STARTING FROM LANGUAGE

In a 1985 series of Lectures on ones own country: Germany, given at the Munich Kammerspiele, Beuys said that he developed his wor k from language. He regarded language as equal to visual arta flexible material through which every individual could physically, intellectually, and communicatively participate in the process of re-ordering society. His exploration of language ranges from silen ce to hours of debate, from animal sounds to precise discussions of concepts and puzzling writings. Accordingly, the chapters are di vided into the ...[Leer más]