A documentary chasing the life of an artist Joseph Voice representing the 20th century

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Screening begins in Shibuya Uprick from March 2, 2019, the documentary 'Joses Voice' provokes' that chased the life of contemporary artist José Boyce.

Joseph Boyce (12 May 1921 - 23 January 1986) is one of contemporary artists representing Germany after the war. In addition to art pieces such as performance art, sculpture, installation and drawing, we also have an aspect as an educator and social activist, expanding the concept of sculpture to "sculpt the society" and also to social reform through lectures and dialogue Work actively.

Representative works include "felt suit" (1970) hanging the suit with fence material with a hanger, "fat chair" (1963) using fat (beeswax) solidified by melting with heat and solidifying and so on. Conventional sculpture uses inorganic materials such as "stone" and "metal", but the voice creates stereoscopic works using unique unique materials such as "felt", "fat", "beeswax". In addition, in the performance art entitled "Coyote - I like America, America likes me" (1974), while avoiding any contact with Americans during the week of staying in the US / New York, the gallery Living with the Holy Animal "Coyote" of Native Americans with a cage inside. It excluded indigenous people who did not assimilate American culture, and it was a strong criticism of American society which developed today.

Although it was often exposed to criticism as a heretic artist from its experimental and sensational performance and provocative message, it has a strong influence on Banksy et al. As well as present artists. This work consists of an enormous number of material images and interview images of newly photographed participants, making it a documentary work approaching the art of Voice and the wounds of an unknown war.

Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of the artists who had a strong influence on the voice, commented as follows.

"I knew both the delicacy of Voice, the vulnerability and seriousness, the dreamer and the ideal person, which I did not know until now, and that" scar "is the key to solving the art of Voice Now that capitalism is about to end, I think that it is a good documentary to know the thought of Voice who advocated the economy and art that looked ahead. "

From what works left by artists representing the 20th century, what do we feel and what do we think?

The movie "Joseph Voice provokes"
2017 / Germany / 107 minutes / German, English / DCP / 16: 9 / 5.1 ch / Title: Beuys
○ Screening: From Saturday, March 2, 2019
○ Theater: Uplink Shibuya et al.
〇 Director · Screenplay: Andres Fier
〇 Cast: Joseph Voice, Caroline Tizzdar, Rare Thongez Stringarith, Franz Joseph Van der Grinten, Johannes Stuttgen, Klaus Steek
Yes distribution and advertising: Uplink
〇 Official:http://www.uplink.co.jp/beuys/