BEUYS - Special screening with 5th Collectors' Contemporary Collaboration

Venue: Black Box Studio, Goethe-Institut Hongkong 
Date: 2019.03.30
Time: 4pm 
Price: Free admission
Registration: https://hkac.org.hk/calendar_detail/?u=NRcRrkKtioM
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Beuys
Director: Andres Veiel
Germany | 2017 | 107’ | In German and English with English subtitles | DVD | Colour

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.

Audience interested could also visit the 5th Collectors’ Contemporary Collaboration, presented in Hong Kong Arts Centre. A collection of artworks by Joseph Beuys will be shown in Hong Kong for the first time.