photo: David Baltzer
The Man from Jüterbog
The Man from Jüterbog
Der Mann von Jüterbog
1995
S 1995–1
half figure on pedestal, computer, air compressor,
speakers, pants, shoes, drum
Text by Reinhard Lettau, spoken by himself
Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2002,
Kamera: Dan Mihaltianu
2:41 min
photo: Estate Stephan von Huene, ZKM, Karlsruhe
“The story of The Man from Jüterbog begins with my sculpture Tap Dancer (1967) and the sculpture ensemble Tisch Tänzer (1988/95). […] In The Man from Jüterbog, the male half figure is accompanied by my friend Reinhard Lettau, who used a fountain pen to write and note down short stories, in which poetry and precision put each other to the test.
Reinhard Lettau reads these sentences himself. The sculpture puts them to movement and performs them in the language of the mechanical half body. Every sound is numbered and is assigned to a movement. […] The Man from Jüterbog: a soloist.”
(S. v. H. in: exhib. cat. Stephan von Huene: Tune the World. Die Retrospektive, Ostfildern 2002, p. 201)
photo: Dan Mihaltianu