Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas, Yōko Ono
“Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and the late Nam June Paik. Most of the material is relatively recent although Ben Vautieur shows some early 1960s work to hilarious effect and Mekas channels Fluxus founder George Maciunas throughout.” – J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
I like America and America likes Me
Joseph Beuys
In May 1974 Joseph Beuys flew to New York and was taken by ambulance to the site of the performance, a room in the René Block Gallery at 409 West Broadway. Beuys lay on the ambulance stretcher swathed in felt. He shared this room with a coyote, for eight hours over three days.
I like America and America likes Me
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Emile Ardolino, Nam June Paik
Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson
In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends-- Namely, the intercontinental exchange of culture, combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, linked up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea, reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even 25 million (including the later repeat transmissions).
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
Michael Blackwood
Joseph Beuys
Centered around the emergence of Constructivism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, Beyond Cubism takes a closer look at the artists who ignited the new movements and the alterations of artistic culture brought forth by World War II. Creating out of their philosophy and ideology, artists such as Vladimir Tatlin, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore pushed sculpture to new limits of abstraction and possibility, feverently building on their predecessors.
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
Frames for Seconds
Malcolm McLaren, Joseph Beuys
Video art show presented at the 1991 Broadcast Designers Association convention. Includes work from: Robert Ashley, Robert Breer, Peter Callas, Christen Clark, Sumit Das, Ed Emshwiller, John Hart, Jon Klein, Lyonel Kouro, Maureen Nappi, Paul Garin, Amy Greenfield, Nam June Paik, Mark Pellington, M. Rawlings, John Sanborn, Dan Sandin, William Wegman, Dean Winkler. Major contributions include "MAJORCA-fantasia", "Sunstone", "Welcome to My Living Room" and "Neo-Geo: An American Purchase", as well as excerpts from "Perfect Lives".
Frames for Seconds
Filz TV
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys
"As a contribution to Gerry Schum's 'Identifications', Beuys adapted for television the 'Felt TV' action previously staged for a live audience at a Happening festival in Copenhagen in 1966. It was the only Beuys action executed specifically for the camera. It opens with Beuys seated in front of a TV set showing a programme which is invisible because the screen is covered by felt. The boxing-gloves used later in the action lie at the ready beneath his chair."
Felt TV
