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The Film: A radical, simple tribute to Joseph Beuys at 60, named Best Short Film by German Film Critics in 1981.
The Setup: Filmed as a kinetic sculpture, Beuys speaks with his back to the camera, facing the wall.
The Concept: Modernity reduces art to the purely "visual." An anthropological view of art must expand to include all human creativity: thought, feeling, and will. For example, in sculptural theory, you actually hear a sculpture before you see it. Human senses—visual, auditory, static, haptic—must be thought forward into deeper senses of will and intellect.
Directors: Werner Nekes and Dore O.
Release Year: 1981
Format: 16mm colour film
Running Time: 11 minutes
Country of Origin: West Germany
Accolades: Winner of the "Best Short Film" award by the German Film Critics Association (Verband der deutschen Filmkritik) in 1981.
The Film: A radical, simple tribute to Joseph Beuys at 60, named Best Short Film by German Film Critics in 1981.
The Setup: Filmed as a kinetic sculpture, Beuys speaks with his back to the camera, facing the wall.
The Concept: Modernity reduces art to the purely "visual." An anthropological view of art must expand to include all human creativity: thought, feeling, and will. For example, in sculptural theory, you actually hear a sculpture before you see it. Human senses—visual, auditory, static, haptic—must be thought forward into deeper senses of will and intellect.
Directors: Werner Nekes and Dore O.
Release Year: 1981
Format: 16mm colour film
Running Time: 11 minutes
Country of Origin: West Germany
Accolades: Winner of the "Best Short Film" award by the German Film Critics Association (Verband der deutschen Filmkritik) in 1981.
