{"title":"Klaus Staeck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Staeck\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary arts and culture, delving into the provocative and often satirical world of visual art. His works engage deeply with the legacy and impact of figures like Joseph Beuys, illuminating artistic narratives through thoughtful and striking presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find a blend of critical insight and visual storytelling, where art becomes a vehicle for social commentary and reflection. These books are essential for those intrigued by the intersections of creativity, politics, and cultural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-beuys-in-america-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299139","title":"Joseph Beuys: Beuys in America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 9 January 1974, \u003cem\u003eJoseph Beuys\u003c\/em\u003e, together with Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl, travelled for the first time to America. This trip was by no means a mere visit, but a carefully planned performance that took place in airplanes, taxis, hotels, universities, and galleries, and was comprehensively documented in photographs and video. The tour began with a packed lecture at New York's New School, visited by artists including Claes Oldenburg, Lil Picard, and Al Hansen, in which Beuys enthralled his audience for hours, explaining his specific model of social sculpture and filling three large blackboards with drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe next stop was Chicago, the site of more controversial lectures and an unexpected performance: on happening to pass the Biograph movie theatre, Beuys spontaneously reenacted the death of American gangster John Dillinger, who had been cornered by police in the theatre, chased into a nearby alley, and shot dead. Beuys' tour then reached Minneapolis, with more press conferences, discussions, and extended walks through Dayton's department store. Upon returning to Germany, the hundreds of photographs and many hours of videotape were assembled, and yet Beuys, ever engaged in new projects, somehow never found time to edit them. It was only in October 1985, shortly before his death, that he had finalised the sequence for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1987, this new Steidl edition has been wholly re-conceived by Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn America I discovered a lot of things which, in a way, lay hidden inside of me. Just so when you look into the ground, watch the formation of ice, feel certain natural powers and experience totally different tensions.\u003c\/i\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383883055340,"sku":"9783958299139","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9204763483597.jpg?v=1773385906"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-honey-is-flowing-in-all-directions-2002-by-klaus-staeck-9783958299153","title":"Joseph Beuys: Honey is flowing in all directions (2002)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKassel, documenta 1977. A pump driven by two strong motors forces two tons of honey over a 17-metre-high pipe into a network of tubes that traverses the rooms of the Fridericianum Museum. This was the core of Joseph Beuys' Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research, which he brought to life at documenta 6.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAround his Honeypump in the Workplace, Beuys created events that expanded his notion of art and starkly differentiated it from tradition. For Beuys, \"workplace\" meant talks, speeches, workgroup discussions, and citizens' action committees. For 100 days, he tirelessly expressed his ideas on how art and society must necessarily change, filling numerous blackboards with texts, diagrams, and musical scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 28 June 1977, Beuys invited Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl to join him in servicing and maintaining his honeypump, which was carefully documented in the photographs of this book, first published in 1997 and now re-conceived by Staeck and Steidl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTruth must be found in reality, not systems.\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431390167276,"sku":"9783958299153","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958299153.jpg?v=1774557938"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-beuys-laughing-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299610","title":"Joseph Beuys: Beuys Laughing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early 1974, Joseph Beuys, Klaus Staeck, and Gerhard Steidl sat in a Boeing 747 from New York to Düsseldorf, returning home after Beuys' American tour. The trip had been a controversial success, and its every stage was carefully documented by Staeck and Steidl in videos, photographs, and audio—their trusty Sony TC-50 cassette recorder was always at Beuys' side during his lectures, conferences, and workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo relieve the boredom of the flight, the three listened to some of the recordings, and Beuys noticed, surprisedly, just how much he laughed: why not edit this laughter into a single, surreal track?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteidl subsequently gave the original tapes to the young sound engineer Siegfried Schäfer, who set to work reducing bass and background noise, and created a final edit of 20 minutes. Steidl played this master to a delighted Beuys, who decided to issue it as an audio tape edition, in the mould of his 1969 recording \u003cem\u003eJa, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Nee, Nee, Nee\u003c\/em\u003e (Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, No, No).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the master tape of \u003cem\u003eBeuys Laughing\u003c\/em\u003e was then sadly lost for a period of 46 years, only to resurface in 2020. Now, re-mastered and digitised by Schäfer and Pauler Acoustics, it is finally available to the public, in a limited-edition vinyl EP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI like America and America likes me.\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-published with Edition Staeck, Heidelberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461101797612,"sku":"9783958299610","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958299610-joseph-beuys-beuys-laughing.jpg?v=1774958133"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/klaus-staeck.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}