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Hermann Nitsch: Das Sechstagespiel des Orgien Mysterien Theaters Prinzendorf 3.-9. August 1998. Edited by Otmar Rychlik and published by Hatje Cantz, 2003. Large very heavy hardcover with jacket. 440 pages, richly illustrated.
Hermann Nitsch’s idea for a six-day and six-night action work had dated back to 1957. Influenced by the Gesamtkunstwerk efforts of Richard Wagner and Alexander Scriabin, Nitsch conceived his synaesthetically oriented action theatre, exhilarating all five senses: The Orgies Mysteries Theatre.