[spectre] Die Zweite Bauhauszerstoerung: Interview mit Ralf Homann

[Geert Lovink]

The Second Bauhaus Destruction: Interview with Ralf Homann

http://www.networkcultures.org/geert/die-zweite-bauhaus-zerstorung- 
interview-mit-ralf-homann/

In April 2007 I conducted an interview, in German, with the German  
artist, activist and professor for experimental radio at the Bauhaus  
University in Weimar, Ralf Homann. The email exchange was made for a  
special issue of Micreaux, nr. 24, published by the Plattform  
studentischer Initiativen and appeared in print, with a CD. The  
publication was in high demand and is no longer available. There were  
even copies that included a vinyl record! The occasion of this special  
publication was the departure in September 2007 of Ralf Homann as a  
professor from the department of experimental radio. Homann was fired  
and forced out of his job for political reasons after a lengthy legal  
battle. In this interview we decided not to focus too much on the  
lengthy and difficult bureaucratic side of this scandal. Instead, we  
looked at the ‘radio theory’ part of Ralf Homann’s work, the role of  
activism and his artistic and pedagogical methodologies. I was in  
Weimar early February 2007, together with Ralf and his students, where  
we discussed, amongst others, what to do with the rich legacy of the  
department, better known on the Internet as www.radiostudio.org. There  
is going to be an English translation of this interview at some point.  
If you would like to help us out, please contact me or Ralf.

Best, Geert & Ralf