Hommage aan Joseph Beuys.
During a walk in the streets of Beuys’ city Düsseldorf, I photographed a piece of rubbish sitting on the asphalt. Later I anthropomorphised and animated it, using charcoal drawing. It changed into a spontaneously created microcosm.
Transforming the waste by using associative drawing, I want to make it clear that humanity is destroying its environment. It possesses, however, also a strong creative power, which it can use to improve the world and shape the future. To quote Joseph Beuys: “The only revolutionary force is the force of human creativity.”
The title of my video refers to Beuys‘ famous saying: “I think with my knee anyway.” He meant that rational thinking is unable to meet up with the complexity of artistic thought. That’s why good artists use to think crosswise and around corners. In other words with the knee.
title: Thinking with my Knee
technique: Digital and analogue animation with photo and charcoal drawing
length: 1’43”
year: 2021
© Maria Korporal 2021
Stills from the video:
Screenings en presentaties:
• 15 november 2024 – 12 januari 2025: Lines Fiction 2024, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Bethanien, Berlijn.
• 26 oktober 2023: Pinus Sessions, São Paulo, Brazilië.
• 4-10 mei 2023: ANIMATIBA – Curitiba International Animation Festival, Curitiba, Brazilië.
• 13 januari – 11 februari 2023: No Future on Mondays, SCOTTY, Berlijn.
• 23-27 november 2022: Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hongarije.
• 14 oktober 2022 – 16 januari 2023: Onda Mediale 2022, Art Web Gallery.
• 18 juni – 24 augustus 2022: Lines Fiction, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlijn.
• 29 april – 22 mei 2022: UPDATE 22, Galerie VBK Berlin. Video + tekening.
• 28-29 april 2022: Screening Official Selection Videograma, Teatro del Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia.
• 23 april 2022: Presentatie van het boek Paisajes artificiales, Galería Santa Fe, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Februari 2022: De video maakt nu deel uit van de videokunstcollectie van het Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá.
• 17 februari – 30 april 2022: SOMOS+, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, Colombia. Presentatie van nieuwe werken in de museumcollectie, waaronder “Denken met de knie”.
• 2022: The Climate Change Memorial, curator Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, online and several physical venues.
• 29 oktober 2021: Videograma, Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Bogotà, Columbië.
• 1-4 juli 2021: Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2021, Official Selection, Nová synagóga Žilina, Slowakije.
• 26 maart – 4 juni 2021: Beuys for Future, GG3 / Group Global 3000, Berlijn. Read the Press release by Dr. Ralf Weiß.
