
Marionette nÂș 1, 1926

images that haunt us







“MĂ€rtyrer” hieĂ diese Performance von Anita Berber mit Partner Sebastian Droste (Foto von 1922/23). “Die Generation der Anita Berber war die Avantgarde”, hieĂ es in einem Nachruf auf Berber im “Filmkurier” von 1928. “Sie waren die Ersten, die das Recht aufs eigene Leben verfochten, fĂŒr uns Nachfolgende durchfochten. Dass sie dieses Leben sich spĂ€ter verpfuscht haben, dĂŒrfen gerade wir ihnen nicht zum Vorwurf machen.” (text: Spiegel.de)
âMartyrâ was the name of this performance by Anita Berber with partner Sebastian Droste (photo from 1922/23). âAnita Berber’s generation was the avant-garde,â said an obituary for Berber in the âFilmkurierâ from 1928. âThey were the first to champion the right to their own life, to fight for it for those of us who followed “We, of all people, cannot blame them for having botched it.”


image right : Poster of an exhibition with photographs by Madame D’Ora (Dora Kallmus) in the New Gallery of the City of Linz on October 30 – December 2, 1984. Poster motif: photography “Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste in their dance «Martyrs» (Madame d’Ora, 1922). | src ĂNB

Martyrs, scene from âDances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasyâ that broke all taboos. Photographed by Madame dâOra. Private Collection | src die Zeit


