Attila Kotanyi
Attila Kotányi [ ˈɒtilːɒ ˈkotaːɲi ] (born September 18, 1924 in Hungary , † October 18, 2003 ) was a Hungarian writer and architect .
Life
He lived in Budapest and had contact with the theorists Lajos Szabó and Béla Hamvas . In 1956, after participating in the popular uprising in Hungary , he fled with his family from Hungary via Yugoslavia to Brussels . In 1960 he found out about the Situationist International artist group and soon after became a member.
He defended the thesis of the impossibility of an uncorrupted art and dealt with traditions of Christian mysticism .
In the seventies and eighties of the 20th century he taught art at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf . In the nineties he lived in Budapest again . His daughter Sophie Kotányi is a director and described the circumstances of the flight from Hungary and life in Belgium in 1997 in her film Amor Fati .
Fonts
- Attila Kotányi, Raoul Vaneigem: Theses on the Paris Commune. March 1962.
- Attila Kotányi: Program élémentaire du bureau d'urbanisme unitaire. 1961.
literature
- Hannes Böhringer, JA Tillmann (Ed.): Let's dance philosophy! Encounters with Attila Kotányi. Salon Verlag, Düsseldorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-89770-417-6 .
Web links
- Feedback , lecture by Kotányi, which he gave in the Czech Republic in 1994
- JA Tillmann: The dancing Socrates and the dancing gypsies. About Attila Kotányi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotányi, Attila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian writer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2003 |