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Yoshitomo Nara: “Be Happy” (1998)

The Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater) was a theatre in Berlin, Germany, often described as an example of expressionist architecture, designed by Hans Poelzig for theatre impresario Max Reinhardt. The structure was originally a market built by architect Friedrich Hitzig, and it retained its external, gabled form. It then became the Zirkus Schumann, a circus arena. It was renovated by Poelzig and reopened in 1919, contained seating for 3500 people. Max Reinhardt wanted to attract a working-class audience. The large size allowed for people who could pay top prices for the best seats to support low-cost seats, in the back of the theater.

Painted red, it was a cavernous, domed space and had no balconies, which contributed to its vastness. Its dome and the pillars were decorated with Muqarnas, a honeycombed pendentive ornament, which resembled stalactites. When illuminated, the ceiling’s lightbulbs formed patterns of celestial constellations, and the vaulted ceiling took on another concept, the night sky. In the lobby and elsewhere, Poelzig used coloured lightbulbs to create striking visual backdrops. Separate entrances were provided for the expensive and the cheap seats. The theatre also included a restaurant for the wealthy audience members, a cafeteria for the poorer audience members, and a bar. The performers and technicians enjoyed their own bar, a barber shop, ample dressing room space, and the modern stage equipment.

The Nazis took over in 1933 and changed its name to Theatre of the People. They described the building as an example of Entartete Kunst and refurbished it interior by adding a hung ceiling to hide the stalactite forms. After World War II, it was used for variety shows under the name of Friedrichstadt-Palast until 1988, when it was condemned and demolished. There was a strong subsidence of the foundation and moulding of the supporting piles.

The new Friedrichstadt-Palast has been erected on Friedrichstraße 107. #brutgroup photos via #isc20c https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcnjyHFUCm/?utm_medium=tumblr

@fdestribute In 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright entered this and other sketches as his vision of a master plan for the Los Angeles Civic Center. #brutgroup https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMyCXLlt6S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Shot from an unfinished building (now: demolished) on Amin'yevskoye Shosse, Moscow, Russia (the1980s) #brutgroup Photo by Andrei Evdokimov via #socheritage #socialistmodernism #socmod https://www.instagram.com/p/CPI1SdWlqWI/?utm_medium=tumblr

Shibari figurines by Constant Heaven

The Ryugyong Hotel is an unfinished 105-story, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers) #brutgroup collage work By N Moulin via #utilitarianarchitecture #socmod #socialistmodernism #socheritage #isc20c https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoPd9-swn5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

photo: J. Vespa, 2002

#BRUTgroup in San Diego https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPsXa_oVoZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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