listen: albrecht/d.iscography: ansatzweise incomplete

no: there is not too much information on albrecht/d. to be found on the net. when you google for him: you will mostly find albrecht dürer: and of course there is a connection: as an instant performance and as a contribution to the albrecht dürer jubilee in 1971 dietrich albrecht changed his real name officially to albrecht/d.

a/d. was born in 1944,
lives in stuttgart/germany since 1958
and acts like an artist since 1966.

he worked and performed with beuys, throbbing gristle, vostell, paik, saree and many more.
he invented permanent instant performance.
he saved raoul hausmann from being forgotten.

his work includes:
mail art: endless music: processed copies: exhibitions: installations: concerts: stamps:
art into society: instant life / love / death: kinky beaux arts: abstract energy: violence permanent:

in 1979 he was part of the stuttgart punk & art posse:
the young common time punks hated him for being an artist:
but he inspired a lot of thee art core noise explorers.

there is more, much more to say:
and someday, if no one else does:
may be deuf and myself will do.
but for now: let´s make some noise:

albrecht/d. says hello (mp3. zip. 93 kb.)
albrecht/d. answering the phone in 1973

albrecht/d. spricht einen text des hamburger galeristen hans neuendorf (mp3. zip. 0,5 mb.)
hans neuendorf was a german art dealer. in 1973 he said some bizarre things about art and german artists. one of his sentences was read, recited or performed by kaprow, paik, vostell, hendricks, toche, saree and (as documented here) albrecht/d. and the very raw reworkings were released on the cassette "die abartigen" as reflection press # 25.
this is what herr neuendorf wrote: (a very rough late-night translation:)
"for this purpose (something like art as spectaculum and sensation... rvd) a de-generation of artists has formed itself to only serve the media. vostell as an example: he is always found in press-conferences or he is providing some declaration: but no artistic work is done (no artistic achievement is on hand)."

pausenzeichen (mp3. zip. 61 kb.)
a very short sound not used on the cd "siemers an albrecht/d."



albrecht/d.iscography: ansatzweise incomplete

visual instant random
http://albrechtd.de