Peter Friedl / Secret Modernity: Selected Writings and Interviews 1981–2009

Since the early 1980s, Peter Friedl has written on a variety of subjects. Secret Modernity compiles a representative selection of his texts, along with a series of interviews and conversations. In his writings, similar to his artworks, Friedl quotes from and reworks multiple genres. He offers portraits of George Sand and Clarice Lispector, Theo van Doesburg, Alighiero Boetti and Jean-Luc Godard. He reviews articles and documents contributing to theatre and film history discussion, focusing for example, on Symbolist theatre, the work of Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, Lucinda Childs, Yoko Ono, and Glauber Rocha. He also includes comments and reflections on his own projects. Published by Sternberg Press.