Konzert Joseph Beuys: Coyote III / Nam June Paik: Piano Duett (1984) – Nam June Paik / Joseph Beuys

• Konzert Joseph Beuys: Coyote III / Nam June Paik: Piano Duett, 1984 (Seibu Museum Sôgetsu Hall, Sezon/Tokio, 02.06.1984), Video, 62:10 Min.
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Nam June Paik

• * 1932 in Seoul (KR), † 2006 in Miami Beach (US)

Joseph Beuys

• * 1921 in Krefeld (DE), † 1986 in Dusseldorf (DE)

A duet between the two artists filmed at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo in June 1984, this performance features Nam June Paik improvising on piano while Joseph Beuys conducts a vocal performance that varies from animalistic grunting to sophisticated sound poetry. The only onstage decoration is a blackboard on which abstract chalk marks are written that resemble Morse code; Beuys adds to these markings with textual writing as the concert progresses.
(John Kannenberg)

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