Markus Schinwald (English and German Edition)

Through his films, photos, installations, and graphics, Austrian artist Markus Schinwald creates a charged collection of aesthetic curios with the human being in the focal point. Using physical extensions, prostheses and mechanical gizmos, he transforms people into marionettelike dolls, while simultaneously turning robot-like automatons into creatures with mystical habitat all their own. In his latest film, "Children's Crusade," Schinwald links motifs from the children's crusades of the Middle Ages with legends of the Pied Piper. Similarly intriguing ideas using the textures of history and the sciences permeate the artist's work, which is receiving its first comprehensive publication here.Markus Schinwald is the author of 'Markus Schinwald (English and German Edition)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780974568874 and ISBN 0974568872.