Dr. Victoria GrinbergTIL that "Gesamtkunstwerk" is actually a term used in English.
Leander Lindahl 🇪🇺@vicgrinberg isn't that just used as ersatz for the English word of the same meaning? 😉
@leanderlindahl 😂 in this case, to my understanding, surprisingly not as there is no English word or term with the same clear meaning (eg cabinet of curiosities for Kunstkabinett).
Reiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@vicgrinberg @leanderlindahl oh interesting. I looked it up in Wikipedia. And it seems to be a specific concept which does not have a counter part in English and can only be described in more words. Thanks for the info.
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@vicgrinberg One learns all the time!
Anneke@vicgrinberg I wouldn't even know how to translate that into any other language.
Richard Martin-Nielsen@vicgrinberg Also in interviews…
We’ve always had joy in packaging and thought it was part of the creative statement,” Tennant says, ordering a carafe of white wine. “I won’t say Gesamtkunstwerk, but …”
“Go on, Neil, say it,” says Lowe mischievously. “I know you like saying it.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/06/pet-shop-boys-wild-visuals-snubbing-the-queen-barbara-windsor #PetShopBoys #Gesamtkunstwerk
‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen
As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censor
Vincent 🌻🇪🇺 en 🌹☘️@vicgrinberg Well, it’s not as if you’d learn that in kindergarten
Marcel@vicgrinberg TIL what TIL means.. just never bothered to look it up. Till now.