Mp3 Monday: Joseph Beuys

Enjoy this little splattering of music on your Monday morning. I've listed the mp3s first (right click link to download) and put Joseph Beuys' biographical material below.

MP3s:
1. Side A: Sonne statt Reagan
2. Side B: Krafte sammeln
-Joseph Beuys: Sonne statt Reagan / Krafte sammeln (EMI Electrola (Musikant), Koln, 1982)
-Cover: two-color print, design: Joseph Beuys, Adam Backhausen, Manfred Boecker. 30cm, 45RPM, EMI Electrola (Musikant), Koln, No. 1C K 052-46 614 Z.
-Performed by: Joseph Beuys, Klaus Heuser, Wolf Mahn, Susanne Stenchly, Gunne Wagner, Steve Borg, Alain Thome, Helmut Russmann, John, K.H. Putz. Contents: Sonne statt Reagan. Krafte sammeln.
3. JA JA JA JA JA, NEE NEE NEE NEE NEE (1968)
(Voice: Joespeh Beuys)
4. Abschiedssymphonie, Side A
(Perf: Henning Christiansen (p), Nam June Paik (p, voice), Joseph Beuys (telephon)
5. Abschiedssymphonie, Side B
(Perf: Henning Christiansen (p), Nam June Paik (p, voice), Joseph Beuys (telephon)
6. In Memoriam George Maciunas, 1931-1978
(Perf: Nam June Paik, Joseph Beuys (telephon)
7. Scottische Symphonie. Requiem of Art, Part 1
(Perf: Joseph Beuys / Henning Christiansen)
8. Scottische Symphonie. Requiem of Art, Part 2
(Perf: Joseph Beuys / Henning Christiansen)
9. Requiem of Art (aus Celtic) (Fluxorum Organum II)
(score/tape realization: Henning Christiansen, 1973)

Full biography here:

During the early 1960s, Düsseldorf developed into an important center for contemporary art and Beuys became acquainted with the experimental work of artists such as Nam June Paik and the Fluxus group, whose public "concerts" brought a new fluidity to the boundaries between literature, music, visual art, performance, and everyday life. Their ideas were a catalyst for Beuys' own performances, which he called "actions," and his evolving ideas about how art could play a wider role in society. He began to publicly exhibit his large-scale sculptures, small objects, drawings, and room installations. He also created numerous actions and began making editioned objects and prints called multiples.

As the decades advanced, his commitment to political reform increased and he was involved in the founding of several activist groups: in 1967, the German Student Party, whose platform included worldwide disarmament and educational reform; in 1970, the Organization for Direct Democracy by Referendum, which proposed increased political power for individuals; and in 1972, the Free International University, which emphasized the creative potential in all human beings and advocated cross-pollination of ideas across disciplines. In 1979 he was one of 500 founding members of the Green Party.
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