short biography

Werner von Delmont was a painter and farmer. He was born in Santiago de Chile in 1954 and studied philosophy (Heidegger and Derrida) in Munich. He lived on his family estate in Rodenkirchen near Cologne and in London. In 2033 he died there. Werner von Delmont is the author of Corporate Rokoko and the end of the civic project.

Werner von Delmont, Corporate Rokoko and the End of the Civic Project
160 pages / b/w / 15x10 cm / 350 ex / 2002 / published by Pork Salad Press
ISBN 87-987855-5-9

Content:
Improvisations on the Bassoon - Proclamation of a missive from a new era - Werner von Delmont in conversation with his son Hans-Dieter
The Peaceful Garden/ The World of Beauty - Some critical remarks on the reception of von Delmont - by August von Langenthal
Editorial Note - On the critical revised edition at hand

Documentary Section - drawings, etchings and prints:
Corporate Rokoko and the End of the Civic Project
Jürgen Fohrmann, Erhard Schüttpelz, Stephan Dillemuth
plus an interview with Werner von Delmont by Gardar Eide Einarsson and Mathias Faldbakken
and an extra bonus text "Under Corporate Rococo" by Antek Walczak

For more information visit:
Society of Control

video:
https://mubi.com/films/get-rid-of-yourself

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