserted of the student rebellion in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the reaction of the management and government by shutting the institution:

“On February 4, the AStA held a parody matriculation ceremony; a day later, the “Day of the Two-Wheeler” was held. In addition to some heavy machines, it primarily involved mopeds and bicycles that raced through the halls to “intimidate the establishment and profane the academy”. The students painted the walls with slogans and crude agitation art. The headline of the February 21 Bild-Zeitung read: “Munich’s Academy Transformed into a Pigsty”. On February 22, Minister of Culture Ludwig Huber closed the academy; an administrative court ruling canceled the closure. Nestler resigned due to “interventionism by the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs”. In August, a presidential body under the chairmanship of Franz Nagel was appointed for the first time. The academy senate decided that in the future, all courses should be formulated in writing and posted, and that workshops for photography and plastic would be established.

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Amongst the wall painting, the free access for motorbikes and other small vehicles was an Aktion by Nitsch which is documented by reproduced correspondence between players in the first section of the publication.

Small sections of the documents show badly reproduced images in b/w of the student protests, the wall paintings, bikes being ridden trhough the corridors and one that seems to be of a young Nitsch or Muehl painting the body of a nude woman and a further image of the Aktion and its crowd.

The outer wrappers are heavily damaged and torn and need repaired but this is a very scarce document of student protest and the Viennese Aktionists part in it. Priced to reflect this damage but still as we say very hard to find.