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Timm Ulrichs Stole My Art! Hahaha!!!

 ... Or did we just have the same idea?... Anyway, I was first! Ha! Or, no.. I was not! (see original post)

Ulrichs seems to be quite notorious for claiming others taking advantage of his ideas and concepts, so I imagine he's not going to be happy if ever het gets to view this post. ;-D

Ulrichs calls his rocking cradle-coffin " Die Wiegenbahre". I called mine "The big In-between". A tad more poetic I think...

Timm Ulrich's Wiegenbahre

Timm Ulrich's Wiegenbahre

https://vimeo.com/181377517

Ich kann kein Timm Ulrichs mehr sehen!!! ;-)

Although he seems to be a right pain in the ass,  I always liked some of his art...Even felt an affinity. Now I know why. He also seems to have made a sculpture incorporating the letters A and H. Unlike me he made a chair, not a ladder... so far. ;-)

Here's a clip of Timm Ulrichs complaining about plagiarists ( in German ) and a bit further on you can see his chair with the letters A and H:

https://youtu.be/Ol1WXDLeVWc?t=1769

More of Timm Ulrichs complaining here.

Still, after all, I believe Lawrence Weiner's statement that "The piece need not be built " is the most intelligent position in this case, and, quite frankly, in many cases. 

Come to think of it, this is already the third time some of my concepts published here before have been "appropriated" by other artists. I must be doing something good sometimes...

Just recently I stumbled upon a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 

Diese Gondel vergleich ich der [Wiege,
  sie schaukelt gefällig]
Und das Kästchen darauf
    scheint ein geräumiger Sarg.
Recht so! Zwischen der Wieg und dem Sarg
    wir schwanken und schweben
Auf dem großen Kanal
    sorglos durchs Leben dahin.

In English it reads like this:

I compare this gondola
     to a pleasantly rocking cradle;
And the little box upon it
    looks like a spacious coffin.
Rightly so! Between the cradle and the coffin
    we sway and float
On the great canal
    without care through life.

A beautiful poem. So we can now say with confidence: Goethe was first! Eat your heart out Herr Ulrichs.

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