#brehmer

[dailyartisticglimpse]

Three flags wave in front of Hamburger Kunsthalle. Their colors correspond to those of the German flag but do not quite match in proportion. Instead, these flags function as a diagram depicting the country’s wealth distribution: The barely visible red line represents the property holdings of those in the lowest-income brackets; the thin black stripe, the holdings of the middle class; and the fat yellow block, those of the big finance classes. This work, Korrektur der Nationalfarben (Correction of the National Colors), 1970, launches KP Brehmer’s extensive exhibition. According to a recent study conducted by the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the distribution of wealth in German society remains especially unequal.

From the early 1960s until his death in 1997, Brehmer developed a politico-enlightenment practice that involved investigating the economic and psychosocial relations of the Western capitalist welfare state. He appropriated the modes of statistical measurement and representational forms of diagrams, charts, and graphs, collapsing them into the visual language of Constructivism or Pop art. In the series “Seele und Gefühl eines Arbeiters” (The Soul and Feeling of a Worker), 1978–81, he takes on a 1932 sociological study by Rexford B. Hersey that recorded the psychological state of workers laboring on the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early 1900s. Brehmer translated this data into a compositional grid, oriented by time on its horizontal axis and by the workers’ psychological states on the vertical. From there, he developed diagrams and musical compositions that transposed the emotional life of workers into what resembles Constructivist images and experimental music.

Before Mark Fisher titled his 2009 book Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? to describe the normalization of neoliberal imperatives, Brehmer, together with Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, and Konrad Lueg, chose Kapitalistischen Realismus as the name for their predominantly performative collaborations in West Berlin from 1963 to 1966. Brehmer’s prophetic critiques of everyday life in postwar West Germany are all too timely today, when the capitalist machinery continues to teeter dangerously and threaten everything in its path.

[disease]

"INFLATABLE SCULPTURE" K. P. BREHMER | AUGENFILM, 1967

[milolovesbmc]

This might be the first ever gruesome playground injuries fanart…

Close ups under the cut!

Flower meanings (from top to bottom)

St John’s wort: Superstition

Astragalus: “Your presence softens my pain”

Sweet brier: A wound to heal

Anemone: Sickness

[thegirlwhowatchedeverything]

Truly every single episode of The Bear is shot and edited perfectly, it's just a gorgeous show created by the most talented people. But the opening of Review (1x7)? Lin Brehmer's radio broadcast over a black screen And while you’ve heard that all roads lead to Rome, some roads lead from Chicago. This is Sufjan Stevens. This is Chicago. Cue the music and we see our characters commuting from across the city interspersed with historic past and present clips and photos of Chicago. It's the pathos of The Bear in 2.5 minutes. Iconic.

[granstromjulius]

Piot Brehmer

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by Piot Brehmer

[madebyteenagefury]

part two

comic plus extras

[justineportraits]

Piot Brehmer Mädchen 4124

[chaunceyandchumleysdad]

Lin Brehmer (1954-2023)

This weekend’s kick off is dedicated to Chicago radio personality Lin Brehmer who passed away earlier this week at age 68. He was an excellent disc jockey and outstanding morning drive personality on WXRT, a passionate fan of all things Chicago, and your best friend in the whole world. Borrowing from a Frank Zappa song, he regularly used the catch phrase, “Its great to be alive!”

In memory of Lin and the many years of joy he brought to Chicago listeners, I’m kicking off the weekend with The Mothers of Invention and their live version of Call Any Vegetable.

(If you choose to skip around on the song, Frank’s “great to be alive” is at 5:43. Also, don’t miss Frank’s awesome guitar solo at 3:40.)

[himikochan]

Legendary WXRT host Lin Brehmer has passed away

[nitrosplicer]

I’m playing a character who’s a ship’s pilot and also an assassin in a Star Wars Legends-esque role playing game and I’m just obsessed with him. He comes from an ice planet on the far reaches of his galaxy, and replaced his arm with a gun. He and his entire family are cyborgs as a result of Hegemony testing which ended up in their settlement being blown up - and as a result he’s sworn revenge- but also he loves the freedom of piloting a ship through the stars. Which will win- the struggle for freedom? Or revenge?

[raspberryconverse]

I have no words. Now the two people who made my experience interning at XRT so good are gone and my heart is broken.

— Coley 💗💜💙 Bisexual people exist (she/her) (@raspberrychucks) Jan 22, 2023 January 22, 2023 at 01:57PM via Twitter https://twitter.com/raspberrychucks

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[milolovesbmc]

Oh wow these playground injuries really are gruesome!!!!!

[michaelvarrati]

Killers come in all sizes! This week, Peaches and Michael aren’t toying around as they celebrate 1989’s PUPPET MASTER! In addition to discussing the sheer glamour of leech vomiting living dolls, our hosts delve into the multi-faceted appeal of this cult classic’s many sequels. Joining the conversation is Nat Brehmer, acclaimed author of PUPPET MASTER COMPLETE: A FRANCHISE HISTORY, whose lifelong obsession with the creations of Andre Toulon led him to write the definitive book on the matter. Then, celebrated professional wrestling superstar Allie (aka The Bunny) pops by to talk about how she went from being a deeply devoted fan of the franchise to one of the stars of the most recent entry – DOKTOR DEATH! From psychic gatherings to switchblade splattering, this episode has it all! Go! 

[granstromjulius]

Piot Brehmer