Ivan A. Kirchgaesser
Beuys' response
Mr. Beuys himself returned from the dead to check out my PhD. Here is his response as an encore to this research journey.
LIFE = ART
What does it mean to be an artist of society?
What does it mean to LIVE emancipatory life praxis?
In the LIFE = ART project, my own life is the starting point. Through a self-experiment, I try to understand how I can be a creative shaper of my life and the world - with all my possibilities, challenges, and limitations. In these thinking pieces, I reflect on situations I find myself in and connect my findings with the work of others. Through creative nonfiction writing, film-making, and images I attempt to do justice to the ‘data’ of lived experience and trace transformative learning as it happens.
