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Maroua, Honey, Mythology. Or the mythopoetics of going back to ones roots
Cameroonian painter, sculptor and performance artist Alioum Moussa takes us on a journey in this episode of „Die Erde spricht / The Earth is Sepaking“. An acoustic journey from his home in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to Maroua, his birthplace in the far north of the country – and on a journey to the foundations of his poetics. Why make art? For whom? And from what? Questions that – as Alioum Moussa’s sound art essay makes clear – cannot be separated if art is to be meaningful.
„Mythopoetic“ – that’s what Alioum Moussa calls the approach of his art. It consists in drawing energy for his own work from myths and mythically charged materials such as beeswax, honey or soil that are meaningful to him and the people around him. An approach that Joseph Beuys also advocated and that seems to be becoming increasingly important in Africa, at least in Cameroon.
die erde spricht | Der Podcast zu beuys 2021. 100 Jahre Joseph Beuys
Deutsch:
Wie wird Joseph Beuys im Jahr 2021 bewertet? Wie wird sein künstlerisches und politisches Erbe in unterschiedlichen Kulturräumen aufgenommen? Spielt er für die heutige Generation von Künstler:innen überhaupt eine Rolle? Diese Fragen werden in den verschiedenen Folgen des Podcasts »Die Erde spricht« adressiert und beantwortet; aus deutscher und internationaler Perspektive. Zehn Stimmen von namhaften Künstler:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen und Schriftsteller:innen aus Deutschland sowie Aktivist:innen, DJs, Künstler:innen aus 14 verschiedenen Ländern weltweit thematisieren die Person Beuys und vor allen Dingen auch sein Schaffen, sein künstlerisches Erbe.
Die Produktion des Podcasts ist eine Kooperation zwischen beuys2021 unter kuratorischer Leitung von Catherine Nichols (für die deutschen Folgen) und dem Goethe-Institut (für die internationalen Folgen). Weiterer Partner ist der WDR.
English:
How does one rate Joseph Beuys in 2021? What does the reception of his artistic and political legacy look like in different cultural environments? Does he play a role at all for the current generation of artists? Answers to these questions will be given in the different editions of the podcast »Die Erde spricht« (»The Earth is speaking«), both from a German and an international perspective. Ten voices by influential artists, scientists and authors from Germany, as well as activists, DJs and artists from 14 different countries are discussing the person Beuys and in particular his body of work and his artistic legacy.
The production of the podcast is a cooperation between beuys2021 curated by Catherine Nichols (for the German episodes) and Goethe-Institut (for the international episodes). Further partner is WDR.