On Felt, Mice and Moths Change and Permanence in a Work by Joseph Beuys
Journal: Itinera
Year: 2022

&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; In November 1970, Joseph Beuys and Terry Fox performed Isolation Unit in Düsseldorf in the cellar of the Kunstakademie, an hour-long performance in front of an audience of about thirty people. As in many of Beuys’s performances, the relation with (live or dead) animals and the use of natural materials played a crucial role. This is evident by the title he later used for the work: Action the dead mouse. During this performance, Beuys wore, for the first time, t