Joseph Beuys und Nam June Paik, Coyote III mit Pianovariation 1984, Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art …
Coyote III, Concert by Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik, Piano Duet
Joseph Beuys und Nam June Paik, Coyote III mit Pianovariation 1984, Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art (Sôgetsu Hall), 2. Juni 1984
(c) Nam June Paik Estate/Joseph Beuys (c) VG Bild-Kunst Bonn

Coyote III, Concert by Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik, Piano Duet, 1984

ArtistJoseph Beuys, Krefeld 1921–1986 Düsseldorf
ArtistNam June Paik, Soul 1932–2006 Miami
Video, color, sound, 62:10 min
Location of performanceTokyo
Status
not on display
About the workFar Eastern music meets Beethoven and mingles with wild cries and throat sounds. In 1984, Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys met at the S?getsu Hall in Tokyo for a unique concert. While the Korean media artist Paik improvised classical pieces on the concert grand piano, Beuys did not touch his piano. In his performance, he imitated a coyote that slowly transformed from an animal expressing itself through feral sounds into a human being uttering individual words.
AccessionGift of Shigeko Kubota
Inventory numberZM2011.5
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