AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU

The setting is extremely simple, but well chosen: in the corner of a room is a blue sofa covered in pillows, together with a small table in front of it. A TV monitor is placed on the table in the direction of the camera in such a way that an Asian woman who is talking communicates directly with viewers. One cannot understand what she is saying. To the right, a piano is placed along a side wall, which is the actual scene of the mere one-and-a-half minute performance.

It is well known that Paul Wittgenstein, one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s...