[Missis X und Katze (Collective pseudonim)]
Brenner, Aleksandr Davidovich, 1957
Schurz, Barbara, 1973
Die befrieiung Istanbuls. [Berlin], Paperarschloch Samizdat, [n.d. (2009 ?)] 243 p., 12 b/w plates., 5 ill.
[On the reverse side of title page: Missis X und die KatzenDie befrieiung Istanbuls. The Liberation of Istanbul. Osvobozhdenie Stambula (in Russian). Papierarschloch Samizdat Berlin, Jahr X Copyriot [sic!-vk]: Missis X and all cats on the Globe. Druck: Druckerei Bunter Hund]
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8 vo, original covers designed by Barbara Schurz (?). The book was printed by the artists in a small run and not for sale. It was given by artists themselves to visitors at one of the couple´s exhibitions.

On the reverse side of title page: Missis X und die KatzenDie befrieiung Istanbuls. The Liberation of Istanbul. Osvobozhdenie Stambula (in Russian).

Collection of three different texts in German, English and 'Appendix' in Russian by Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz (?), supplemented with collection of poems by Alexander Brenner.Twelve erotic plates in black and white and 4 erotic drawings through the text.

Alexander Davidovich Brener was born in 1957 in Alma-Ata, is a Russian-Jewish performance artist, a self-described political activist. He is considered as one of the main figures of Moscow Actionism along with Oleg Kulik.

His performances of note include defecating in front of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, having sex on city streets, and vandalizing art work.He was jailed in 1997 for painting a green dollar sign on Kazimir Malevich's painting Suprematisme. In the court case Brener said in his defense: The cross is a symbol of suffering, the dollar sign a symbol of trade and merchandise. On humanitarian grounds are the ideas of Jesus Christ of higher significance than those of the money. What I did was not against the painting. I view my act as a dialogue with Malevich.'

He was sentenced to five month in prison, where he wrote 'Obossani pistolet'. In the text he explains his beliefs and summarizes his actions. He co-wrote BUKAKA SPAT HERE, Tattoos auf Gefängnissen, and Anti technologies of resistance with Barbara Schurz.Brener is mentioned in passing in Stewart Home's novel Memphis Underground.

Alexander Brenner authored more than twenty books, among others Grudim (1993), Meine Vagina (1993), Chlamidiose (1994), Obossany Pistolet ( 1997) and Furzende Völker (2000), Tattoos auf Gefängnissen (2001) and Bukaka Spat Here (2001, Austria; 2002, Great Britain) in cooperation with Barbara Schurz.

Barbara Schurz was born 1973 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. She is an artist and self-described 'revolutionary activist' from Austria. At Vienna University she pursued Slavic Studies and Women's Studies. Subsequently, she studied conceptual art at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. She began travelling around the world, living as an artist and author in Moscow and Berlin, in addition to Vienna. She is coined „Kunstterroristen“ by some critics.

Schurz is best known for her books, co-written with Alexander Brener, that address the boundary between art and politics from an activist perspective. These are heavily influenced by poststructuralism, particularly the writings of Michel Foucault, and focus their attacks largely on capitalism and imperialism. Schurz accompanied Brener to the 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' art lecture at the ICA to both protest and involve themselves in the lecture. While there Brener defecated in front of the audience while Schurz threw peanuts at the lecturers.
Both artists were present at 49th Biennale in Venice ( 2001).

References: 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' at the ICA on Spoonfed.co.uk'; Vladimir Ovcharenko 'Vnesia svoi vklad pri zhizni, mozhno ostavit´ sled v istorii' (in Russian); The Independent - Art Attacks; RebelArt - Surfing with Alexander Brener


Als Künstlerpaar Barbara Schurz & Alexander Brener waren sie auf der 49. Biennale Venedig 2001 vertreten.





Barbara Schurz (Russian transliteration: Барбара Шурц) was born 1973 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. She is an artist and self-described 'revolutionary activist' from Austria.

At Vienna University she pursued Slavic Studies and Women's Studies. Subsequently, she studied conceptual art at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. She began travelling around the world, living as an artist and author in Moscow and Berlin, in addition to Vienna.

Schurz is best known for her books, co-written with Alexander Brener, that address the boundary between art and politics from an activist perspective. These are heavily influenced by poststructuralism, particularly the writings of Michel Foucault, and focus their attacks largely on capitalism and imperialism. Schurz accompanied Brener to the 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' art lecture at the ICA to both protest and involve themselves in the lecture. While there Brener defecated in front of the audience while Schurz threw peanuts at the lecturers.[1]
Books

Was tun? (1999, ISBN 3-85266-101-3)
Furzende Völker (2000, ISBN 3-85266-130-7)
Tattoos auf Gefängnissen (2001, ISBN 3-85266-157-9)
Bukaka Spat Here (2001, Austria, ISBN 3-9501567-1-2; 2002, UK, ISBN 0-9520274-4-5)

References

^ Lecture: 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' at the ICA on Spoonfed.co.uk

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