Some ridicule his stupidity (and he was without doubt foolish) but I’m more impressed by his excess, his misplaced confidence and his singularity.Īcross the 8-tracks on Honey Tower’s album, there’s much going on.
FRANZ REICHELT FULL
His equipment failed and Reichelt plummeted to the floor in full glare of friends and press. I’m particularly drawn to the story of tragic dandy, Franz Reichelt, who was so convinced of the strength of his parachute-onesie that he jumped in it from the Eiffel Tower in 1912. She draws influence and inspiration from stories of the past, playing with musical styles in an attempt to astonish the listener. German Electro artist, Honey Tower, has just released an 8-track concept album referencing literary, philosophical and historic manifestations of distinct Dandyism. Many of my friends might argue that the above describes me? It’s certain that the compulsion to astonish and to place myself in opposition has been prevalent since I read the ‘Dandy’ as a boy. Singularity is his vocation, excess his way to perfection.” The dandy, therefore, is always compelled to astonish. It must be ceaselessly stimulated, spurred on by provocation. A mirror that quickly becomes clouded, it’s true, since human capacity for attention is limited.
He can only be sure of his own existence by finding it in the expression of others’ faces. “The dandy can only play a part by setting himself up in opposition.
Dandyism is a much-maligned way of life but it’s hard to see beyond this text from Camus in L’homme Revolte. But, student days exploring Wilde, Baudelaire, Warhol and pantomime put me right. Whilst my friends obsessed about Dennis The Menace and the Beano, I strove to be different.īack then, I was oblivious to the alternative meaning of ‘Dandy’. When I was a boy, I had a weekly subscription to the ‘Dandy’ comic for me, this was an act of wilful rebellion.
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