{"id":15475,"title":"Erdtelephon (Earth Telephone)","dimensions":"20 x 79 x 57 cm","date_begin":"1968-01-01","material":"telephone, cords, clump of earth with grass on wooden board","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e(20 x 75,9 x 48,9 cm)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"erdtelephon","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Mixed Media","nl":"Mixed Media","fr":"Mixed Media"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/037/321/large/Joseph_Beuys_%E2%80%93_Groeten_van_de_Euraziaat__photo_M_HKA_15_23.jpg?1507813948","poster_credits":"(c)SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy private collection, photo: M HKA, 2017","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eErdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e was one of Beuys\u0026rsquo; first works to be shown at Antwerp\u0026rsquo;s Wide White Space gallery. With \u003cem\u003eErdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e, Beuys wanted to show how matter can be utilised and it they can subsequently initiate mental processes. A telephone does not only convert electroacoustic signals: in so doing so, it also provides for the exchange of information between two sentient beings. By connecting the telephone to a lump of earth, Beuys suggested that interactions between nature and technology could aid creative thinking.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eErdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e is \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de eerste werken van Joseph Beuys die in de Wide White Space in Antwerpen getoond werden. Met \u003cem\u003eErdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e wilde Beuys tonen dat krachten op materie inwerken en tegelijk geestelijke processen op gang kunnen brengen. Een telefoon zet immers niet alleen elektroakoestische signalen om, maar zorgt op die manier ook voor het uitwisselen van informatie tussen twee denkende wezens. Door het telefoontoestel aan te sluiten op een klomp aarde suggereerde Beuys dat een wisselwerking tussen natuur en techniek kan aanzetten tot creatief denken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eErdtelephon \u003c/em\u003eest l\u0026rsquo;une des premi\u0026egrave;res \u0026oelig;uvres que Beuys a expos\u0026eacute;es \u0026agrave; la galerie Wide White Space \u0026agrave; Anvers. Avec \u003cem\u003eErdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e, Beuys souhaitait d\u0026eacute;montrer que les forces agissent sur la mati\u0026egrave;re et qu\u0026rsquo;elles peuvent \u0026agrave; la fois d\u0026eacute;clencher des processus spirituels. Un t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;phone ne transforme pas seulement des signaux \u0026eacute;lectroacoustiques, mais assure aussi l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;change d\u0026rsquo;information entre deux \u0026ecirc;tres pensants. En connectant le t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;phone \u0026agrave; une motte de terre, Beuys sugg\u0026eacute;rait qu\u0026rsquo;une interaction entre la nature et la technique peut inciter \u0026agrave; une pens\u0026eacute;e cr\u0026eacute;ative.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eErdtelephon \u003c/em\u003eist eine der ersten Werke von Joseph Beuys die in der Wide White Space in Antwerpen ausgestellt wurden. Mit\u003cem\u003e Erdtelephon\u003c/em\u003e m\u0026ouml;chte Beuys zeigen dass Kr\u0026auml;fte auf Materie einwirken und zugleich geistige Prozesse in Gang setzen k\u0026ouml;nnen. Ein Telefon \u0026uuml;bertr\u0026auml;gt nicht nur elektro-akustische Signale sondern sorgt auf diese Weise auch f\u0026uuml;r den Austausch von Informationen zwischen zwei denkende Wesen. Beuys suggerierte dass wenn man ein Telefonger\u0026auml;t mit einem Erdklumpen verbindet, die Interaktion zwischen Natur und Technik eine Anregung f\u0026uuml;r kreatives Denken sein \u0026nbsp;kann.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":150,"name":"Joseph Beuys","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}