‘Hard Brake (2008) by Frederik van Simaey.
Tag Archives: the wild
Davide Balula
Davide Balula, ‘Heartbeat Exciter (Stimulateur cardiaque)’ (2006)
Recordings of human heartbeats at different speeds sending magnetic charges into the plants.
Joseph Beuys vs America
‘Sonne statt Reagan’ (1983) popsong by Joseph Beuys.
A protest song against America and its use of nuclear weapons.
‘I like America and America likes me’, Beuys’ famous performance in New York (1974).
In May 1974 Beuys flew to New York and was taken by ambulance to the site of the performance, a room in the René Block Gallery on East Broadway. He shared this room with a wild coyote, for eight hours over three days. At times he stood, wrapped in a thick, grey blanket of felt, leaning on a large shepherd’s staff. At the end of the three days, Beuys hugged the coyote that had grown quite tolerant of him, and was taken to the airport. Again he rode in a veiled ambulance, leaving America without having set foot on its ground.
Mircea Cantor
Mircea Cantor, ‘Deeparture’ (as presented at the MoMA) (2005)
‘Deeparture’ involves two unwitting players, a wolf and a deer, in perhaps the most unlikely and artificial environment in which they can find themselves—a white-cube gallery.
Thanks, Anna!
Helmut Smits
Helmut Smits, ‘Boom voor billboard (tree in front of billboard)’ (2006)