<p>As classes at the Bauhaus begin, the big school in the little town makes news in Berlin newspapers catching the attention of Gertrud. She makes plans to visit the school, unwittingly aligning herself to the doctrine of Johannes Itten. </p>

As classes at the Bauhaus begin, the big school in the little town makes news in Berlin newspapers catching the attention of Gertrud. She makes plans to visit the school, unwittingly aligning herself to the doctrine of Johannes Itten.

Episode 2 - Gertrud Makes Her Pitch

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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