Beuys

The screening will be accompanied by an introduction and a post-screening sharing session, led by art scholar Prof. Harald Kraemer from City University's School of Creative Media.

Beuys
2017, Germany, Director: Andres Veiel, 107 mins
German and English with English subtitles

Beuys, the man with a hat. Thirty years after his death, he still seems to be a visionary, way ahead of his time. Back then he was trying to patently explain how “money shouldn´t be a commodity.” He knew that money trade would undermine democracy. But there´s more. Beuys boxes, parleys, lectures, and explains pictures to a dead hare. He asks with a grin: “Do You Want a Revolution Without Laughter?” His expanded concept of art leads him smack in the middle of socially relevant discourses, even today. A congenial montage of countless, previously untapped visual and audio sources, director Andreas Veiel and his team created a one-of-a-kind chronicle: “Beuys” is not a portrait in the common sense but an intimate look at a human being, his art, and his world of ideas.

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