1919: The spirit of revolution With Schorsch Kamerun

In the first episode of the second season, we travel back to 1919 in search of the Bauhaus’s founding. In April 1919, the school opened its doors in Weimar and embarked on the bold experiment of uniting art, architecture and craft. The end of the First World War was still recent, and the spirit of the November Revolution was clearly palpable – marking the beginning of a legendary story about a small yet remarkably progressive school that is now known all over the world. But how revolutionary was the Bauhaus at the moment of its founding, in its very early days in Weimar?

Our guest Schorsch Kamerun has likewise experienced moments of founding in politically turbulent times. As the singer of the Hamburg punk band “Die Goldenen Zitronen”, he played a key role in shaping the so-called Hamburg School. As a co-founder of the “Golden Pudel Klubs”, he created an important venue for underground music and the alternative scene. For several years now he has been producing theatre works in which stage, audience, music, text and design merge – including a piece about the Bauhaus.