{"id":4391,"date":"2024-06-19T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanneayoub.at\/?page_id=4391"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:57:26","slug":"alfred-kubin-der-magier-von-zwickledt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.susanneayoub.at\/en\/alfred-kubin-der-magier-von-zwickledt\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Kubin – the Magician of Zwickledt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 4:05 pm
\nin OE1 Tonspuren
\n+ available on:<\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/sound.orf.at\/collection\/53\/63148\/alfred-kubin-der-magier-von-zwickledt<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfred Kubin – the Magician of Zwickledt
\nAn audio piece by Susanne Ayoub<\/p>\n

With: Roman Blumenschein, Martina Ebm, Pippa Galli and Karl Markovics
\nSound Engineering: Robert Pavlecka
\nDirected by Susanne Ayoub
\nEdited by Claudia Gschweitl<\/p>\n

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Alfred Kubin, The Magician<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On this typewriter Alfred Kubin wrote his only novel “The other side”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The setting is a medieval estate on the Bavarian border. This is where the artist Alfred Kubin spent more than half a century until his death in 1959, and where a large part of his oeuvre came into being, including his only novel, which he illustrated himself.<\/p>\n

Many famous contemporaries like Stefan Zweig and Hermann Hesse admired “Die andere Seite” (The Other Side) and interpreted it as a visionary text. Kubin and Kafka knew each other in Prague, and their works bear kindred traits. Kubin was convinced of his contacts with the Beyond, and when people are asked about their memories, everyone has an anecdote to contribute, from a hailstorm out of a clear blue sky to conjuring spirits during a thunderstorm. Kubin wanted to be reborn as a snake, so that he could sneak inconspicuously around the house and garden. There are stories about that as well.<\/p>\n

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ALFRED KUBIN’S NEIGHBOR: MITZI SCHNEIDER<\/div>\n
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Mitzi Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maria S\u00fcss, \u201cMitzi Schneider,\u201d who celebrated her 95th<\/sup> birthday on June 9th<\/sup>, knew Alfred Kubin personally. For many years her uncle sewed for the artist, who was considered an eccentric because he tipped his hat to children while out walking and gave them sweets and small pictures. Back home, the pictures got burned in the stove, those \u201cscribbles,\u201d as the people in the village called them. \u201cFolks didn\u2019t understand \u2018em,\u201d Mitzi tells me. After Kubin\u2019s death, when they found out what his pictures were worth, they were sorry they\u2019d done it.<\/p>\n

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Cilli Lindinger, Photo Peter Putz, 1980<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ALFRED KUBIN\u2019S HOUSEKEEPER CILLI
\nCilli Lindinger was associated with Kubin for many years. After the death of his wife Hedwig, he proposed marriage to her, but she declined. She took care of him at home until his death, and for a long time after that she guided visitors through the Kubin Museum. Numerous stories about Kubin have been passed on by Cilli. Many of them concern his dealings with spirits, demons, and even the Devil. During thunderstorms, he walked out in his garden and took up contact with the Beyond. Cilli warned him and was afraid for him. In vain. But she did have one weapon against his obsession: she prayed, often a hundred Lord\u2019s Prayers a day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\nTranslation Geoffrey C. Howes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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