i’m searching for the dumbest person

i’m searching for the dumbest person

joseph beuys and science

lecture series

haus der universität at schadowplatz (online)

20 apr to 23 jul 2021

ute klophaus: joseph beuys during the discussion at the opening of the exhibition »beuys und seine klasse« photo, b/w, baryta print, frankfurt am main, 1976

bpk / stiftung museum schloss moyland / ute klophaus / on loan from the ernst von siemens kunststiftung

ute klophaus, joseph beuys während der diskussion bei der ausstellungseröffnung »beuys und seine klasse«, foto, s/w, baryt, frankfurt am main, 1976

ute klophaus: joseph beuys during the discussion at the opening of the exhibition »beuys und seine klasse« photo, b/w, baryta print, frankfurt am main, 1976

bpk / stiftung museum schloss moyland / ute klophaus / on loan from the ernst von siemens kunststiftung

»so art questions the process, art now asks the epistemological questions that science is not asking. i want to make that clear. and art comes to the conclusion that it has to represent that idea, even in its inception, as a sculptural process.« ^{joseph beuys, 1970a}

this lecture series brings together scholars and scientists from many fields with an interest in joseph beuys’s call to create the conditions for a new life that can sustain the kind of thinking that incorporates the principles of sculpture. beuys’s universal plea for a revolution of concepts will be critically examined through the prism of disciplines ranging from physics to poetry, from economics to the law.

directed by timo skrandies

The programme takes place via zoom and as a livestream on HHU's youtube channel.
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm to 8 pm

^{20 april 2021}

Prof. Dr. Timo Skrandies

Joseph Beuys und die Kunst als Forschung

^{27 april 2021}

Dr. Bettina Paust

»Ich bin ein Sender. Ich strahle aus« - Eine Spurensuche nach der Rezeption der Kunst von Joseph Beuys

^{4 may 2021}

Dr. Alexandra Vinzenz

Joseph Beuys und das »Gesamtkunstwerk«

^{11 may 2021}