PERFORMANCE ARTGASM

sexartandpolitics:

So after I discovered video of Ant Farm’s fantastic 1975 piece Media Burn I jokingly said to hyde that next thing I’ll find out that there’s video of Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece.

IT TURNS OUT THERE IS VIDEO OF YOKO ONO’S 1965 PERFORMANCE.

I AM FREAKING THE FUCK OUT OVER HERE.

CUT PIECE CHANGED MY LIFE EVERYBODY

Love this. I love you guys. To find this. Also; will this ever be the same again? Will artists ever not record their performance / suppose it recorded to youtube in real time? That makes these older recordings SO remarkable; I remember sitting down in the Stedelijk in Amsterdam with 10 betamax tapes and a recorder to watch Bruce Nauman’s performances in their collection for a thesis for art school. Great times. Felt really imtimate. Man, I’m getting old. Love the internet. (Is it friday night here and did I drink some glasses of wine? Why, yes, I did. Awesome.)

  1. Date Posted Icon 13th March 2010
  2. Reblogged Icon Reblogged From sexartandpolitics
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  1. tongueandtwolegs reblogged this from sexartandpolitics and added:
    If you’ve never seen it, you really should go watch Cut Piece, like, immediately if not sooner. Official Galston...
  2. jnenifre reblogged this from sympathyfortheartgallery
  3. mmanal reblogged this from sympathyfortheartgallery
  4. huntingforcherubs reblogged this from sympathyfortheartgallery and added:
    love love yoko ono’s cut piece.
  5. n-e-way reblogged this from hydeordie
  6. smarterthanyou reblogged this from hydeordie and added:
    Media Burn is also available without the painful Java video player. I like the one anchor who says “I don’t think I want...
  7. sympathyfortheartgallery reblogged this from sexartandpolitics and added:
    love you guys. To find this. Also; will this ever be the same again? Will artists ever not record their performance /...
  8. hydeordie reblogged this from sexartandpolitics and added:
    is an understatement.
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