Joseph Beuys

One of the prominent avant gardes of the '70s, Joseph Beuys is reflected with his most important students in Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul.

Joseph Beuys being a pilot in WWII was rescued from his plane crash by the Siberians. His story became a self-myth, not making clear which parts are true- not important for his works anyway. Creating the myth as a focus point for his art is what counts. His works are currently exhibited in all the world's famous modern museums, such as Munich and New York. However knowing his myth can be a prerequisite of visiting his installations, since he often uses felt and fat as materials and is directly linked to how he is treated by the Siberians.

The picture is by Andy Warhol, with whom Beuys had frequent discussions..

Beuys believed 'life itself is a creative act.'

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird whistles away the already known tunes of folk rock.
He played in the château room of The PuKKelPOP festival (which is all another story with 8 stages, astonishing the audience, poor audience had to plan every bit not to miss anything and even then there would alway be something being missed.) The atmosphere was an indoors tent, making the tension between us and The Bird more intense. It started raining and luckily there was a leakage just in front of the stage. Seeing the Bird through a thin curtain of raindrops was fantastic. The twin gramaphones turning irregularly on his stage add to the suspense. Does anybody know are they for decoration or just one of Bird's eccentric instruments?
He runs on the stage from the glockenspiel to his guitar and to his violin.He dips his violin and his whistles in each of his songs to drag his folk music to somewhere different. somewhere where you forget to blink. Fitz and Dizzyspells is only one example of many of the magnificant ways he combines them both.
In the coming months Andrew Bird will be touring in the U.S.