Becoming an Artwork - Boris Groys collecting “Der Kosmos des Entwerfens” soll

“Der Kosmos des Entwerfens” soll als Handreichung für Studierende und Praktizierende das Verständnis des Entwerfens erweitern

constructed through a layering process by which the original exchange is reworked and expanded with annotations

and the magazine attempts this challenge again

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these photographs have never been published until this day

Becoming an Artwork - Boris Groys collecting “Der Kosmos des Entwerfens” sollModern history is a history of aesthetizations and every aesthetization raises a claim of protection. We aestheticize and want to protect almost everything, including Earth, oceans, the atmosphere, rare animal species and exotic plants. Humans are no exception. They also present themselves as objects of contemplation that deserve admiration and care. For some time, artists and intellectuals struggled for the sovereign right to present themselves to