<p>The Bauhaus school opens in Weimar. A rare moment of unity breaks out where artists, politicians and students are all in agreement. Not all though is as it seems. Walter Gropius appoints two expressionist artists as teachers who want to break from the traditions of German art. </p>

The Bauhaus school opens in Weimar. A rare moment of unity breaks out where artists, politicians and students are all in agreement. Not all though is as it seems. Walter Gropius appoints two expressionist artists as teachers who want to break from the traditions of German art.

Episode 1 - Bauhaus Opens Its Doors

The story of the spiritual years of the Bauhaus in Weimar. How does it feel to witness your work slip from collective memory? Gertrud Grunow, the only female teacher during the early years of the Bauhaus in Weimar, worked with male colleagues who depended upon her research to underpin their own teachings. Bring Again the Now of Then finds Gertrud in her study as she collects piles of papers comprising a lifetime's work. As she files, reminiscing of her time at the Bauhaus, the story of the school's early years unfolds.  It was an environment of artists, spiritualists, designers, philosophers and opinionated students in a society of revolutionaries, reactionaries, communists, conservatives, and nationalists. Sensing her time is near an end, Gertrud is eager to publish a manuscript of her works and avoid a fate worse than death: to be framed within a solitary photograph without due context.

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The story of the spiritual years of the Bauhaus in Weimar. How does it feel to witness your work slip from collective memory? Gertrud Grunow, the only female teacher during the early years of the Bauhaus in Weimar, worked with male colleagues who depended upon her research to underpin their own teachings. Bring Again the Now of Then finds Gertrud in her study as she collects piles of papers comprising a lifetime's work. As she files, reminiscing of her time at the Bauhaus, the story of the school's early years unfolds. It was an environment of artists, spiritualists, designers, philosophers and opinionated students in a society of revolutionaries, reactionaries, communists, conservatives, and nationalists. Sensing her time is near an end, Gertrud is eager to publish a manuscript of her works and avoid a fate worse than death: to be framed within a solitary photograph without due context.

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Episode 1 - Bauhaus Opens Its Doors

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