Tag Archives: Shoes

1933: Dreams of the Third Reich

Posted on May 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

A selection from Charlotte Beradt’s Dreams of the Third Reich. Beradt was a journalist in Germany when Hitler took power and, inspired by the first dream below “set out to collect the dreams the Nazi regime had generated”—which she did … Continue reading →

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1953: Description

Posted on June 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

As for his feet, sometimes he wore on each a sock, or on the one a sock and on the other a stocking, or a boot, or a shoe, or a slipper, or a sock and a boot, or a … Continue reading →

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1997: Equal Height

Posted on July 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hans Hemmert’s art installation level (1997) consists of a shelf of platforms that guests attach to their shoes so that everyone is two meters tall (about 6′ 7″).

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1945: The Conrad Catzen Shoe Fund

Posted on June 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Since 1945, the Actors Fund of America has administered the Conrad Catzen Shoe Fund. The fund provides $40.00 towards a pair of new shoes for out-of-work actors and other workers in the performing arts. Cantzen bequeathed his estate to create … Continue reading →

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