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Recently, a small mound of chalk dust was found and photographed
in Cork. The dust once fell from a blackboard used by Joseph Beuys at
the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, on Thursday, 26 September 1974.

After his lecture, Beuys’ notes and drawings were swiftly erased by a
local clergyman. A young man in the audience then collected the
chalk dust off the floor and put it in his pocket.

The next day’s Cork Examiner summarised the ideas discussed that
evening, “Beuys shows man as an essential creative being in a state
of evolution. He searches for a means of restoring this sense of
creativity in all spheres of life."