Joseph Beuys was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy. He mentioned that everything must be expressed, negatives even those beyond language. One particular work called Infiltration for Piano 1966 / The Skin 1984, seem very interesting work to me. “The piano is an instrument to produce sound, when not in use is silent but still has sound potential. When no sound is possible the piano is condemned to silence.” This was what he said during his interviews on this particular project. It’s hard to truly understand what it means but I think he’s trying to convey the audience on how we are all related to objects during his performance. For example, the Red Cross mark on the piano and being silent could relate to on how our society can be cruel to those who need help if we were to keep our mouth shut. During his performance, it does not talk about what we should be understand, but he hints the clue on his performance, such as Red Cross and being silent on piano, often explains what we should be think and understand.
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