JOSEPH BEUYS SYMPOSIUM

If the revolution doesn´t first take place within the human being, every external revolution will fail. The human being has to discover the Inner Space. (Joseph Beuys) PROGRAMME Wednesday, 25th October 18.00 Opening speech by László Beke, Short welcome by Zsóka Pathy, Introduction of speakers - Break - 20.00 Concert Thursday, 26th October 9.00 Dieter Koepplin A journey through Beuys´ sculpture from "Meteor at the Place of the Cross" to "The End of the 20th Century" 10.10 Johannes Stüttgen The Idea of Social Sculpture as an Extended Concept of Art 11.20 Volker Harlan Alchemy and the Theory of Sculpture as an Extended Concept of Art - Afternoon - 15.30 Wolfgang Zumdick U-Topos. Ohne Ort. (Without Place) Joseph Beuys and the Concept of Real Utopia 16.00 Endre Kiss Object as Symbol, Symbol as Object On Joseph Beuys 17.00 Georg Jappe "...the direction we really must have in our head" 20.00 Rhea Thönges-Stringaris "...if all else fails, I will come as a tree" On 7000 Oaks by Joseph Beuys Friday, 27th October 9.00 Antonio d´Avossa Utopia concreta come utopia della terra 10.10 Johannes Stüttgen Gesamtkunstwerk (Interdisciplinary / Total Artwork) Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg 11.20 Shelley Sacks How do we get the elephants out of the desert? The FIU - impulse as Warmth Work - Afternoon - 15.00 Knospen (Buds) A tree planting to honour Joseph Beuys by "The Public Welfare Foundation for Human Beings and Environmental Protection", Budapest 16.30 László Glózer The Stations of Fame The Way of Life as an Artwork 17.20 Gerhard Theewen The Vitrines of Joseph Beuys 18.20 Lucrezia De Domizio Durini Who was Joseph Beuys? Difesa della Natura - Break - 19.20 Friedhelm Mennekes Manresa Saturday, 28th October 9.00 Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes One day I too will produce Finnegan´s Wake The Relevance of James Joyce in the Genesis of Joseph Beuys´s work 9.45 Antje von Graevenitz Joseph Beuys: "Scala Libera" - 1985 - Break - 11.00 Matthias Bunge Imago and Imagination - Image and Image Concept of Joseph Beuys - Afternoon - 15.00 F.I.U. - Meeting Documentations Rainer Rappmann, Dieter Schwerdtle 17.00 Peter Schata Honey Pump at the Workplace - Break - 20.00 Johannes Stüttgen On Direct Democracy Sunday, 29th October 9.00 László Beke Beuys Today: Welt/Anschauung 10.00 Conclusions as a Panel Discussion Moderation: Rainer Rappmann - Plenary Session The length of each lecture will vary at the discretion of the speakers. We reserve the right of change. The language of the symposion is German and Hungarian. Joseph Beuys achieved world-wide fame as a representative of the visual arts during the second half of the 20th century. He was an internationally acclaimed sculptor, draftsman, and maker of actions. However, his greatest wish was to develop an ´Extended Concept of Art´: a call to all human beings, to everyone of us, to free art, our creative potential, from the conventional art world in order to make it a basis for all aspects of life. In this way life would be revitalised and shaped by inner human activity. In so doing we become collaborators in the shared creation of Humanity as a Work of Art: SOCIAL SCULPTURE It is my own mission and the mission of art to shape the social order as one forms a sculpture (Joseph Beuys) During his lifetime, because of the political divisions in Europe, Joseph Beuys was prevented from bringing his life promoting ideas to Central European countries. The ideas in this symposion - presented for the first time on a larger scale after the changes in 1989 - continue to grow in importance and relevance for humanity living in a technological world. Speakers from six countries have been invited. Most have been personal friends, students, companions of Joseph Beuys, all witness to his charismatic personality. Joseph Beuys considered his life´s work in its entirety to be a promotion of a new concept and understanding of the human being which he expressed in the formula: ART=HUMAN BEING=CREATIVITY=FREEDOM In this sense, this symposion will be a ´promotional´ event, the promotion of an invisible product: the intrinsic value of a human being. beuys@mucsarnok.hu p www.beuys.c3.hu Mucsarnok - Budapest XIV., Hosök tere Telefon: 00 36 1 343-7401 Travel Information: www.vista.hu Tel: 00 36 1 269-6033 Fax: 00 36 1 267-5568 Programme coordination: Zsóka Pathy (Germany) Mariann Mayer, Andrea Regos (Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle)