Moholy-Nagy's "Gesamtkunstwerk"

Interdisciplinarity is the basis of how FACS 1900 operates. It is about the breaking down of singular structures to realise that all forms of art can be equally used together and compliment each other. Gesamtkunstwerk is the culmination of the arts. It started as a concept taught by one of the teachers at the Bauhaus, of architecture; calling in the specialists of each art form to to add their touch where needed. It allows a work of art to be carried on by any other student of the Bauhaus. This concept, however, can be applied to so much more than just architecture. Modern movies, with all the new innovations and special effects, often use a culmination of the arts to produce the piece.

Dancers double in when an actor cannot dance; designers create computer gerenated scenes when it is inconvenient or impossible for a carpenter or a costume team to handle; singers dub their voices over others and musicians provide background music. This essentially is Gesamtkunstwerk architecture, only instead of making a building or structure, one is creating a whole world in which the movie takes place. If it weren't for this, then the land of 'Middle-Earth' from The Lord of the Rings movies would not have been possible to create. Another good example of Gesamtkunstwerk being used in modern times is this class, FACS 1900. It teaches interdisciplinarity, and one of the concepts it teaches is none other than Gesamtkunstwerk. This is not merely a coincidence.