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Joseph Beuys
Capri-Batterie, 1985
One of Beuys’s final works, this simple configuration compresses a lifelong concern with energy, transformation, and the relationship between nature and technology. The lemon becomes a living battery, transferring charge into the inert bulb. It is both literal and symbolic: a quiet demonstration that energy can move through unexpected materials, carrying meaning as well as power.
Capri-Batterie, 1985
One of Beuys’s final works, this simple configuration compresses a lifelong concern with energy, transformation, and the relationship between nature and technology. The lemon becomes a living battery, transferring charge into the inert bulb. It is both literal and symbolic: a quiet demonstration that energy can move through unexpected materials, carrying meaning as well as power.
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