Moholy-Nagy L. Visions in Motion

Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1947. — 383 c."This book is written for the artist and the layman, for everyone interested in his relationship to our existing civilization. It is an extension of my previous book, "The New Vision". But while "The New Vision" gave mainly particulars about the educational methods of the old Bauhaus, "Vision in Motion" concentrates on the work of the Institute of Design, Chicago, and presents a broader, more general view of the interrelatedness of art and life. Recognizing the arts as an integral part of our existence, this book takes as its basic premise the unity of the arts with life. Thus this book is an attempt to add to the politico-social a biological "bill of rights" asserting the interrelatedness of man's fundamental qualities, of his intellectual and emotional requirements, of his psychological well-being and his physical health. It proposes that new tools and technologies cause social changes; that they shift ways of production, possessions, wealth, and power; yet though the inevitable logic of new technologies, offering easy advantages for labor saving and profit making, is willingly accepted on pragmatic intellectual terms, it is stubbornly opposed in the emotional sphere, where man clings to obsolete standards and empty conventions of the past, unapproachable by logical argument and often against his best interests". [László Moholy-Nagy]Analyzing the Situation — Vision in Motion
New Method of Approach — Design for Life
New Education — Organic Approach
General outlineIntegration — the artsPainting
Photography
Sculpture
Space-time problems
Motion pictures
Literature
Group poetryA proposal